Question by Refulgent · Mar 01, 2018 at 11:21 AM · rotation programming rotatearound lookrotation rotatetowards

Why does RotateTowards rotate in an "orbit" rather than on the spot? Help me understand!

Hi,

First off, this is just a lack of me understanding this method, I think, I've tried googling but I'm not coming up with anything, sorry.

I have a simple bit of code,

         Vector3 enemyVectorRotate = Vector3.RotateTowards(transform.position, transform.position-target.position, 5f, 5f);
         Quaternion finalRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(EnemyVectorRotate);
         transform.rotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(transform.rotation, FinalRotation, 5f);

This does what I expect it to, except for one bit, it does A(in the image below), rotates like an orbit around its local 0,0,0 rather than what I expect it to do (B) rotate on the spot and look at FinalRotation in the code above. In figure A it is actually doing what I want, except it's also doing this orbit around its local x,y,z which is confusing me endlessly. alt text