Make object move after facing right direction

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Hello. I’ve got another problem. I’ll explain.

So I’ve got a bunch of objects. I tell them to move to a target location. Right now they start moving right after the click. How can I make them rotate to face the direction they’re about to move before doing anything else?

I’ve tried writing like this. This, however, does not work.

    //squad[] is where I hold the objects

    if(squad[index].transform.rotation != Quaternion.LookRotation(direction)) {
    	squad[index].transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(squad[index].transform.rotation, Quaternion.LookRotation(direction), Time.deltaTime * 10);
    }
    else {
        squad[index].transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(squad[index].transform.position, target, Time.deltaTime * 2);		        
    }

Surely there’s a better way to do this.

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Coroutines are a great way to code a sequence of actions. You can write a coroutine that loops Quaternion.Slerp() over a specified duration to rotate the object into the right direction, then loops MoveTowards() to translate it to the target.

Better yet, look into steering behaviors. It’s a more flexible generalization, and you can do a lot more with it. UnitySteer is a popular, open source implementation.