trouble with a transform issue.

Unity Engine
1

Hi
I am working on a trigger where the artist can decide if it should move or rotate and in what direction it should happen.

The X axis works fine, but when I try the Y axis (moveUp = true, moveRight = false) it seems to stop after 1 frame instead of the required distance.

var moveRight = true ;
var moveUp = false ;
var moveDistance = 1 ;
var effectTarget : Transform ;  // the object to move.

// This keep track of the objects position eatch frame.
private var moveCurrentPosition : Vector3;	 


function Update()
{
	// MOVE X AXIS
	if (moveRight)																											
	{
		if (moveDistance > 0)																								
		{
			if (moveCurrentPosition.x <= moveDistance)															
			{
				effectTarget.transform.Translate
				(Vector3.right * moveDistance * Time.deltaTime);		
				
				// Updating the position to work with next frame.	
				moveCurrentPosition =
				effectTarget.transform.position ;		
											
			}
		}
		
		// Stuff for moving in the oposite direction here (left).
	}
		
	// MOVE Y AXIS
	if (moveUp)																												
	{
		if (moveDistance > 0)																								
		{
			if (moveCurrentPosition.y <= moveDistance)															
			{
				effectTarget.transform.Translate
				(Vector3.up * moveDistance 	* Time.deltaTime);	
				
				moveCurrentPosition = 
				effectTarget.transform.position ;											
			}
		}
		
		// Stuff for moving in the posite direction  here (down).
	}
}
2

Ok I found out I am moving my object a distance measured from the world origin and not my object its origin so when it is already past the distance I want it to move it shows this behavior.
I am not quite sure yet how to fix this.

3

I guess there is no easy way to tell it to move x distance from its current position,

So I have to get the current position and add it to the desired move distance, that seems to work.

4

I’m not really good at reading and deciding on what to do on scrips, but, I looks like, to me, that you diden’t assign the variables to there type. Try:

var moveRight :boolean = true ;
var moveUp : boolean = false ;
var moveDistance : int = 1 ;
var effectTarget = Vector3(0,0,0) ;  // the object to move.

// This keep track of the objects position eatch frame.
private var moveCurrentPosition : Vector3;   


function Update()
{
   // MOVE X AXIS
   if (moveRight)                                                                                 
   {
      if (moveDistance > 0)                                                                        
      {
         if (moveCurrentPosition.x <= moveDistance)                                             
         {
            effectTarget.transform.Translate
            (Vector3.right * moveDistance * Time.deltaTime);      
            
            // Updating the position to work with next frame.   
            moveCurrentPosition =
            effectTarget.transform.position ;      
                                 
         }
      }
      
      // Stuff for moving in the oposite direction here (left).
   }
      
   // MOVE Y AXIS
   if (moveUp)                                                                                    
   {
      if (moveDistance > 0)                                                                        
      {
         if (moveCurrentPosition.y <= moveDistance)                                             
         {
            effectTarget.transform.Translate
            (Vector3.up * moveDistance    * Time.deltaTime);   
            
            moveCurrentPosition =
            effectTarget.transform.position ;                                 
         }
      }
      
      // Stuff for moving in the posite direction  here (down).
   }
}

I may be wrong, however.

5

I figured it out,
the IF comparisation to move left or right differs when you are have positive values of negative values.

So I had to make:
a move right for positive values,
a move left for positive values,
a move right for negative values,
a move left for negative values.

And some checks to figure out the one thats required for the desired movement.