Scene Development
Camera navigation
Guided camera mode
13 min
guided camera mode lets you define a curated, avatarless path through your napster world users are smoothly moved between predefined points — called hot spots — without direct control over movement, creating an experience similar to a virtual tour or cinematic walkthrough you can configure guided camera mode in the camera settings section of the scene settings panel overview guided camera mode offers two navigation styles on rails camera – users scroll or swipe to move between hot spots hot spot hopping – users tap a button or swipe to jump from one hot spot to another here's a visual representation of the differences between both modes you can enable either method or both at once, depending on how much freedom you want users to have guided camera mode disables the use of avatars this creates a clean, controlled viewing experience set up guided camera mode to enable and configure guided camera mode open the hierarchy panel click on your scene root and select settings scroll to camera settings select guided camera mode enable either on rails camera , hot spot hopping , or both place hot spots throughout your scene to define the camera path 👉 learn more hot spot setup navigation styles on rails camera users scroll or swipe to move smoothly from one hot spot to the next camera motion is seamless and continuous (lerped) great for mobile or desktop experiences where you want a cinematic flow you can configure scroll speed and camera field of view (fov) hot spot hopping users tap or swipe to jump between hot spots, one step at a time each movement is discrete and guided on screen arrow buttons indicate the available directions you can configure hop speed and camera fov using both when both styles are enabled swiping/scrolling controls the on rails camera on screen buttons control the hot spot hopping camera users can choose how they navigate between hot spots free camera (optional) you can optionally allow users to look around while sitting at a hot spot enabled by default on desktop scroll to move between hot spots click and drag to rotate the view disabled by default on mobile if only on rails is selected clamp free camera motion by setting max horizontal angles hot spot logic spawn point = hot spot 0 additional hot spots are auto numbered (1, 2, 3…), but you can override these numbers hot spots can be configured with up to 4 directional links (up, down, left, right) users see arrows for each direction that can be tapped 👉 for detailed placement and behavior, see hot spot setup camera settings setting description fov adjusts the camera's field of view (float) scroll speed controls scroll sensitivity for on rails mode hop speed controls movement speed for hot spot hopping free camera enables or disables camera look around while paused at a hot spot publishing and testing once configured publish your world with guided camera mode selected users will experience the path you defined, based on hot spot order and camera options you can preview guided camera mode inside the editor before publishing your scene error handling scenario behavior a value is outside the accepted range it will be clamped to the valid range automatically no navigation style is selected an error is shown — at least one style must be enabled no hot spots are placed the experience will default to the spawn point only related pages camera modes (overview) hot spot setup direct control mode camera settings reference