applying movement to objects separately

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1

hi everybody.

i’ve created a move script that allows my game object to move on the scene in x and y directions (it is a 2d project).

i’ve attached this script to my object’s prefab and created another script that spawn this object repeatedly.

i want the objects to literally fall down in the scene (in the “y” direction") and, at the same time, to oscillate on the “x” direction.

i set up the script like this

void Update()
  {
    
    movement = new Vector2((Mathf.PingPong(Time.time,2)-1),speedY);
  }

the problem is that all the spawned game object oscillate together but i’d like that they oscillate separately (ie. the first spawned object is oscillating according to a, for example, +0.8 value of Mathf.PingPong while the second spawned object is oscillating for a -0.8 value of Mathf.PingPong).

thanks!

2

Perhaps like this ?

	const float PINGPONG_LENGTH = 2f;
	const float PINGPONG_HALF_LENGTH = PINGPONG_LENGTH / 2f;

	float _Offset;
	void Start () 
	{
		_Offset = Random.Range(0, PINGPONG_LENGTH);
	}

	void Update () 
	{
		movement = new Vector2((Mathf.PingPong(Time.time + _Offset, PINGPONG_LENGTH) - PINGPONG_HALF_LENGTH), speedY);
	}