Move an object at a certain speed when given distance and time

Unity Engine
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Hi, so I am trying to do the following. I am trying to move an object from A to B at a certain speed, over a certain time. The speed and time are determined by the length of an audioclip. So for example, if the audioclip is 10 seconds long, I want the object to take 10 seconds to travel from A-B at whatever the correct speed is.

The distance is always going to be a set distance (25 units).

I assumed that seeing as I have the distance (25), and I have the time (10), that calculating the speed was going to be simple using the “SPEED = DISTANCE / TIME” formula, however that isnt working. Perhaps I’m messing up somewhere in my update where the object actually moves. localPosition is used as it is a child object I am moving and I want to move relevant to the parent.

This is driving me nuts because I know it should be so simple. Can someone please tell me where I am messing up?

Thanks!

float distance = 25;
float time = 10;


void FixedUpdate()
{
  if (move)
        {
             needle.localPosition = Vector3.MoveTowards(needle.localPosition, needleEndPos,((distance / time) * Time.deltaTime);
          
        }
}
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This should be somewhat useful.

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Solved the issue. It was down to the fact that I forgot to use “transform.localPosition” when calculating distance. Thanks for the link though. Pretty useful videos anyway.