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Making the character controller a child of another object
I am developing an application for a CAVE-type VR setup that uses head tracking. I need to make the first-person character controller a child of the head tracker so that it follows head movements. I have been able to make this work with regular GameObjects, but not with the character controller. I figure there must be something special about it that keeps it grounded.
Any suggestions of how I can make the controller behave more like a normal GameObject, specifically being able to pair it to other objects?
My code for reference:
public class AttachToHead : MonoBehaviour {
public GameObject node;
void Start () {
}
void Update (){
if (MiddleVR.VRDeviceMgr != null){
node = GameObject.Find("HeadNode");
this.transform.parent = node.transform;
}
}
}
I don't think you need to know anything about MiddleVR for this question. This code works as expected for GameObjects.
Just to clarify, you want AttachToHead to be parent of node?
Try to debug. Can you even find the game object
if (MiddleVR.VRDeviceMgr != null){
Debug.Log(MiddleVR.VRDeviceMgr);
node = GameObject.Find("HeadNode");
Debug.Log(node);
this.transform.parent = node.transform;
}
if its not null, you found it and it will parent it.
Actually, it's the opposite. I want AttachToHead to be the child of node.
It finds the GameObject. I know this because I had this script attached to a cube, which made the cube the child of "HeadNode" (the head tracker). When I moved the tracker the cube moved as well. This is what I want it to do, only with a character controller.
Then do the other way around. http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform-parent.html
node.transform.parent = transform;
