Finding the direction an object is moving and giving it a destination

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I have an object that is lerping towards a vector2 and I want to find out the direction it is travelling and then pass it a new vector2 target to lerp to that is the same direction of travel, but just a shorter distance.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance

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You can use Vector2.Lerp():

var newDest = Vector2.Lerp(currentPosition, oldDest, 0.5);

This will find a position half way between the current position and old destination. You can calculate it by hand as well:

var newDest = currentPosition + (oldDest - currentPosition) * 0.5;

If you need it a specific distance from the current position, you can do:

var newDest = currentPosition + (oldDest - currentPosition).normalized * distance;

If the distance is shorter or equal to the destination, and you want distance, you can do:

var newDest = Vector2.MoveTowards(currentPosition, oldDest, distance);