Cycling Player Lock-On Targets Using Thumbstick

Unity Engine
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Hello,

I’m trying to create a lock on system that allows me to cycle through potential targets.

Right now I have targeting and locking-on working fine. I click the right thumbstick button to find the closest enemy within my lock-on range and set them as the target.

How I would like it to function is by taking the horizontal direction of the right thumbstick and searching “within” that direction for a new target that is the closest to the current target. Think about it as a top-down 2D version of Dark Souls/Bloodbornes/Niohs targeting system.

I can’t think of an elegant way to achieve this. I’ve tried a few things but they’ve given very unpredictable results.

Any ideas?

2

How about firing a bunch of raycasts from the currently targeted object in the direction of the thumbstick? Apply target to first targetable object hit.

3

Tried doing that and it was very clunky and inaccurate. I cast several rays out evenly spaced within an angle towards the input direction from the current targets position.

I was hoping to make it so the target cycling doesn’t require actual aiming since for some reason it feels terrible gameplay wise.