Transform override

Questions & Answers
1

How would i go around making a “new” standard transform.

Atm it looks like 123, 245, 886 in the editor. How would i do so unity make the funky number the standard “1,1,1”.

2

For what purpose?

Build a static method like

class weirdtransform {
 public static transform( t : Transform ) : Transform {
  var x : Transform;
  x.rotation = t.rotation;
  x.position = t.position - Vector3(123,456,886);
  return x;
 }
}

And then never use transform calls directly from code again, instead of gameObject.Transform.anything, use weirdtransform.transform( gameObject.Transform ).anything

That said, you may want to rethink what you're doing. 1,1,1 is a very nice central location.

3

Hey :slight_smile: i want to normalize the transformer when looking in the unity editor.

4

This is my solution.

public abstract class CustomComponent : Component
{
    public new CustomTransform transform;
}

public class CustomTransform
{   
    public Vector3 position
    {
        get
        {
            initialize_transform();
            return transform_reference.position;
        }
        set
        {
            initialize_transform();
            transform_reference.position = value;
            transform_reference.position.Normalize();
        }
    }

    private void initialize_transform()
    {
        if (transform_reference == null)
        {
            transform_reference = this.GetComponent<Transform>();
        }
    }
    
    Transform transform_reference;
}

This strategy can be done with any class with Transform transform, but bear in mind that 1) You still have to change the Transform in CustomTransform and 2) Using a reference to the Component (rather than CustomComponent) will alter Transform (not CustomTransform).