my gameobject rulls between position to local scale.

Scripting
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Hi all,
This is my first text on unity forums, and sorry for my english.

I want to change my enemys localscale.x to -1f when enemys transform.position.x going to less then before,
else localscale.x must bu 1f.

i tried many ways but i could not change it. (i am using MoveTowards for move my enemy)

thanks all

2

Can you post some code ?
What do you want to accomplish with a negative scale? :slight_smile:

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this is my enemies ( 2d game) when he go left he must turn left and when it he go right it musr turn right.
only this simple i need to do :). today i evening i can send my code also. thank you for answer.

4

I don’t think you can have a negative localscale. you’re talking about move towards so you most likely mean localtransform.x not localscale

5

Ya, I don’t think localscale can be negative, either :slight_smile: (I mean, I think you can set it to a negative value, but <= 0 would be invisible?)
Maybe he’s asking about rotation … to “flip” the character?

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I’ve reread his question about 10 times. I think this is what he is after.

public GameObject enemy;  //set this gameobject in the inspector
public float lessThenBefor = 5f;  // change this number to desired distance

void Update()
{
distance =Vector3.Distance(transform.position,enemy.position);

    if(distance < lessThenBefor)
    {
        enemy.localscale.x = 0;
    }else
    {
        enemy.localscale.x = 1;
    }
}
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so he wants to have a scale of 0? :slight_smile: You could be right. Honestly, I have no idea. @Biallt , could you use a few more words to describe what you’re hoping to achieve? :slight_smile:

8

Just post in turkish or your own language. There is probably someone around.

9

on 2d the my image is looking right side when localscale.x is 1f, so when i make it -1f not 0 this this will be opposite of this image and will be look left.

10

exactly i need flip to caracter. as i told i have low level english :).

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lol, it was my bad memory. It is to flip it! I just remembered badly… Are you moving the character with some input keys ?

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Like, if you were using , for instance: ‘A’ = left and ‘D’ = right, then when you click ‘A’ set the localScale to -1 and ‘D’ set it to 1.
If it’s something like tap/click to move towards, then Check if that position is less than or greater than your current position.x ?
I’m not sure how much/which parts you need help with (now) :slight_smile:

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Caracter moving by itself on a path from checkpoints[target] to checkpoints [target+1]

There is 19 checkpoint
So it must be -1 if target <7
Else localscale will be 1

Something ı can use like this also
Or transform.position.x going less

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For sure… whenever you set the new move towards, simply compare the destination’s position.x to your transform.position.x and if it’s less, then set the scale -1 , else 1
You could do it with targets < 7 also but in case you add more targets or anything else, that may not work the same way, so the position one is better/will always work, I think.
Wherever you set it up, try something like this…

// setting new checkpoint
if(checkpoints[target+1].position.x < transform.position.x) transform.localScale = new Vector3(-1f,1,1);
else transform.localScale = new Vector3(1,1,1);
// This is if the checkpoint array is a Transform []
// otherwise, checkpoints[target+1].transform.position (etc)
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now i am trying :).

ask a quesion looks like harder than this perfect answers :).

it’s work! thank you!!!

first time i used unity forums and i love it :slight_smile:

but i get 1 alert on console while targets become max volue, then it moving to exit.
also for this i tried this code and it is worked perfectly.

    void Yonlendirme()
    {
        if (hedef < araNoktalar.Length)
        {
            if (araNoktalar[hedef].position.x < dusman.position.x)
                transform.localScale = new Vector3(-1, 1, 1);
            else transform.localScale = new Vector3(1, 1, 1);
        }
        else
        {
            if (cikisNoktasi.position.x < dusman.position.x)
                transform.localScale = new Vector3(-1, 1, 1);
            else transform.localScale = new Vector3(1, 1, 1);
        }
    }

sorry again my codes are turkish so you may not understand

this is code whit english

    void FlipEnemy()
    {
        if (target < checkpoints.Length)
        {
            if (checkpoints[target].position.x < enemy.position.x)
                transform.localScale = new Vector3(-1, 1, 1);
            else transform.localScale = new Vector3(1, 1, 1);
        }
        else
        {
            if (exitpoint.position.x < enemy.position.x)
                transform.localScale = new Vector3(-1, 1, 1);
            else transform.localScale = new Vector3(1, 1, 1);
        }
    }
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Hey there, I’m happy for you and glad things are working.
If there is an error in the console, can you explain one more time when/how this is happening? :slight_smile:

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Of target is become more than checkpoints.lengt
System cant find checkpoints[target].position.x so i add little rule for this

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Ah, okay, of course :slight_smile: