koobas.hobune.stream
Setting Up Vector and Still Rotating the Character
I want to set the up vector of my character to match the terrain below, but I also need to be able to rotate it along the local y axis with the mouse, ie a first person controller. I can set the up vector fine, but I don't know how to rotate the character with the mouse at the same time.
The code that I am using is pretty simple: transform.up = rotations; where rotations is a vector3 direction. Currently I rotate my character using the Rotate method and doing so in local space. Any help would be appreciated!
Seems like you want to use Transform.LookAt since you can input a point to look at as well as the up direction.
http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.LookAt.html
@maccabbe lookat won't really work because rotations is not a location but a direction.
Why can't you use Transform.LookAt(transform.position+direction, up) ?
@maccabbe it sorta works, the player ends up being rotated to be tangent to my object. Also I am unable to rotate the player with this method. Also LookAt has the problem of flipping the player around whenever it reaches a certain points, if it was using transform.up or vector3.up, when it reaches complete vertical along the up vector.
You could try to rotate the character by using transform.RotateAround.
In update, after setting the characters up vector, just call:
transform.RotateAround(transform.position, transform.up, rotation Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
where rotationSpeed can be used to define the turning speed.
