Question by slipperyloon · Aug 14, 2020 at 12:37 AM · 2d rotation quaternion topdown top-down

Why isn't my 2d object facing the way it is moving?

I am having an issue of getting my 2D object to point towards where it is going. To start with, I have a script that has my 2D object (an arrow) traveling from its location to a random spot. The arrows move as directed and once it gets to the random spot, it then picks a new random spot and moves to it, etc. However, every time it moves, it does not turn and face the direction it is going.

Here is my randomization code:

 using UnityEngine;
 
 public class RandomizeArrows : MonoBehaviour
 {
 
     public float minX;
     public float minY;
     public float maxX;
     public float maxY;
     public float speed;
 
     Vector2 targetPosition;
 
     // Start is called before the first frame update
     void Start()
     {
         targetPosition = GetRandomPosition();
     }
 
     // Update is called once per frame
     void Update()
     {
         if ((Vector2)transform.position != targetPosition)
         {
             transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position, targetPosition, speed * Time.deltaTime);
         }
         else
         {
             targetPosition = GetRandomPosition();
         }
     }
 
     Vector2 GetRandomPosition()
     {
         float randomX = Random.Range(minX, maxX);
         float randomY = Random.Range(minY, maxY);
         return new Vector2(randomX, randomY);
     }
 }

I have tried several quaternions to make the arrows face the direction without luck!

Should I be using Quanternion.RotateTowards or Quanternion.LookRotation? I have tried several of these and failed miserably. It isn't even worth putting the code in as I know I don't know what to put where in the variables.

Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance!

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