Arbitrary starting value for Mathf.Sin? How to start it at 0? Now with video example! :)

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1

Should I use another Mathf??

How would you “smoothly” trigger an oscillation of a variable to start at zero upon entering a trigger, then continue to oscillate [Mathf.Sin(Time.time)*x] until trigger exit, then smoothly return to zero, all at a definable rate?

===>video example

This is what I have so far but doesn't seem to work right , I'm a newbie:

    var minimumTwirl = 0;
    var maximumTwirl = 12;
    
    private var originalAngle: float = 0;
    private var tTwirlIn: float = 1.0;
    private var tTwirlOut: float = 1.0;
    private var duration: float;
    private var trip = false;
    
    
    
    function Start(){
    	var Twirl: TwirlEffect = Camera.main.GetComponent(TwirlEffect);
    	Twirl.angle = 0;
    	
    }
    
    function Update (){
    	var Twirl: TwirlEffect = Camera.main.GetComponent(TwirlEffect);
    	var current = Twirl.angle;
    
    	
    	if (tTwirlIn < 1.0 && trip == true) { // attempting to smooth if value other than zero
    		tTwirlIn += Time.deltaTime/duration;
    		Twirl.angle = Mathf.Lerp(current, minimumTwirl, tTwirlIn);
    }
    
    	if (trip == true && tTwirlIn > 1){ //start oscillation of value
    		
    		Twirl.angle = Mathf.Sin(Time.time)*15;
}

        if (tTwirlOut < 1.0 && trip == false) { //this works surprisingly well!??
		
		tTwirlOut += Time.deltaTime/duration;
		Twirl.angle = Mathf.Lerp(current, minimumTwirl, tTwirlOut);
}
2

A coroutine would be an idea.

Something like this:

OnTriggerEnter starts the coroutine.
OnTriggerExit sets a flag to indicate it should lerp back to zero and then quit the coroutine.

Your cotroutine would look something like this:

while( exit Flag Is Not Set )
{
do the oscillation for one frame
yield return 0; // Wait for the next frame
}

// Lerp back to zero
while( its not zero )
{
MoveTowards zero.
yield return 0; // Wait for the next frame
}

Karl