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hey. i have a cube which is going round and round along the a and y axes and i need it to translate it towards the place where the user touches or clicks the screen with a limited speed. the object must move in the direction as long as the finger or cursor is pressed.
currently i an using a code which stores the location of the object and its change in position every second.
here’s the code

//Unity will constantly check the position of the GameObject.
function Update () {

//Creates a variable to check the objects position.

myPosition = transform.position;

//Prints the position to the Console.

Debug.Log(myPosition);
}

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In human language:

  • Get the world position of the mouse position (worldPos vs screenPos)
  • get the normalized direction, formula: direction = normalize(end position - currentposition), and multiply it by a certain speed. (always normalize, or else the speed ill be different each location

To get the position of the mouse, simple use:

Vector3 mousePos = Camera.Main.ScreenpointToWorldPoint(Input.MousePosition);
//Because the object's Z position has to be the same:
mousePos.z = transform.position.z;

Get normalized direction:

Vector3 dir = (mousePos - transform.position).normalized;
//Create final force where speed is a float
Vector3 force = dir * speed;

To noly execute this code when the mouse button is down, use:

if(Input.GetMouseButton(0))//0 is left, 1 is right
{
    //....
}
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void Update()
{
if(Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
{
newPosition.x = Input.mousePosition.x;
newPosition.y = Input.mousePosition.y;
//set new position as destination of your object

        }