How to make object aim in direction of rotation.

[Zynigma]

I have an object in my scene that rotates around a center point (pivot).
When I rotate the object, I want it to turn and follow the path, like a person running in a circle around a center point. Like this picture
. The code I have so far makes the object look at the center point constantly.

How would I make it turn and aim in the path that it is moving??
Here’s what I have so far

else
	{
		myTransform.RotateAround(pivot.position, Vector3.up, rotateAroundSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
		myTransform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(myTransform.rotation,
		Quaternion.LookRotation(target.position - myTransform.position), rotationSpeed*Time.deltaTime);
	}

[aldonaletto]

RotateAround keeps the object looking at the center all the time. Since it recalculates the object rotation each frame, Quaternion.Slerp doesn’t accumulate over time - it’s always trying to deviate the newly calculated rotation by rotationSpeed*Time.deltaTime, which’s a very small number.

In order to use Slerp, you should save the object rotation before RotateAround:

  var curRot = myTransform.rotation; // save the current rotation
  myTransform.RotateAround(pivot.position, Vector3.up, rotateAroundSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
  // use it in Slerp:
  myTransform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(curRot,
   Quaternion.LookRotation(target.position - myTransform.position), rotationSpeed*Time.deltaTime);

The object will always be looking a little outside, since Slerp can’t follow the orbit instantly. You could instead directly set myTransform.rotation without any Slerp, like this:

  myTransform.rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(target.position - myTransform.position);

A more versatile solution would be to calculate the new direction according to the last movement:

  var lastPos: Vector3; // declare this variable outside any function!

  ...
  myTransform.rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(myTransform.position - lastPos);
  lastPos = myTransform.position; // update last position