koobas.hobune.stream
Object slows down when moving to a NavPoint, speed is not constant
The update position code:
private void updatePos() { monsterPos = monster.transform.position;
if (rotateTowards != null) { rotateTowards.objectToRotate = monster.transform;
rotateTowards.target = nextNavPoint.transform; }
dir = nextNavPoint.transform.position - monsterPos;
monster.transform.Translate(dir speed Time.deltaTime, Space.World); }
I guess there is something on this line I need to change:
monster.transform.Translate(dir * speed * Time.deltaTime, Space.World);
Or this line:
dir = nextNavPoint.transform.position - monsterPos;
I am unsure which line I need to change/update, and I don't know what needs to be changed for the speed to be constant. I guess it has something to do with the;
dir * speed * Time.deltaTime, when
diris less than
Vector3(1, 1, 1)
Any help would be appricated. :)
The closer you are getting to the target, your direction variable dir is getting closer and closer to zero vector (0, 0, 0). This will happen because the intent is to make monsterPos equal to nextNavPoint.transform.position; the closer monsterPos gets to being equal to nextNavPoint.transform.position, the closer dir is equal to nextNavPoint.transform.position - nextNavPoint.transform.position, which is zero vector. Because this increasingly smaller dir value is being used to caculate your translation, your velocity, which is "direction * speed", slows down.
The solution is to normalize your direction vector to a unit vector with Vector3.Normalize() before you use it to translate. Normalizing will keep your vector at unit size (magnitude of 1) always, no matter what magnitude dir originally was. Though, the movement will be rigid and constant this way.
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnitude_(mathematics)#Euclidean_vectors
Adding dir.Normalize(); before monster.transform.Translate(dir speed Time.deltaTime, Space.World); solved the problem. Thank you so very much for the quick reply. :)
