Vector3.Lerp not completing

Unity Engine
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I thought this was working for the longest time because I left the time param as 1, which does work. It just does it too fast so I slowed down the step. And now it just isn’t completing the interpolation

function Start () {
initialPos = transform.position;
recoilPos = transform.position - Vector3(-3,0,0);
transform.position = recoilPos;

function Update() {
print(“push”);
transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(recoilPos, initialPos, 0.1);

The object moves maybe 3/10 of the distance and then stops, while “push” continues to print. Push is just to return from recoil, this same issue happens going from initial to recoil also

This is such a simple issue but I’m spending more time than i’d like to thinking about it lol… Usually interpolating is straightforward, I’ve done it tons before

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The third argument should be increased over time, so in the first frame its 0, in the second frame 0.1, then 0.2, etc.

What you could do for example is:
Use a variable like ‘lastRecoilTime’ and set it to Time.time when you set the recoil position.

Then in the lerp you can do sth. like

..., (Time.time - lastRecoilTime) / 2); //So it will take 2 seconds to go back to normal.
3

Ahah! thanks so much I knew it was something simple

I guess for some reason I was thinking it would increase ‘by’ that step every update loop rather than setting it to that % of travel

Turns out in the other instances of interpolation I was handling it differently

Thanks again