This plugin adds Orbit Controls to the Godot Game Engine.
Based on the Orbit Controls of three.js

Live Demo (Godot 4.0+)

Test the live demo and features at https://lucajunge.github.io/godot_orbit_controls/build/index.html

Features

• Rotation, Panning, Dolly Zoom
• Enabling and Disabling the controls - useful for cutscenes or transitions
• Specifying the target to rotate around
• Setting Minimum and Maximum Distance for zooming
• Setting Horizontal and Vertical Limits for rotation
• Enabling and Disabling Zooming, Rotation, Panning and Damping individually
• Setting speeds for rotation, zooming and panning

Installation

Asset Library

The plugin is available in the Asset Library for Godot 4.
Search for Orbit Controls in the Asset Library and click on Download. After it finished downloading, click Install on the newly opened window.

Dont forget to enable the plugin in the Project Settings > Plugins > Orbit Controls > ☑ Enable.

Manual Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/LucaJunge/godot-orbit-controls.git

2. Copy the addons/orbit-controls to your addons folder in your project.

3. Enable the plugin in the Project Settings > Plugins > Orbit Controls > ☑ Enable.

Usage

Adding the Orbit Controls to the scene

You can add the OrbitControls as a new node to your scene.
An example scene coud look like this:

Configuration

Take a look at the inspector for possible configuration options.
In the Camera slot, click Assign to select your camera from the current scene tree. This will be the camera that moves around in your scene.

You can also set a Vector3 as the Target which the camera will orbit: