Move object forward with rotation

[vandel212]

I’m trying to move an object forward (in the direction its facing), I’m having a difficult time with it. I feel like this should be much easier that I’m making it out to be, but when I look up how to do it, I can’t find anything that is doing what I’d like.

I have a character facing a direction. When he rotates left or right, he moves forward base on that (his z rotation). The goal is to make him always move “forward” at a constant rate. So I guess what I’m trying to figure out is what his x & y velocity should be based on his z rotation.

[M4dR0b]

@vandel212

I’m trying to move an object forward (in the direction its facing), I’m having a difficult time with it. I feel like this should be much easier that I’m making it out to be, but when I look up how to do it, I can’t find anything that is doing what I’d like.

I have a character facing a direction. When he rotates left or right, he moves forward base on that (his z rotation). The goal is to make him always move “forward” at a constant rate. So I guess what I’m trying to figure out is what his x & y velocity should be based on his z rotation.

Y-hello there,

if you search on YouTube there are plenty of resources that handle 2D movements, both with Rigid Bodies and with Transforms.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=unity+2d+character+movement

Hope this helps!

[PuppyPolice]

Unity - Scripting API: Transform.forward

Somerhing like this? It considers the rotation of the gameobject

[Cornysam]

Here is a nice example of different ways to move objects and how it affects them. Even if it is 3D the logic still applies (for most if not all) to 2D

Unity 101: 5 ways to move Unity3D Objects