Built-in Views

CameraService ships with six pre-configured views. Pass any of these names to :SetCameraView() to swap to them instantly.

CameraService:SetCameraView("FirstPerson")
CameraService:SetCameraView("ThirdPerson")
CameraService:SetCameraView("ShiftLock")
CameraService:SetCameraView("Cinematic")
CameraService:SetCameraView("FirstPersonVariant")
CameraService:SetCameraView("Default") -- restores Roblox's default camera

Default

Hands control back to Roblox's stock camera.

Behavior	Value
CameraType	Enum.CameraType.Custom
MouseBehavior	Default

FirstPerson

CameraService's version of the classic Roblox first-person view, with smoother motion. Avatar rotates with the camera. Character itself is hidden from view.

Property	Value
CharacterVisibility	"None"
Smoothness	1
Zoom	0
AlignChar	true
LockMouse	true
BodyFollow	true
Wobble	0.45

FirstPersonVariant

For more grounded experiences, a first-person view that has view of the avatar's torso and limbs. Good for games where you'd want to see the player in some manner.

Property	Value
CharacterVisibility	"Body"
Smoothness	0.35
Offset	CFrame.new(0, 0.2, 0.75)
LockMouse	true
Wobble	2

ThirdPerson

A polished version of Roblox's default third-person camera, with smoothing. It also includes slight camera wobbling response to the avatar's movements, and the character itself looking towards the current cursor position (R15.

Property	Value
CharacterVisibility	"All"
Smoothness	0.7
Zoom	10
MinZoom / MaxZoom	5 / 15
BodyFollow	true
Wobble	0.4

ShiftLock

Over-the-shoulder shift-lock with the mouse pinned to the center. The character aligns to the camera. CameraService's version of the Roblox shift-lock view.

Property	Value
CharacterVisibility	"All"
Smoothness	0.7
Zoom	7.5
Offset	CFrame.new(1.75, 0.5, 1)
LockMouse	true
AlignChar	true

Cinematic

The camera view you might see in the demo! Cool for a cutscene view template. Silky, slow camera motion. It also comes with UI gutters animating in at the top and bottom of the screen when set and animate out when you switch away.

Property	Value
CharacterVisibility	"All"
Smoothness	5
Zoom	10 (locked)
AlignChar	false
BodyFollow	false
Wobble	0

Defining your own view

Use :CreateNewCameraView() to register a new view. Pass a settings table; anything you leave out is auto-filled with sensible defaults.

local info = {
    Smoothness = 3,
    CharacterVisibility = "All",
    MinZoom = 15,
    MaxZoom = 15,
    Zoom = 15,
    AlignChar = false,
    Offset = CFrame.new(0, 0, 0),
    LockMouse = false,
    BodyFollow = false,
}

CameraService:CreateNewCameraView("TopDown2D", info)
CameraService:SetCameraView("TopDown2D")

-- Lock both axes for an old-school 2D feel
CameraService:LockCameraPanning(true, true, 90, 0)

See the full list of tweakable properties on the CameraService API page.