Throwing a ball, can't go over 180°

Unity Engine
1

Hello;

I have a problem which is, I think stupid. There is my story.

I’m making a FPS, and I have a weapon which throw balls where the player is aiming. It’s workig when I shoot from 0° to 180°, but from 180° to 360° it’s like the direction of the shoot is stuck.

There is the step I followed :

1 - I Instantiate my ball at the position of the player.
2 - I calculate the target which is the center of the screen, converted on a position in the world.
3 - I calculate the vector direction between the player and the target.
4 - I add a force on the newly instantiated ball with the direction calculated multiplied by a coef of power.

There is the code :

// Instantiation of the new bullet
newBullet = (GameObject) Instantiate(ammoType, this.transform.position, this.transform.rotation);
// I calculate the direction byt substracting the position of the player with the center of the screen converted in a world position.
Vector3 direction = Camera.mainCamera.ScreenToWorldPoint(new Vector3(Screen.width/2, Screen.height/2, 10)) - this.transform.position;
direction.Normalize();
// I'm adding a force to the bullet
newBullet.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().AddForce(direction * 1000);

I’m pretty sure I made a stupid mistake, but, which one!

Thanks a lot.

2

Is “this” or the object the script is attached to, the camera? If not, it should be.
If you want the bullet to come out of a gun or something, make sure it is parented to the camera and that the screen point is way in front of the gun.

Good luck!

3

Thanks for your answer.

My script is attached to the camera and it’s firing correctly, the only problem is that it stop working when I aim from 180° to 360°. I didn’t find yet the answers.