How do I make create a rotateable object that follows a raycast hit point?

[Harald921]

So I have created a script detecting the point where the raycast hits, and I have been able to instantiate a prefab to that point, but all I wish to do is to be able to rotate this on both the X and the Y axis, as the object that is going to repeadetly spawn/despawn is rotated 90 degrees on the wrong axis. And I also want to be able to rotate it on the Y axis so that I can later on place it.

Any ideas how I can change the rotation of the Quartenion?

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Code used:

var rotation = Quaternion.identity;
Instantiate(bScript.shelterPrefabMarker, hit.point, rotation);

in the update function.

[fighder]

I wouldn’t suggest changing the Quaternion, cuz messing around with Quaternion is just not a good idea unless you understand it.

What you can do is the following:

var temp : GameObject = Instantiate(bScript.shelterPrefabMarker, hit.point, Quaternion.identity) as GameObject;

temp.transform.rotate(90,90,90); //rotate your gameObject

I am not too familiar with javascript syntax, but basically you grab the gameObject that will be spawned with type casting, and then rotate the object.

[Harald921]

If anyone else stumbles upon this, this is how I solved it (C#):

tmp.transform.position = hit.point;

if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Q))
     tmp.transform.Rotate(0, -rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime, 0);

else if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.E))
     tmp.transform.Rotate(0, rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime, 0);