Cinemachine FreeLook Camera Snapping Issue When Rotating

[theYonatan]

Hello everyone,

I am experiencing a rather strange issue with the Cinemachine FreeLook camera in Unity (3D). While rotating the camera, I notice that it usually operates smoothly, as expected. However, I'm encountering a "snapping" issue when the camera approaches specific orientations, and it's breaking the smoothness of the camera movement.

Setup:
- I have a player object with a "lookat" gameobject.
- a main camera with a cinemachine brain
- a virtual camera with cinemachineFreeLook and cinemachineInputProvider components.
the virtual camera has the player as the Follow, and Lookat object (child player object) for the lookat.

Example:

For instance, if the camera is aimed significantly to the left of the player and starts to turn towards the forward direction, it suddenly accelerates and snaps into a forward-facing position.

What I've Tried:

I have checked the Rig settings, including Dead Zones and Dumping.
I have experimented with various Binding Modes.
I have reviewed the input configurations.

None of these have fixed the issue so far, and I am looking for suggestions on what could be causing this snapping effect and how to eliminate it to maintain smooth camera movement.

Thanks in advance for any insights or advice!

[Tony Li]

Hi,

Does it appear to be related to any Dialogue System activity? If so, we can look into what the Dialogue System might be doing to contribute to the issue.

Otherwise, I suggest posting in Unity's Cinemachine forum where the Cinemachine devs themselves will be much better equipped to provide you with better answers.

[theYonatan]

hey,
I don't think the dialogue system is affecting the camera rotation of the player.
I also tried asking there as well, no answers yet...

thanks

[Tony Li]

Are you using Cinemachine 2? It's the current version that's available in the Package Manager window.

There is an upcoming Cinemachine 3 that may fix this issue. However, it's a redesign so back up your project first if you decide to try it.

[theYonatan]

I heard it fixes most bugs and works best on Unity 2023.

Is it easy to upgrade dialouge system as well?
I think I will stay with this for now and if any more complicated bugs will occur I will upgrade.

Thank you!

[Tony Li]

Hi,

Since Cinemachine 3 isn't released into production yet, the Dialogue System still supports Cinemachine 2, not 3.

Other than that, it's generally easy to update the Dialogue System -- just back up your project, then import the updated version right on top of the existing version.