How to do third person without mouse lock

[lt15364967740]

I can control the movement of the character, but I don't know how to change the position of the camera, and use the mouse to control the camera to rotate around the objec

[ErdongChen-Andrew]

Just to clarify, are you looking for camera control without enabling pointer lock, or would you like to know how to enable pointer lock?

[lt15364967740]

Just to clarify, are you looking for camera control without enabling pointer lock, or would you like to know how to enable pointer lock? I'm looking for a camera without a mouse lock

[ErdongChen-Andrew]

At the moment, it only supports pointer lock camera control. I'm thinking about adding drag control to the camera later on 🤔

[lt15364967740]

At the moment, it only supports pointer lock camera control. I'm thinking about adding drag control to the camera later on 🤔

OK, thank you.

[ErdongChen-Andrew]

@lt15364967740 , you can now use follow cam without pointer lock (version 1.0.42)

[lklyne]

@ErdongChen-Andrew whats the process for disabling the pointer lock on a web browser? Not seeing a prop to turn it off, but it looks like its possible to unlock the mouse and only pan with drag.

[ErdongChen-Andrew]

@lklyne you can remove the requestPointerLock from the canvas component:

<Canvas
  shadows
  /// onPointerDown={(e) => {
  ///   (e.target as HTMLCanvasElement).requestPointerLock();
  /// }}
>

[lklyne]

@ErdongChen-Andrew that was easy — totally overlooked that. Thank you!!