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Firing cannons at variable angles
I'm trying to fire cannon balls at an angle from a ship. The player will select the 'range' and then, based on the 'fireLeft' - the cannon balls will fly from the side of the ship, at the angle selected by the 'range'.
So for example - the user selects 'long range', i would like the cannon balls to fly from the ship at around 40 degrees. If the user then selects close range, i would like the cannon balls to fly out from the right of the ship, without any incline. (The code currently does this).
Unfortunatly, after many many efforts - all I can get working correctly is to have them fly straight from either the left or right of the ship. I am doing this all in a coroutine. Here is my code:
IEnumerator FireCannonBall(float waitTime, int cannonIndex, bool fireLeft)
{
yield return new WaitForSeconds(waitTime);
Vector3 CannonPositionToUse = fireLeft ? CannonPositionsLeft[cannonIndex].position : CannonPositionsRight[cannonIndex].position;
GameObject InstantiatedCB = Instantiate(CannonBall,
CannonPositionToUse,
Quaternion.identity);
Vector3 fireDirection = fireLeft ? -transform.right : transform.right;
InstantiatedCB.transform.LookAt(fireDirection);
InstantiatedCB.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().velocity = fireDirection * (COMMON_CannonBallSpeed * 2); //InstantiatedCB.transform.forward * (COMMON_CannonBallSpeed / 2);
InstantiatedCB.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().AddRelativeForce(0, 200f, 0);
NetworkServer.Spawn(InstantiatedCB);
}
I tried using Relative force, as well as changing the velocity. I also tried using the 'look at' but i think my understanding of all of this isnt very good.. and i cant really find anything online doing something like this.
Many thanks in advance.
Replacing 'velocity' with .Addforce fixed the issue.
I don't think .AddRelativeForce can be used with .velocity.
