koobas.hobune.stream
Make player follow a waypoint path but still be able to control player movement
Hi, I am developing a racing game where I have a predefined path with waypoints, and what I want to achieve is, I want my player to follow that general direction of the path but still be in full control of my player. As in, it keeps following the path, But I should be able to move it left and right to avoid obstacles.
Here is the piece of code I use right now.
#region Following the path
if (PathGenerator.instance.wayPoints.Count > 0)
{
Transform currentNode = PathGenerator.instance.wayPoints[currentNodeCount];
transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(transform.position, currentNode.position, forwardSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation, Quaternion.LookRotation(currentNode.position - transform.position), 1 * Time.deltaTime);
float distance = Vector3.Distance(transform.position, currentNode.position);
if(distance < 1f)
{
if(currentNodeCount < PathGenerator.instance.wayPoints.Count - 1)
currentNodeCount++;
}
}
#endregion
But the issue here Is that the player goes directly to the waypoint, even if I move it left and right. It would just go back to the center of the waypoint.
watch the gif:- https://s3.gifyu.com/images/Demo-00_00_00-00_00_30-640i.gif (Sorry could not upload here because of upload limitations in Unity Answers)
As you can see how it comes back to the center to follow the waypoint, I can't control the player like this. All I want is the player to follow the circuit path itself, but I want to control it's X-axis in order to avoid obstacle.
Can someone please guide me here and help me solve my problem? Any help or idea would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Just add Vector3 offsetPosition like
transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(transform.position, currentNode.position, forwardSpeed * Time.deltaTime) + offsetPosition;
Where the offsetPosition variable changes its value from the player's control
