koobas.hobune.stream
How to Instantiate a prefab onto a grid?
Dear UnityAnswers community,
I've looted a bit of code from someone else to help facilitate a little dungeon creator I'm working on. The code is placed in the main player camera and it spawns a little cube when the player clicks on the mouse.
Reference:
var building : GameObject;
var gridX = 5;
var gridY = 5;
var spacing = 2.0;
function Update ()
{
if(Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
{
Build();
}
}
function Build()
{
var ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay (Input.mousePosition);
var hit : RaycastHit;
if (Physics.Raycast (ray, hit, 100))
{
Debug.DrawLine (ray.origin, hit.point);
Instantiate(building,hit.point,Quaternion.identity);
}
}
What I need to work out is how best to get the cube to follow some kind of grid and only create a new prefab along certain X-Y-Z axis!
May I point out that this isn't going to be a MineCraft clone- I'm simply using the cube as a starting point and will actually replace this with in game prefabs such as walls, doors, etc... However, I suppose the principal is the same although the objects I have in mind may be several blocks high/long/wide for certain 'props'.
Thanks in advance
Suppose the grid is 5x5 squares. That means you want to snap to center points of 2.5, 7.5, 12.5 ... . First compute the grid square you are on, then scale for size, then center it.
You currently instantiate at the hit.point:
Instantiate(explosionPrefab, hit.point, rot);
Instead, recompute the grid center near hit.point and spawn there:
float3 P = hit.point;
P.x = Mathf.Floor(P.x/5) * 5 + 2.5f;
// same for z
// If your ground isn't flat, look up P.y = groundHT at x,z
// If you might be on a rock, do a new raycast down from P to get new HT/normal
// spawn using corrected point:
Instantiate(explosionPrefab, P, Quaternion.identity);
If you camera is always aimed straight down, you could probably do the math early, after screenPointToRay, to avoid the 2nd raycast.
