Basic capsule colldier with third-person over-the-shoulder camera #1

TranquilMarmot · 2026-02-14T09:48:40Z

TranquilMarmot commented

2026-02-14 09:48:40 +00:00

Set up phantom-camera addon
Capsule collider + separation ray to go over small obstacles
Defaults to overhead camera, moving the mouse or right joystick left/right rotates the camera around the player
Movement direction is always camera-relative (not tank controls)
- This means you can just hold forward + rotate the camera to move around if you want
Holding right click / left trigger will zoom into an over the shoulder camera
- Did some nice work here to make sure that the angles match when transitioning

https://streamable.com/sp6von - Set up [phantom-camera](https://phantom-camera.dev/) addon - Capsule collider + separation ray to go over small obstacles - Defaults to overhead camera, moving the mouse or right joystick left/right rotates the camera around the player - Movement direction is always camera-relative (_not_ tank controls) - This means you can just hold forward + rotate the camera to move around if you want - Holding right click / left trigger will zoom into an over the shoulder camera - Did some nice work here to make sure that the angles match when transitioning

TranquilMarmot reviewed

2026-02-14 09:57:43 +00:00

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				var controller_sensitivity := Vector2(2.0, 2.0)

				## Sensitivity of the mouse movement

				var mouse_sensitivity := 0.5

Big TODO here to make all of this configurable 😄

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				@onready var camera_x_pivot_point: Node3D = %CameraXPivotPoint

				@onready var camera_spring_arm: SpringArm3D = %CameraSpringArm3D

				@onready var phantom_camera: PhantomCamera3D = %PhantomCamera3D

We could use regular Camera3D here but... we should use phantom camera, trust me 😭

We could use regular `Camera3D` here but... we should use phantom camera, trust me 😭

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				## Given an input direction, returns a version rotated towards the camera

				static func input_direction_normalized_to_camera(input_dir: Vector2, camera: Camera3D) -> Vector3: