Move position of a Gameobject by specific number during OnTriggerEnter2D

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So here’s the scenario, when the player enters this trigger, the game object (the camera) needs to just move its position back by 5.

This script isn’t attached to the camera, only a game object with a box collider on it.

Im not sure if vector3.lerp makes sense to use, and I’m having issues writing its correctly. Here is my script so far.

public class MoveCamera : MonoBehaviour {

        public GameObject _camera;

        // Use this for initialization
        void Start () {
       
        }
       
        // Update is called once per frame
        void Update () {
       
        }

        void OnTriggerEnter2D (Collider2D other) {
            if (other.gameObject.tag == "Player") {

                Debug.Log ("move camera to new position");

                //right here i need to move the camera from its original position back 5 (original position is -10, so it would be -15)

            }
        }

        void OnTriggerExit2D (Collider2D other) {
            if (other.gameObject.tag == "Player") {

                Debug.Log ("return to normal camera position");

                // right here it would return to normal, but i want to be able to move the camera individually from this script.
            }
        }

the position of the camera needs to still be following the player, and still needs to return to its regional position after exiting. Any know what I should look into for this?

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@Plott

Hi there,

you already have nearly standard Unity trigger enter/exit boiler plate code…

and you also have pseudo code for your camera movement.

If you are clueless about how to move camera at this point, or any other object, I think you better check Unity Learning section / videos.

In any case, you can manipulate any object by it’s transform, so transform.rotation and transform.position of camera in this case.