Spawn object at random position in front of player

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1

I want to spawn cubes in front of the player at random positions in front of the player. So these positions should be constrained so the player is able to touch/interact with them. This works perfectly when facing the Z-axis, however the problem I’m having is that whenever I rotate the player looking at the X-axis. Then cubes are spawned on top of the player rather then having the depth offset. What do I have to do in order to generate cubes on random, constrained positions in front of the player?

    /**
     * Calculate a random, constrained position in front of the player.
     * Constraints:
     * x: -1.0f & 1.0f from the player
     * y: not below 0 or player height
     * z: random depth from the player
     */
    private Vector3 GetRandomPosition()
    {
        var player = PlayerManager.Instance.player.transform;
        Debug.Log("Transform forward: " + player.transform.forward);

        var spawnPos = player.position;
        spawnPos.x += player.transform.right.x * Random.Range(-1.0f, 1.0f);
        spawnPos.y = Random.Range(0.0f, 2.0f);
        spawnPos.z += player.transform.forward.z * Random.Range(0.5f, 1.0f);

        return spawnPos;
    }
2

At the moment I managed to fix my issue by calculating a random vector in world space and adding it to my forward offset:

/**
 * Calculate a random, constrained position in front of the player.
 * Constraints:
 * x:
 * y: not below 0 or player height
 * z: Not 
 */
private Vector3 GetRandomPosition()
{

    var player = PlayerManager.Instance.player;
    var distance  = 1.0f;
    var tolerance = 0.5f;
    var offset= player.transform.forward * distance;
    var position = offset + new Vector3(Random.Range(-tolerance, tolerance), Random.Range(0f, 2.0f), Random.Range(-tolerance, tolerance));

    return position;
}