Keeping the camera above the ground

Howdy All,

Just a quick question. Anybody have any suggestions on keeping the third person follow camera from going "underground" when moving around the terrain? I'd appreciate ANY help at all.

Thank you,
--Richard

 

if(transform.position.y <= 0)
transform.position.y = 0;

 

Thanks for the post,

I plugged that bit into the script but it doesn't seem to be having any effect. I'm not getting any errors either. Any thoughts?

By the way... I love that picture.

 

the previous example assumes you have flat ground everywhere for y = 0.

To do what he suggested you really need to do a raycast from above on your terrain then use that y value. You might need to add a small amount to it to ensure it is above the terrain.

 

Thanks a lot Raider!

 

How exactly would I go about accomplishing that raycast task?

 

Expert from a previous post

Code (csharp):

1.  
2.             // raycast test for distance
3.             dist=distance;
4.             var hit : RaycastHit;
5.             if(Physics.Raycast(camera.position, currentRotation * -Vector3.forward, hit, distance)){
6.                 dist=(hit.point-camera.position).magnitude - 1;
7.                
8.             }
9.  

Look into that code for a better explanation of what it all does, but that is the code that does a raycast from the target (focalpoint) to where the camera should be and gives the distance to that point. (minus 1 unit to prevent clipping)

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/76973-Car-Veiw-script-problem?p=493081&viewfull=1#post493081

 

Thanks, BigMisterB