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Bullets flying in a random direction.
Hey so, I am currently struggling to set up my bullets travelling.
The ship that fires the bullets rotates and flys on X/Z axis which I realise is dumb. Either way, when I shoot my bullets they sometimes behave erratically. https://gyazo.com/6deac90d8cc3b4750a7713ed1c99d602
The player has a location for where to spawn the bullets and this is the code to spawn the bullets.
void Shoot ()
{
var bulletToShoot = (GameObject)Instantiate (
bullet,
bulletSpawnLocation.position,
bulletSpawnLocation.rotation);
Destroy (bulletToShoot, 8.0f);
}
Next the bullet itself is a prefab with the bullet controller code as such:
void Update () {
transform.Rotate (0, player.transform.rotation.y, 0);
transform.Translate (0, 0, bulletSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
bullet.transform.position += transform.forward * Time.deltaTime * bulletSpeed;
}
I am unsure why it does this so any help would be appreciated.
You are rotating your bullets constantly in your update function. So just rotate it once at Start() and then move forward.
void Start(){
transform.Rotate (0, player.transform.rotation.y, 0);
}
void Update () {
bullet.transform.position += transform.forward * Time.deltaTime * bulletSpeed;
}
I made that change and they still move very erratically
I think your bullet variable is prefab…
So try this
void Start(){
transform.Rotate (0, player.transform.rotation.y, 0);
}
void Update () {
transform.position += transform.forward * Time.deltaTime * bulletSpeed;
}
I can't test right now but I believe your problem is that you are using "transform.forward", and since you are rotating your game object the forward direction in changing.
bullet.transform.position += transform.forward * Time.deltaTime * bulletSpeed;
You could possibly solve storing the "forward" when the bullet is instantiated and then using that value in your calculation.
Vector3 _localForward;
void Start() {
_localForward = transform.forward;
}
void Update() {
...
bullet.transform.position += _localForward * Time.deltaTime * bulletSpeed;
}
Let me know if it works for you.
