Vector3 and transform.rotation?

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Hi,

I'm trying to do a simple reset players position, I've got it all working apart from the players rotation. I'm trying to use a vector3 but I keep getting this error "OutOfZone.cs(24,34): error CS0029: Cannot implicitly convert type UnityEngine.Vector3' to UnityEngine.Quaternion'"

 public class OutOfZone : MonoBehaviour {
     
     public Transform Player;
     public Vector3 coOrds;
     public Vector3 view;
     public AudioClip fallSound;
     public AudioClip goBackSound;
     
     void OnTriggerEnter (Collider col) 
     {
         StartCoroutine(outZone());
     }
     
     IEnumerator outZone()
     {
         CameraFade.FadeOutMain();
         audio.PlayOneShot(fallSound);
         yield return new WaitForSeconds(2);
         audio.PlayOneShot(goBackSound);
         Player.transform.position = coOrds;
         Player.transform.rotation = view;
         yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);
         CameraFade.FadeInMain();        
     }
 }

What do I use to get this to work?

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Answer by CHPedersen · Mar 13, 2013 at 04:59 PM

The problem is pretty much exactly what the error says. :) In this line:

 Player.transform.rotation = view;

You are attempting to set the rotation to the variable view, but view is of type Vector3, and the rotation of a Transform is of type Quaternion. Those types are incompatible - you can't set it like that. You have to either set the rotation using a Quaternion you create with the Quaternion constructor directly, or by creating a quaternion using one of the static methods in class Quaternion.

For example, since you're storing view as a Vector3, maybe I can assume you're actually storing the degrees of rotation around x, y and z in view.x, view.y and view.z? In that case, you can set your rotation like this:

 Player.transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(view.x, view.y, view.z);

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robertbu · Mar 13, 2013 at 05:11 PM 1

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Or you can just set it like:

 Player.transform.eulerAngles = view;

Kennyist · Mar 14, 2013 at 10:23 AM 0

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Thanks, Didnt know what a quaternion was since i've never seen it before in this. But that worked fine.

CHPedersen · Mar 14, 2013 at 10:41 AM 0

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It's a matrix used to store rotations in a way that avoids Gimbal lock. $$anonymous$$ore on that on Wikipedia. If the reply helped you, please consider marking it correct. :)

Px_Extant · Sep 23, 2015 at 12:24 PM 0

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I did'n get the error rigth but now i get it thanks!

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Answer by KingKong320 · Jun 25, 2019 at 04:41 AM

i have tried eulars is vector3 type. transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler (eulars.x, eulars.y, eulars.z); but it gives error Assertion failed on expression: 'CompareApproximately(SqrMagnitude(result), 1.0F)' UnityEngine.Quaternion:Euler(Single, Single, Single).

Please help me out.

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