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UI Integration

Camera control can be paused when the player opens a menu or interacts with UI. This is handled through a Scriptable Object architecture, where a shared CameraControlStateSO asset acts as the single source of truth for whether camera control is currently active.

Any object that needs to enable or disable camera control - a menu, a pause screen, an inventory panel - holds a reference to the same CameraControlStateSO asset and calls SetControlState() on it. The camera controller itself also holds a reference to that same asset and subscribes to its OnValueChanged event to react immediately when the state changes.

CameraControlStateSO

Member Description
SetControlState(bool) Enables or disables camera control and fires OnValueChanged
EnableCameraControl() Convenience method — calls SetControlState(true)
DisableCameraControl() Convenience method — calls SetControlState(false)
OnValueChanged Event fired whenever the state changes, passing the new bool value

Setup

  1. Create a CameraControlStateSO asset via Create > Parallel Cascades > Camera Controllers > Camera Control State SO.
  2. Assign the asset to the Camera Control State field on your camera controller component.
  3. Assign the same asset to any UI component that should pause or resume camera control.
  4. Call EnableCameraControl() or DisableCameraControl() on the asset from your UI logic (e.g. when a menu opens or closes).

Demo Scenes

Two sample scenes demonstrate this pattern in practice, one for each Unity UI system:

Scene UI System
Assets/ParallelCascades/StrategyCameraControllers/Samples/Unity UI Interface Demo.unity uGUI (Unity UI)
Assets/ParallelCascades/StrategyCameraControllers/Samples/UIToolkit Menu Interface Demo.unity UI Toolkit

Each scene contains a simple menu that disables camera control while it is open and re-enables it when it is closed. Open either scene and inspect the menu and camera controller objects to see the shared CameraControlStateSO asset wired up on both sides.