Unity Script Reference

Camera Inherits from Behaviour

A Camera is a device through which the player views the world.

A screen space point is defined in pixels. The bottom-left of the screen is (0,0); the right-top is (pixelWidth,pixelHeight). The z position is in world units from the camera.

A viewport space point is normalized and relative to the camera. The bottom-left of the camera is (0,0); the top-right is (1,1). The z position is in world units from the camera.

A world space point is defined in global coordinates (eg. Transform.position).

See Also: camera component.

Variables

fieldOfView	The field of view of the camera in degrees.
nearClipPlane	The near clipping plane distance.
farClipPlane	The far clipping plane distance.
renderingPath	Rendering path.
actualRenderingPath	Actually used rendering path (Read Only).
hdr	High dynamic range rendering.
orthographicSize	Camera's half-size when in orthographic mode.
orthographic	Is the camera orthographic (true) or perspective (false)?
transparencySortMode	Transparent object sorting mode.
depth	Camera's depth in the camera rendering order.
aspect	The aspect ratio (width divided by height).
cullingMask	This is used to render parts of the scene selectively.
eventMask
backgroundColor	The color with which the screen will be cleared.
rect	Where on the screen is the camera rendered in normalized coordinates.
pixelRect	Where on the screen is the camera rendered in pixel coordinates.
targetTexture	Destination render texture (Unity Pro only).
pixelWidth	How wide is the camera in pixels (Read Only).
pixelHeight	How tall is the camera in pixels (Read Only).
cameraToWorldMatrix	Matrix that transforms from camera space to world space (Read Only).
worldToCameraMatrix	Matrix that transforms from world to camera space.
projectionMatrix	Set a custom projection matrix.
velocity	Get the world-space speed of the camera (Read Only).
clearFlags	How the camera clears the background.
useOcclusionCulling
layerCullDistances	Per-layer culling distances.
layerCullSpherical	How to perform per-layer culling for a Camera.
depthTextureMode	How and if camera generates a depth texture.

Functions

SetTargetBuffers
ResetWorldToCameraMatrix	Make the rendering position reflect the camera's position in the scene.
ResetProjectionMatrix	Make the projection reflect normal camera's parameters.
ResetAspect	Revert the aspect ratio to the screen's aspect ratio.
WorldToScreenPoint	Transforms position from world space into screen space.
WorldToViewportPoint	Transforms position from world space into viewport space.
ViewportToWorldPoint	Transforms position from viewport space into world space.
ScreenToWorldPoint	Transforms position from screen space into world space.
ScreenToViewportPoint	Transforms position from screen space into viewport space.
ViewportToScreenPoint	Transforms position from viewport space into screen space.
ViewportPointToRay	Returns a ray going from camera through a viewport point.
ScreenPointToRay	Returns a ray going from camera through a screen point.
Render	Render the camera manually.
RenderWithShader	Render the camera with shader replacement.
SetReplacementShader	Make the camera render with shader replacement.
ResetReplacementShader	Remove shader replacement from camera.
RenderToCubemap	Render into a static cubemap from this camera.
CopyFrom	Makes this camera's settings match other camera.

Messages Sent

OnPreCull	OnPreCull is called before a camera culls the scene.
OnPreRender	OnPreRender is called before a camera starts rendering the scene.
OnPostRender	OnPostRender is called after a camera has finished rendering the scene.
OnRenderImage	OnRenderImage is called after all rendering is complete to render image.
OnRenderObject	OnRenderObject is called after camera has rendered the scene.
OnWillRenderObject	OnWillRenderObject is called once for each camera if the object is visible.

Class Variables

main	The first enabled camera tagged "MainCamera" (Read Only).
current	The camera we are currently rendering with, for low-level render control only (Read Only).
allCameras	Returns all enabled cameras in the scene.

Inherited members

Inherited Variables

enabled	Enabled Behaviours are Updated, disabled Behaviours are not.
rigidbody	The Rigidbody attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
camera	The Camera attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
light	The Light attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
animation	The Animation attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
constantForce	The ConstantForce attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
renderer	The Renderer attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
audio	The AudioSource attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
guiText	The GUIText attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
networkView	The NetworkView attached to this GameObject (Read Only). (null if there is none attached).
guiTexture	The GUITexture attached to this GameObject (Read Only). (null if there is none attached).
collider	The Collider attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
hingeJoint	The HingeJoint attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
particleEmitter	The ParticleEmitter attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
particleSystem	The ParticleSystem attached to this GameObject (null if there is none attached).
tag	The tag of this game object.
name	The name of the object.
hideFlags	Should the object be hidden, saved with the scene or modifiable by the user?

Inherited Functions

GetComponent	Returns the component of Type type if the game object has one attached, null if it doesn't.
GetComponentInChildren	Returns the component of Type type in the GameObject or any of its children using depth first search.
GetComponentsInChildren	Returns all components of Type type in the GameObject or any of its children.
GetComponents	Returns all components of Type type in the GameObject.
CompareTag	Is this game object tagged tag?
SendMessageUpwards	Calls the method named methodName on every MonoBehaviour in this game object and on every ancestor of the behaviour.
SendMessage	Calls the method named methodName on every MonoBehaviour in this game object.
BroadcastMessage	Calls the method named methodName on every MonoBehaviour in this game object or any of its children.
GetInstanceID	Returns the instance id of the object.
ToString	Returns the name of the game object.

Inherited Class Functions

operator bool
Instantiate	Clones the object original and returns the clone.
Destroy	Removes a gameobject, component or asset.
DestroyImmediate	Destroys the object obj immediately. It is strongly recommended to use Destroy instead.
FindObjectsOfType	Returns a list of all active loaded objects of Type type.
FindObjectOfType	Returns the first active loaded object of Type type.
operator ==	Compares if two objects refer to the same.
operator !=	Compares if two objects refer to a different object.
DontDestroyOnLoad	Makes the object target not be destroyed automatically when loading a new scene.