Separate child rotation

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1

Hi,

I’m moving an object using AddForce in a particular direction and rotating the transform using this:

var mousePosition = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);

Quaternion rot = Quaternion.LookRotation(thisTransform.position - mousePosition, Vector3.forward);

transform.rotation = rot;
transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(0, 0, thisTransform.eulerAngles.z);

My object has a child object which moves with it. However, I’d like the child object to be in the same position as the parent object but have a different rotation that I can move separately. Is there a way to do this?

One idea I had was removing the child completely but I’m concerned that as these are both moved via physics, they could separate their positions.

Thanks for any help

2

you can detach “children” and translate its position to position of “ex parent” by simply write few line of code:

Transform Parent_Tr;
Transform Child_Tr;
    
    void Update()
    {
      Child_Tr.position = Parent_Tr.position;
    }

But this work only if “ex children” not have own rigidbody.