koobas.hobune.stream
Spawn object in front of player and the way he is facing?
Hey, how could I instantiate an object in front of the player AND the way he is facing? I've got this but it only spawns the object X amount units from the player on the x axis.
playerPos = player.transform.position;
spawnPos = new Vector3(playerPos.x+10, playerPos.y, playerPos.z);
Instantiate(Resources.Load(iconDragging.GetComponent<UISprite>().spriteName), spawnPos, Quaternion.identity);
You can use the player.transform.forward direction to get the players direction as a vector and transform.rotation to get the orientation. You can also do math operations of vectors which makes things so much neater than modifying the components.
Vector3 playerPos = player.transform.position;
Vector3 playerDirection = player.transform.forward;
Quaternion playerRotation = player.transform.rotation;
float spawnDistance = 10;
Vector3 spawnPos = playerPos + playerDirection*spawnDistance;
Instantiate(Resources.Load(iconDragging.GetComponent<UISprite>().spriteName), spawnPos, playerRotation );
I have been struggling with creating a dash controller to move forward based on the camera's position along with the camera's forward facing direction and this has helped me alot. Thanks!
One quick question on that. the spawnPos must get new values in Update() function I suppose? not at Start()? or in both of them?
You could initiate spawnPos in Start(), but the only advantage I see would be to allow the desired behavior, here shooting, on the very first frame. I don't think it would hurt either way.
