Urgent help needed on Mathf.PingPong

Unity Engine
1

This is my code of line

transform.position = new Vector3(-6.6f + Mathf.PingPong(Time.time*60, 8.6f+0.57f), transform.position.y, transform.position.z);

My gameobject is moving between the limits, but i want it to be on just 2 values and not between those two values.

My numbers are -6.6f and 0.57f and not between these 2 values.

Please please help me.

2

bump

3

What do you mean, do you want the object to teleport between those 2 positions?

4

yes teleport with speed Time.time*60

again and again

5

You want it to change back and forth 60 times a second?

6

Maybe he wants it to teleport, wait 60 seconds, and teleport back?

7

Could be.

Add this class to your project. It’s in javascript but it should be trivial to convert to C# if you need. This isn’t the only (or even the bestest) way to do it but it should get the job done.

Use it by starting a timer sequence by creating a variable in start / awake or where ever you start the thing ping ponging.

var myToggle = new ToggleBackForth(-6.6f, 0.57f, 1.0f);

In your update code your transforms x value would then be myToggle.GetCurrent()

transform.position = new Vector3(myToggle.GetCurrent(), transform.position.y, transform.position.z);

When your done toggling back and forth call

myToggle.StopTimer();

ToggleBackForth.js

//toggle between start value and end value given a duration
class ToggleBackForth
{
private var done : boolean;
private var current : float ;
private var stopat : float;
private var buffer : float;
private var toggleTime : float;

//default constructor if using this you need to manually start the timer using StartTimer()
function ToggleBackForth()
	{
	done = false;
	current = -6.6f;
	stopat = 0.57f;
	buffer = current;
	toggleTime = 5.0;
	}

function ToggleBackForth(start : float, end : float, duration : float)
	{
	done = false;
	current = start;
	stopat = end ;
	buffer = current;
	toggleTime = duration;
	StartTimer();
	}

function StartTimer()
	{
	while(!done )
		{
		buffer = current;
		current = stopat;
		stopat = buffer;
		yield WaitForSeconds (toggleTime);
		}
	}

function StopTimer()
	{
	done = true;
	}

function GetCurrent():float
	{
	return current;
	}
}
8

i can change it twice per second, and can you help me with cs, i dont know js

9

i tried the js scipt too, it says

The associated script cant be loaded. Please fix any compile errors and assign a valid script.

But there is no error in the console…

10

This is a special case scenario in Unity when C# scripts attempt to access Javascripts. C# scripts compile first and won’t know about javascripts.
I’ve shamelessly copied this from here : http://unitygems.com/mistakes1/

11

i simply want my game Object to transform to 2 positions 2,3 times every second

transform.position = new Vector3(-6.6f, transform.position.y, transform.position.z);
transform.position = new Vector3(1.0f, transform.position.y, transform.position.z);

12

I hacked this one together for you.

SomeBehaviourScript.cs <-goes on the object that will move

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class NewBehaviourScript : MonoBehaviour 
{
	ToggleBackForth myToggle;
	// setup the toggle to make a move ever 1.0 seconds
	void Start () 
	{
	myToggle = new ToggleBackForth(-6.6f, 0.57f, 1.0f);
	StartCoroutine(myToggle.StartTimer());
	}
	
	// Update is called once per frame
	void Update () 
	{
	transform.position = new Vector3(myToggle.GetCurrent(), transform.position.y, transform.position.z);
	}
}

Your new Toggle function in C#:

ToggleBackForth.cs

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ToggleBackForth
    {
    public bool done;
    public float current;
    public float stopat;
    public float buffer;
    public float toggleTime;
     
    //default constructor if using this you need to manually start the timer using StartTimer()
    public ToggleBackForth()
        {
        done = false;
        current = -6.6f;
        stopat = 0.57f;
        buffer = current;
        toggleTime = 5.0f;
        }
     
    public ToggleBackForth(float start, float end, float duration)
        {
        done = false;
        current = start;
        stopat = end ;
        buffer = current;
        toggleTime = duration;
        }
     
    public IEnumerator StartTimer()
        {		
        while(!done)
            {
            buffer = current;
            current = stopat;
            stopat = buffer;
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(toggleTime);	
			}		
        }

     
    public void StopTimer()
        {
        done = true;
        }
     
    public float GetCurrent()
        {
        return current;
        }
    }