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Help With Basic AI, Keep Specific Distance From Player
I have just begun an independent study on Unity at my University, so I am very new to this. I have successfully created an AI which will more towards the player, collide with the player, and do damage to the player. I am now trying to modify this script in order to create a new enemy type which will move up to the player, but then maintain a constant distance from the front of the player and fire projectiles.
Here is what I have tried:
using UnityEngine; using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
public class yellowCubeAI : MonoBehaviour {
public Transform target;
public int moveSpeed;
public int rotationSpeed;
private float distance;
private Transform myTransform;
void Awake(){
//caches transform
myTransform = transform;
}
// Use this for initialization
void Start () {
GameObject go = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Player");
//set target to player
target = go.transform;
//calculate distance
distance = Vector3.Distance(target.position, transform.position);
}
// Update is called once per frame
void Update () {
Debug.DrawLine(target.position, myTransform.position);
//look at player
myTransform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(myTransform.rotation, Quaternion.LookRotation(target.position - myTransform.position), rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
//move to target
if(distance>=20){
myTransform.position +=myTransform.forward * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
}
else if(distance<=19){
myTransform.position +=myTransform.forward * (-1) * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
}
}
}
As of now this AI behaves just like my other, and simply runs into the player. Any help is appreciated!
Answer by svenskefan · Sep 11, 2012 at 07:53 AM
Hi! you are only setting the distance in the Start function. You need to continously update the distance in the Update function.
distance = Vector3.Distance(target.position, transform.position);
Answer by xJames720x · Sep 11, 2012 at 07:12 PM
Hm, even when moving the distance calculation into the update function, this cube still behaves just like my other cube and simply runs into and follows the player.
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