How to flip Free Look camera upside down

Question

I am working on a game where you can flip gravity and walk on the ceiling.

But I can’t figure out how to flip the camera upside down so the player’s view looks the same on the floor and the ceiling.

I am using Cinemachine Free Look camera.

Sungkiang

Answer 1

Okay, I figured it out myself. I had to make m_State field of CinemachineFreeLook class public and then implement this code:

void Update()
{
    if(_isInvertedGravity && FreeLook.m_State.RawOrientation.eulerAngles.z != 180)
        FreeLook.m_State.RawOrientation = Quaternion.Euler(FreeLook.m_State.RawOrientation.eulerAngles + new Vector3(0, 0, 180));
}

Sungkiang

Hi, I have got the same issue but Unity doesn't allow me to edit the CinemachineFreeLook script and make m_State variable public because it is an imported package. I have searched in the internet for any other solutions but i haven't found any. Am I doing something wrong and is there any other way to do it? By the way, I don't know if it matters but I am using the version 2022.3.24. I could also change it to 2021.3.9 if needed.

– Unattended

This is not a good solution. Changing CM source is not the way to do this, and will make trouble for you when later you want to upgrade the package. Please see the FreeLookOnSphericalSurface sample scene for an example of how to make FreeLook handle variable "up" direction. The main ingredients are: - use LockToTarget binding mode - override the CM Brain's world up (see the CM Brain inspector).

– Strang

Answer 2

Hi,

I have got the same issue but Unity doesn’t allow me to edit the CinemachineFreeLook script and make m_State variable public because it is an imported package. I have searched in the internet for any other solutions but i haven’t found any.

Am I doing something wrong and is there any other way to do it?

By the way, I don’t know if it matters but I am using the version 2022.3.24. I could also change it to 2021.3.9 if needed.

Unattended

Changing CM source is not the way to do this, and will make trouble for you when later you want to upgrade the package. Please see the FreeLookOnSphericalSurface sample scene for an example of how to make FreeLook handle variable "up" direction. The main ingredients are: - use LockToTarget binding mode - override the CM Brain's world up (see the CM Brain inspector).

– Strang

Answer 3

This is not a good solution. Changing CM source is not the way to do this, and will make trouble for you when later you want to upgrade the package. Please see the FreeLookOnSphericalSurface sample scene for an example of how to make FreeLook handle variable “up” direction. The main ingredients are:

• use LockToTarget binding mode
• override the CM Brain’s world up (see the CM Brain inspector).

Strang