[HELP] How to make an object spawn and follow the player
Hello. I'm trying to build a laser defender type of game. I added some power-ups to fall from enemies at a random probability. I've decided to add a power-up that spawns a new player ship that has to follow the players ship. How can i make the new spawn move on it's own and follow the player (like in the Super Gradius NES game if someone still remembers it, where you could spawn a red orb following the player and shooting with the same power and fire rate as the player). I mean the clone should start to move when the player's ship is at an X distance away from the clone.
Here is what i mean in pictures:
Here are the codes for the player and the player clone:
Player:
using UnityEngine; using UnityEngine.UI; using System.Collections;
public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour { public float speed = 3.0f; public float padding = 1f; public GameObject[] projectiles = new GameObject[15]; public GameObject[] ships = new GameObject[3]; public float projectileSpeed; public float fireRate = 0.2f; public int health = 100; public int armor = 100; public int damag = 100; //public Canvas canvas; //public Sprite[] laserSprites = new Sprite[15]; public int amountUpgrades; public PlayerClone[] playerClones = new PlayerClone[3];
public AudioClip destroyed;
public AudioClip shoot;
float xmin;
float xmax;
int i = 0;
public int newArmor;
public int newHealth;
public float newSpeed;
public static int newDamage;
int dmgUp = 0;
int projectilesIndex = 0;
LevelManager levelmanager;
void Start(){
if(Application.loadedLevelName == "02 Level_01"){
newArmor = armor;
newHealth = health;
newSpeed = speed;
newDamage = damag;
}
// Defining the play space edges
float distance = transform.position.z - Camera.main.transform.position.z;
Vector3 leftmost = Camera.main.ViewportToWorldPoint(new Vector3(0,0,distance));
Vector3 rightmost = Camera.main.ViewportToWorldPoint(new Vector3(1,0,distance));
xmin = leftmost.x + padding;
xmax = rightmost.x - padding;
Debug.Log(newArmor);
Debug.Log(newHealth);
Debug.Log(newDamage);
Debug.Log(newSpeed);
}
void Update () {
// Moving left or right
if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftArrow)){
transform.position += Vector3.left * speed * Time.deltaTime;
}else if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightArrow)){
transform.position += Vector3.right * speed * Time.deltaTime;
}
// Resctricting the player to the game space
float newX = Mathf.Clamp(transform.position.x,xmin,xmax);
transform.position = new Vector3(newX,transform.position.y,transform.position.z);
// Creating lasers when space is pressed
if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space)){
InvokeRepeating("Fire", 0.000001f, fireRate);
}
if(Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.Space)){
CancelInvoke("Fire");
}
}
void OnTriggerEnter2D (Collider2D collider){
EnemyProjectile missile = collider.gameObject.GetComponent<EnemyProjectile>();
if (missile) {
//Debug.Log ("Enemy scored a hit!");
Debug.Log(health);
if(EnemyProjectile.damage > armor){
health -= missile.GetDamage () - armor;
Debug.Log(health);
missile.Hit ();
}else{
missile.Hit();
}
}
if (health <= 0) {
Die ();
}
PowerUps Powerup = collider.gameObject.GetComponent<PowerUps>();
if(Powerup){
//Debug.Log("Power up");
if(Powerup.armorUpgrade != 0){
//Debug.Log("Armor");
newArmor += Powerup.ArmorUpgrade();
Debug.Log(newArmor);
}else if(Powerup.damageUpgrade != 0){
//Debug.Log("Damage");
newDamage += Powerup.DamageUpgrade();
dmgUp++;
//Debug.Log(missile.damage);
//Debug.Log(dmgUp);
if(projectilesIndex < 15){
if(dmgUp == amountUpgrades){
projectilesIndex++;
dmgUp = 0;
}
}
}else if(Powerup.speedUpgrade != 0){
Debug.Log("Speed");
newSpeed += Powerup.SpeedUpgrade();
Debug.Log(newSpeed);
}else if(Powerup.healthReturn != 0){
Debug.Log("Health");
newHealth += Powerup.HealthUpgrade();
Debug.Log(newHealth);
}else if(Powerup.doubleShip != 0){
if(i <= 2){
Instantiate(ships[i],transform.position,Quaternion.identity);
i++;
}
}
Powerup.Hit();
}
}
void Die(){
//man = GameObject.Find("LevelManager").GetComponent<LevelManager>();
levelmanager = GameObject.Find("LevelManager").GetComponent<LevelManager>();
levelmanager.LoadLevel("03b Lose");
Destroy(gameObject);
}
void Fire(){
Vector3 offset = new Vector3(0,1,0);
GameObject beam = Instantiate(projectiles[projectilesIndex], transform.position + offset, Quaternion.identity) as GameObject;
beam.rigidbody2D.velocity = new Vector3(0,projectileSpeed,0);
AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint(shoot,transform.position);
}
}
Player Clone:
using UnityEngine; using System.Collections;
public class PlayerClone : MonoBehaviour { public AudioClip shoot; public GameObject playerLaser; float projectileSpeed = 5f; float speed = 3f; float fireRate = 0.2f;
float xmin;
float xmax;
float padding = 1f;
void Start(){
float distance = transform.position.z - Camera.main.transform.position.z;
Vector3 leftmost = Camera.main.ViewportToWorldPoint(new Vector3(0,0,distance));
Vector3 rightmost = Camera.main.ViewportToWorldPoint(new Vector3(1,0,distance));
xmin = leftmost.x + padding;
xmax = rightmost.x - padding;
}
void Update(){
if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space)){
InvokeRepeating ("Fire",0.00001f,fireRate);
}
if(Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.Space)){
CancelInvoke("Fire");
}
// Moving left or right
if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftArrow)){
transform.position += Vector3.left * speed * Time.deltaTime;
}else if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightArrow)){
transform.position += Vector3.right * speed * Time.deltaTime;
}
// Resctricting the player to the game space
float newX = Mathf.Clamp(transform.position.x,xmin,xmax);
transform.position = new Vector3(newX,transform.position.y,transform.position.z);
}
void Fire(){
Vector3 offset = new Vector3(0,1,0);
GameObject beam = Instantiate(playerLaser, transform.position + offset, Quaternion.identity) as GameObject;
beam.rigidbody2D.velocity = new Vector3(0,projectileSpeed,0);
AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint(shoot,transform.position);
}
}
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