koobas.hobune.stream
Z-axis relative to an object.
I want to drop an item in front of me, but right now the item gets dropped on the world z axis, and not the character z axis (forward). How do I get the z-axis from the player to be the the z axis that is used?
This is the important part of my script:
void ItemDrop() {
CarryableObject.transform.parent = null;
CarryableObject.transform.position = new Vector3(transform.localPosition.x, transform.localPosition.y, transform.localPosition.z + OffsetDropPosition);
CarryableObject.transform.rotation = Character.transform.rotation;
CarryableObject.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().useGravity = true;
ItemPickedUp = false;
if(Handle != null){
Handle.GetComponent<Collider>().enabled = true;
}
if(HandleExtra != null){
HandleExtra.GetComponent<Collider>().enabled = true;
}
if(BladeHolder != null){
BladeHolder.GetComponent<Collider>().enabled = true;
}
if(Blade != null){
Blade.GetComponent<Collider>().enabled = true;
}
}
Best Answer
If you want to drop the item in front of the character, I don't see why you couldn't just do this:
CarryableObject.transform.position = Character.transform.position + Character.transform.forward
This of course assumes that the character's blue axis is pointing forward. You could also maybe add some sort of variable so you can control how far in front of the character it is.
I would suggest setting up a vector relative to your player, and multipling that by the worldToLocalMatrix on your players transform.
so instead your code would look something like this:
CarryableObject.transform.position = Vector3.forward * OffsetDropPosition * transform.worldToLocalMatrix;
