Vector3.MoveTowards

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1

Hi

I am currently trying to work out how to move an object (player) to another object once a mouse button has been clicked.

Moving the player using the following script works when no mouse click detect is required.

	using UnityEngine;
	using System.Collections;
	
	public class MoveToTarget : MonoBehaviour 
{
	public Transform target;
	public float speed;
		
	void Update()
		{

					float step = speed * Time.deltaTime;
					transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards (transform.position, target.position, step);

		}
}

However when I add detecting mouse-click the player does move in the direction of the object but stops, waiting for another click before it moves again.

	using UnityEngine;
	using System.Collections;
	
	public class MoveToTarget : MonoBehaviour 
{
	public Transform target;
	public float speed;
		
	void Update()
		{
			if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
			    {
					float step = speed * Time.deltaTime;
					transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards (transform.position, target.position, step);
				}
		}
}

Should I be using something other than void update?

Can someone point me in the right direction with regards to seeing what options are available other than void update?

Thanks

2

Try using GetMouseButton which returns true for a given button being held down, GetMouseButtonDown only returns true during a frame and the button is pressed.

3

@Landern

Cool, thanks. Good to know yet another trick :slight_smile: When I hold the button down it does indeed move the player to the target’s position. However to clarify (my apologies for not doing so previously) I would like to click and release the mouse button once and have the player travel to its new location. Currently if I release the mouse button the player stops.
Thanks