Inheriting orientation from collision

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1

Hi there,

I have my player who is moving in a straight line. When he hits a “waypoint” I want him to rotate to the same orientation as the waypoint and continue to move forward in his new orientation until he hits another waypoint.

I have my player moving and writing to the log when he hits a waypoint, but I don’t know how to get the orientation information from the waypoint and then apply it to the player.

When I set out to do it I thought it would be simple, but it’s not… :frowning:

I’m very new to Unity and scripting, so I would really appreciate some help.

2

Assuming the direction of waypoint2 is towards waypoint3, you can use:

player.transform.rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(waypoint3-waypoint2);

Or even just player.transform.LookAt(waypoint3).

3

OK, so here’s what I came up with to get it to work…

private var target : Transform;
private var targetWaypoint : String;
private var wayPointNumber : int;
var speed : int = 1;
    
wayPointNumber = 0;
    
function Update () {
   	transform.Translate(0,0,speed*Time.deltaTime);
   	targetWaypoint = ("waypoint" + wayPointNumber);
   	target = GameObject.Find(targetWaypoint).transform;
   	transform.LookAt (target);
    }
   
function OnTriggerEnter(waypointCollision:Collider){
   	if(waypointCollision.gameObject.tag == "Waypoint"){
   	wayPointNumber = wayPointNumber + 1;
   	}

}

This does what I need, but with LookAt it’s snapping from each target to the next. I would love to dampen the LookAt.
I have looked at the original script for the camera, but I’m not sure how to work the damping for that into what I have there. I’ve tried but couldn’t get a result…

I just want it to rotate a bit smoother on the Y.