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[Henry_Oswald]

Hey there. I've been trying to get my camera to smoothly move over the shoulder of my character when the right mouse button is pressed down (Kind of like in the new Tomb Raider. Like an aim or a look function). I've got some stuff written, but I'm really just swinging around blindly. If any of you guys could help me out, that would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Code:

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ShoulderCamera : MonoBehaviour {

	public GameObject character;
	public Camera camera;
	public float smoothing = 1;
	private Vector3 cIntPos;
	private Vector3 cZoomPos;

	// Update is called once per frame
	void Update () {
		if(Input.GetKeyDown ("mouse2")){
			camera.transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(camera.transform.position, 
			                                                cIntPos, 
			                                                Time.deltaTime * smoothing);
		} 
	}
}

Another note, I'm a little scared that this script will conflict with another one that allows for the camera to orbit around the character. I think this can be avoided with a simple if statement, but I'm still a little iffy about it.

[Henry_Oswald]

Ok, so I've redone some things. This code is a modification to a script that orbits the camera around the player. When rmb is pressed the camera is intended to zoom into a shoulder/aim view. Right now I'm still getting some errors, for instance when I press rmb the camera resets to directly above the character pointing straight down. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Code:

var target : Transform;
var distance = 10.0;

var xSpeed = 250.0;
var ySpeed = 120.0;

var yMinLimit = -20;
var yMaxLimit = 80;

private var x = 0.0;
private var y = 0.0;

/*Point that the camera should zoom in to when right 
mouse button is clicked.*/
public var sOrigin : Transform;
 
@script AddComponentMenu("Camera-Control/Mouse Orbit")

function Start () {
    var angles = transform.eulerAngles;
    x = angles.y;
    y = angles.x;

	// Make the rigid body not change rotation
   	if (rigidbody)
		rigidbody.freezeRotation = true;
}

function LateUpdate () {

	/*Zoom camera to fixed position over shoulder when
	right mouse button is clicked*/
	if(Input.GetMouseButtonDown(1)){
		x = sOrigin.position.x;
		y = sOrigin.position.y;
		
		var sRotation = Quaternion.Euler(y,x,0);
		var sPosition =	srotation * Vector3(x,y,-distance);
	
		transform.rotation = sRotation;
		transform.position = sPosition;
	}
	else{
	
	/*Orbit camera around player character*/
		if (target) {
		    x += Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * xSpeed * 0.02;
		    y -= Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * ySpeed * 0.02;
		 		
		 	y = ClampAngle(y, yMinLimit, yMaxLimit);
		 		       
		    var rotation = Quaternion.Euler(y, x, 0);
		    var position = rotation * Vector3(0.0, 0.0, -distance) + target.position;
		        
		    transform.rotation = rotation;
		    transform.position = position;
		}
	}
}

static function ClampAngle (angle : float, min : float, max : float) {
	if (angle < -360)
		angle += 360;
	if (angle > 360)
		angle -= 360;
	return Mathf.Clamp (angle, min, max);
}