This is a problem that seems to have no reasonable answer anywhere around, yet is a commonly needed aspect of developing game mechanics.

Problem

When I rotate my player's capsule collider, the attached camera boom rotates with it.

Specific Problem

When I set my actor's rotation directly, the camera orients itself immediately with the player's direction, then immediately returns itself to the previous view, creating a massive camera jitter, especially at lower framerates.

The question

How do I prevent this behaviour

OR

How do I reapproach problems of rotating the player character?

This is a problem that seems to have no reasonable answer anywhere around, yet is a commonly needed aspect of developing game mechanics.

Context

I'm developing a traditional 3rd person character controller esque thing, you know, camera controlled by mouse/joystick all that jazz.

The issue comes when I'm developing a climbing system:

• I have to develop a climbing system, and when I 'attach' the player to a climbing ledge, they could be at any angle relative to this ledge, up to perpendicular.

• When the player jumps up, and the ledge detection runs, the player attaches to the ledge, and needs to rotate to be facing the ledge dead on.

• I need a method for the camera movement to be completely independent of this capsule collider rotation change, as currently I have this problem:...

Problem

When I rotate my player's capsule collider, the attached camera boom rotates with it.

Specific Problem

When I set my actor's rotation directly, the camera orients itself immediately with the player's direction, then immediately returns itself to the previous view, creating a massive camera jitter, especially at lower framerates.

The question

How do I prevent this behaviour

OR

How do I reapproach problems of rotating the player character?