Orienting player controller to surface they are standing on using raycast, C#, rigid body controller

Unity Engine
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I am using a ray cast , and the rotation value of the object hit. This code works for primitives I have tested it on. Yet not for the rigid body ,or basic first person character controllers. When placed on these controllers , I get a stutter if in update,and an updated value for one frame if triggered using a bool. My guess is that the rigid body rotation value is set already and it’s trying to implement both behaviors… I really want to get this behavior in my project ,and I refuse to let this beat me, please help xD
Here is the code I am using :slight_smile:

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class orientPlayer : MonoBehaviour {

    GameObject firstRayHit;
    GameObject lastHitobject;
    //float gravity = -9.8f;

    void Awake()
    {
        RaycastHit hitInfo;
        if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, -Vector3.up, out hitInfo))
        {
            firstRayHit = hitInfo.transform.gameObject;
            lastHitobject = firstRayHit;
        }      
    }

   
    //returns the gameobject hit by our raycast
    private GameObject RayToGround()
    {
        RaycastHit hitInfo;
        GameObject _hitObject;
        if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, -Vector3.up, out hitInfo))
        {
           
            transform.rotation = Quaternion.FromToRotation(Vector3.right, hitInfo.normal);
        }
        _hitObject = hitInfo.transform.gameObject;
        return _hitObject.transform.gameObject;
    }
  
   
    //orient the player towards the sruface they are standing on . uses the returned gameObject from RayToGround
    [ContextMenu("Orient that playaaa")] //This is awesome, lets you right click the componant in the inspector and execute this function =D
    void OrientToGround()
    {
        
        if (RayToGround() != lastHitobject)
        {
            transform.rotation = new Quaternion(transform.rotation.x, transform.rotation.y, RayToGround().transform.rotation.z, transform.rotation.w);
           
            lastHitobject =RayToGround();
            RayToGround();
           
            Debug.Log("OrientingPlayer");


        }
    }

    void FixedUpdate () {
        Debug.Log(RayToGround().gameObject.name);
        OrientToGround();
    }
}
2

Yes, if you have a Rigidbody, you should not be setting the transform.rotation directly. Try setting the rigidbody’s rotation instead.

3

I tried using get component rigid body but still nothing :frowning: