started building out level

Signed-off-by: sdqhome\caleb <caleb@sdqhome.co.uk>

Assets/Scripts/CameraController.cs

@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ public class CameraController : MonoBehaviour
         }
     }
 
+    [Header("Obstacle Collision Avoidance")]
+    [SerializeField] private bool avoidCollisions = true;
+    [SerializeField] private LayerMask collisionLayers = ~0; // Default to all layers
+    [SerializeField] private float cameraRadius = 0.3f;      // Radius for SphereCast check
+    [SerializeField] private float minCollisionDistance = 1.5f;
+
     private void UpdateCameraPosition()
     {
         // Calculate focus point on player
@@ -103,8 +109,21 @@ public class CameraController : MonoBehaviour
 
         // Calculate orbit rotation & offset vector
         Quaternion rotation = Quaternion.Euler(currentPitch, currentYaw, 0);
-        Vector3 negDistance = new Vector3(0.0f, 0.0f, -distance);
-        Vector3 targetCameraPos = focusPoint + (rotation * negDistance);
+        Vector3 desiredCameraDir = (rotation * Vector3.back).normalized;
+        Vector3 targetCameraPos = focusPoint + (desiredCameraDir * distance);
+
+        float adjustedDistance = distance;
+
+        // Check for obstacle collision along the line from focusPoint to desired camera position
+        if (avoidCollisions)
+        {
+            if (Physics.SphereCast(focusPoint, cameraRadius, desiredCameraDir, out RaycastHit hit, distance, collisionLayers))
+            {
+                // Move camera in front of the hit point
+                adjustedDistance = Mathf.Max(hit.distance - 0.1f, minCollisionDistance);
+                targetCameraPos = focusPoint + (desiredCameraDir * adjustedDistance);
+            }
+        }
 
         // Smoothly interpolate camera position and rotation
         transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(transform.position, targetCameraPos, smoothSpeed * Time.deltaTime);