Input acceleration problem

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Hi all,

I’m trying to use the accelerometer to control the movement of an object. It’s pretty simple, only x axis:

transform.Translate(new Vector3(Input.acceleration.x, 0, 0));

The problem is that I’ve tried a lot of combinations and none of them work. With the above code it moves the object along the x and y axes. My app works in landscape left rotation. I’ve read that Unity automatically detects rotation so that x, y, and z are always x, y, z no matter what the rotation of the device is.

I’d really appreciate any help you can offer…

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Using Translate to move an object that isn’t tagged as kinematic can lead to serious problems with physics if one isn’t cautious.

In my case, I just needed to move the object by applying a force, instead of moving it ‘manually’. That solved it.