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Hello,

I can’t figure out why my lerp snaps the prefab and doesn’t move smoothly over time. What am I doing wrong? Imagine a bullseye with a dot that moves between each ring over time based on what ring you are on. In this example, I have only scripted moving from ring1 out to ring2. The dot snaps to the next ring, and isn’t quite landing in the right spot.

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class Paddle : MonoBehaviour
{
    [Header("Configuration")]
    [SerializeField] bool player1;

    [Header("Controls")]
    [SerializeField] float rawSpeed = 1f;

    [Header("Ring Positions")]
    [SerializeField] float ring1;
    [SerializeField] float ring2;
    [SerializeField] float ring3;
    [SerializeField] float ring4;

    bool controlsLocked;

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        Control();
    }

    void Control()
    {
        if (!controlsLocked)
        {
            if (player1)
            {
                if (transform.localPosition.y == ring1)
                {
                    if (Input.GetAxis("P1_Horizontal") < -0.1)
                    {
                        controlsLocked = true;
                        Vector2 startPosition = transform.localPosition;
                        Vector2 targetPosition = new Vector2(transform.localPosition.x, ring2);
                        float calculatedSpeed = rawSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
                        transform.localPosition = Vector2.Lerp(startPosition, targetPosition, calculatedSpeed);
                        controlsLocked = false;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }




}
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probably because calculatedSpeed is higher than 1. You are confusing how lerp works, simply change Vector2.Lerp to Vector2.MoveTowards, and unless you have other bugs, that should work

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I agree with mario, that is not the correct usage of lerp. Check this resource out