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Hey there everyone,
I've ran in to a problem: I have a Prefab that follows my mouse and I am trying to rotate it (around the Y-axis). I've looked everywhere and tried everything but my prefab keeps spinning around in big circles (not around the Y-axis). This is my current rotation code: if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.R)){ Instance.transform.Rotate(0,10,0); } 
  
               Is anyone able to help me out? Note: the script is attached to my camera, I think it might have something to do with this (?) 
Edit: I fixed the script that causes my object to follow the cursor, it's working properly now. Thanks all!
Answer by robertbu · Jan 06, 2014 at 07:02 PM
Script needs to be attached to your object, not the camera. Plus you should use Time.deltaTime:
 function Update() {
     if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.R)){ 
         transform.Rotate(0,60.0 * Time.deltaTime,0);
     } 
 }
 
              So it wouldn't be possible to have it on a different object?
You can, but you have to reference the game object you are spinning. Lets say the object you want to spin has the name 'Player', you could do:
 var player : Transform;
 
 function Start() {
     player = GameObject.Find("Player").transform;
 }
 
 function Update() {
     if(Input.Get$$anonymous$$ey($$anonymous$$eyCode.R)){ 
         player.Rotate(0,60.0 * Time.deltaTime,0);
     } 
 }
 
                 I am using the following code to reference the GameObject.
public GameObject Instance;
 
                  and
  
                      Instance = Instantiate(InstancePrefab, camera.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition), Quaternion.identity) as GameObject;
 
                  
                 Then the rotation code would be:
 function Update() {
     if(Input.Get$$anonymous$$ey($$anonymous$$eyCode.R)){ 
         Instance.transform.Rotate(0,60.0 * Time.deltaTime,0);
     } 
 }
 
                 It does not seem to work. I get the same result as always: http://i.imgur.com/U1hHxvU.gif
It just starts making circles.
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