so I have created a similar claw sequence like when glados grabs the player and wheatley at the end of the first chapter, but for some reason the view controller i have used decides it doesn't want to look at what i tell it to after it becomes parented to something.

has anyone else had this issue?

Yes, apparently you aren't supposed to use both a parent and a look target. Try using path_corners parented to things.

well apparently parenting it a train works fine too ._.