Instantiate and addforce

Questions & Answers
1

I’ve read a number of posts but can’t quite see what I’m doing.

So I’m shooting a ray at an object on fire1 and on a hit, instantiating a small projectile which will “pop” out a little way toward the shooter. So the script works and the object instantiates but just drops to the floor rather that shooting a little way back along the opposite direction. Thanks guys, great product and hours of fun and frustration :}

#pragma strict

var bang : Rigidbody;
private var x = Screen.width / 2;
private var y = Screen.height / 2;

function Update () {

var hit : RaycastHit;

if(Input.GetButtonUp("Fire1"))
{
	// look for something to hit
	var ray : Ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Vector3(x, y,0));
    if (Physics.Raycast (ray, hit, 100)) 
    {
    	// make a projectile
		Instantiate(bang, hit.point, Quaternion.LookRotation(hit.normal));
		// bounce back a bit
		bang.rigidbody.AddForce(transform.forward * -25);
	}
}

}

2

try Instantiating to a variable , then calling that variable to affect it’s components. i.e. :

		 // make a projectile
		var bangFallBack = Instantiate(bang, hit.point, Quaternion.LookRotation(hit.normal));
		// bounce back a bit
		bangFallBack.rigidbody.AddForce(transform.forward * -25);

also i found -25 to be a very small force , try -250 to see a visual effect , then turn it down to desired effect when it’s working. Hope this helps =]