transform.Position smoothly?

Questions & Answers
1

When i click on my object a counter goes + 1. Then when i press w it goes to that position. But it just “teleports” to the position. I want it to go smoothly to the position. How do i do that?
Script:

var counter : int = 0;

function OnMouseDown ()
{

counter++;

}

function Update ()
{

if(Input.GetKey(“w”))
{
transform.position.y = counter * Time.deltaTime;

}
}

2

Try using Lerp:

http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/modules/beginner/scripting/lerp

Lerp always does the trick for me! If I helped remember to mark as answer!

3

If you want something to happen “smoothly” it will involve making changes over a number of frames. Usually you will have some kind of trigger that will determine a target value, and then you will move closer to that target on each subsequent frame.

Here is one solution that uses Vector3.MoveTowards() to assist:

var counter : int = 0;
var movementStep : float = 0.1f;
private var targetPosition : Vector3;
private var shouldWeMove : boolean;

function OnMouseDown () {
    counter++;
}

function Update () {
    if(Input.GetKey("w")) {
        shouldWeMove = true;
        targetPosition = transform.position;
        targetPosition.y = counter * Time.deltaTime;
    }

    if(shouldWeMove) {
        transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(transform.position, targetPosition, movementStep );
    }

}