Comments

• 2finger

  July 2014

  I never used the switch player option, but I had a similar problem when I load a previous saved game, that the camera doesn't follow the player. I solved by adding a Constant ID script to the camera... maybe is not your problem but you can try this solution...

  
  

  It's also written on the manual:
  

  
  

  "The following is a general guideline for setting a scene up correctly for saving and loading:

  • All GameCamera objects that are used during normal gameplay (that is, not

  purely used during cutscenes) have a ConstantID script.

  • All Conversation objects with DialogueOptions that can change have a

  ConstantID script.

  • All Path objects that characters may be using upon saving have a ConstantID

  script.

  • If the active NavMesh can change during a scene, give all NavMeshes a

  ConstantID script.

  • All Hotspot objects that can be turned on or off have a RememberHotspot script.

  • All NPCs have a RememberNPC script.

  • All other GameObject types that are moved during gameplay (through it's

  Transform, not just Animation component) have a RememberTransform script."
• Benjamin

  July 2014

  Thanks for the input, 2finger! That is one of the first things I tried though, to no avail. I even tried switching cameras to see if the new camera would find the new Player prefab in the scene. Unless there's something I'm missing, the game camera seems to lose its target when you switch Player prefabs.
• ChrisIceBox

  July 2014

  I will try to recreate this problem on my end.
• joveguille

  October 2017

  I had a similar problem and although the thread is very old, maybe somebody else is having this problem as I did. In my case, what was happening seemed like the camera losing track of the player, but it was indeed the scene not grabing the right camera after the player switch. I solved it by adding a switch camera on every OnLoad. Not sure what is making the camera not grab the right one when switching players but this fixed mine. Hope this helps all the newbies like me out there!
• Robert

  May 2018

  I know it's been a long time since the question was asked but unfortunately I have the same problem. I have a camera attached script that uses GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag ("Player");

  
  

  The script can not find the player after the character switch.

  An clue to solve the problem?
• ChrisIceBox

  May 2018

  A reference to the active Player at any time can be retrieved with:

  
  

  AC.KickStarter.player;

  
  

  This will update upon switching player, but if you're storing a reference as a local variable you'll need to re-assign it after the switch.