Hi everyone,
I’m making a physics-based game (based off of the “Roll-A-Ball” series) where the player is moved using the horizontal and vertical axis’. I want to make it so that when the camera following the player comes into contact with certain triggers, the camera rotates 90* in order to tell the player where they need to go next.
EDIT: I should word this a lot more clearly. In short, how do I make it so that the movement of the player is relative to the direction the camera is facing, so that left is left, right is right, up is up, etc.,.?
If anybody can help me, that’d be great! 
EDIT: Ok, I got the camera positioning fixed and working completely fine now, here’s the updated code:
[FONT=Menlo]using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
public class CameraController : MonoBehaviour
{
// Get instance of player object
public GameObject player;
private Vector3 position;
private Vector3 oldPosition;
private Transform myTransform;
private PlayerController script = new PlayerController();
void Start()
{
myTransform = GetComponent<Transform>();
script = player.GetComponent<PlayerController>();
position = new Vector3(0f, 9.5f, -9.5f);
oldPosition = position;
}
void Update()
{
Quaternion rotation;
// Determine which way the camera is facing
if(!script.cameraDir)
{
rotation = Quaternion.Euler(35,0,0);
myTransform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(myTransform.rotation, rotation, Time.deltaTime * 2.5f);
position = new Vector3(0f, 9.5f, -9.5f);
position = Vector3.Lerp(oldPosition, position, Time.deltaTime * 2.5f);
oldPosition = position;
}else
{
rotation = Quaternion.Euler(35,90,0);
myTransform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(myTransform.rotation, rotation, Time.deltaTime * 2.5f);
position = new Vector3(-9.5f, 9.5f, 0f);
position = Vector3.Lerp(oldPosition, position, Time.deltaTime * 2.5f);
oldPosition = position;
}
// Position the camera above the player
myTransform.position = player.transform.position + position;
}
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And my updated player controller script:
[FONT=Menlo]using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
{
// Declare public variables
public GUIText gemText;
public GUIText winText;
public GUIText livesText;
public AudioSource gemCollectSound;
public int amountOfGems;
public int lives;
public float speed;
public float maxSpeed;
public float jumpHeight;
public bool cameraDir;
// Declare private variables
private int gems;
private float distanceToGround;
private bool down;
private Vector3 movement;
// Initialize all the things!
void Start()
{
cameraDir = false; // Default camera direction
distanceToGround = collider.bounds.extents.y;
gems = 0;
winText.text = "";
livesText.text = "Lives: " + lives.ToString();
SetText();
}
// Handle input in fixed update
void FixedUpdate()
{
// Get and store input values
float moveHorizontal = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
float moveVertical = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");
// Make sure player isn't rolling too fast
if(IsGrounded ())
{
movement = new Vector3(moveHorizontal, 0.0f, moveVertical);
rigidbody.velocity = Vector3.ClampMagnitude(rigidbody.velocity, maxSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime);
}else
{
movement = new Vector3(moveHorizontal/20, 0, moveVertical/20);
}
// Move player
rigidbody.AddForce(movement * speed * Time.deltaTime);
// Check for jump
if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Space) IsGrounded())
{
rigidbody.AddForce(Vector3.up * jumpHeight, ForceMode.VelocityChange);
}
// Check for death
if (transform.position.y < -10f)
{
lives -=1;
transform.position = new Vector3(0f,0.6f,0f);
SetText ();
moveHorizontal = 0f;
moveVertical = 0f;
}
}
// Determine if player is on ground or not
bool IsGrounded()
{
return Physics.Raycast(transform.position, -Vector3.up, distanceToGround + 0.1f);
}
// Pickup gems
void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
{
// Pickup gems
if(other.gameObject.tag == "PickUp")
{
gemCollectSound.Play();
other.gameObject.SetActive(false);
gems += 1;
SetText();
}
// Change camera
if(other.gameObject.tag == "CameraWaypoint")
{
cameraDir = !cameraDir;
}
}
void SetText()
{
// Print game info to screen
gemText.text = "Gems Collected: " + gems.ToString() +" / " + amountOfGems;
livesText.text = "Lives: " + lives.ToString();
if (gems >= amountOfGems)
{
winText.text = "YOU WIN!";
}
}
}
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