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Question by Anonymou5 · Sep 24, 2016 at 11:40 AM · c#rotationobjectquaternionz-axis

How to limit only one axis rotation? c#

I'm trying to limit object rotation. I don't want to affect x and y rotation. Only to z-axis rotation.

This code limits z-axis rotation to 30 degrees but it affects to x and y.

 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Collections;
 
 public class LimitRotation : MonoBehaviour
 {
     float z;
     float x;
     float y;
 
     void Start()
     {
         z = transform.eulerAngles.z;
         x = transform.eulerAngles.x;
         y = transform.eulerAngles.y;
     }
 
     void Update()
     {
         z -= Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * 30 * Time.deltaTime;
         z = Mathf.Clamp(z, -30, 30);
         transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(x, y, z);
     }
 }

How i should edit this code?

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Answer by b1gry4n · Sep 24, 2016 at 11:51 AM

  • Setting the euler to 0 in the update function (every frame), the object will appear to not rotate and will stay locked at the "rotation" value of 0.

  • Setting the euler to the transforms euler angle every frame simply says "do what you were doing". We want it to "do what it was doing" except we want to change 1 specific value, the z axis.

In your original code you were setting xyz to the transforms eulers in the START function. This says... on start (which is only called once) the xyz values are equal to whatever they were set to at the start of play mode. I am guessing it was at 0,0,0. So now...x = 0, y = 0, z = 0. By setting the xyz in the update now... you were saying transform.eulerAngles.x = 0, transform.eulerAngles.y = 0, transform.eulerAngles.z = 0

By setting the euler angles to what they currently are in the update function, it "frees up" those values to be able to change... freely.

TLDR : update the direct values of any euler you dont want to change, you cant store the value in start and reference it later because it will be changing. Move the x/y/z from start to update

I'm trying to limit object rotation. I don't want to affect x and y rotation. Only to z-axis rotation.

 void Update()
 {
     float h = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * 30 * Time.deltaTime;
     z = transform.eulerAngles.z;
     x = transform.eulerAngles.x;
     y = transform.eulerAngles.y;
     Vector3 desiredRot = new Vector3(x, y, z + h);
     if (desiredRot.z > 30)
     {
         desiredRot = new Vector3(x, y, 30);
     }
     else if (desiredRot.z < -30)
     {
         desiredRot = new Vector3(x, y, -30);
     }
 
     transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(desiredRot);
 }
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This does still freeze x and y rotation. I want them to change freely.

Or am i doing something wrong?

avatar image b1gry4n Anonymou5 · Sep 24, 2016 at 03:58 PM 0
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$$anonymous$$isread the question/skimmed over it. Updated the answer.

avatar image Anonymou5 · Sep 24, 2016 at 06:30 PM 0
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Thank you! This helped me very much.

avatar image Shmiddy · Jan 28, 2018 at 01:32 AM 0
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Thank you so much! I know this is an old post, but what I was missing was setting the rotation of the object via Quaternion.Euler(desiredRot). I'm now able to lock the rotation for the puzzle in my game after days of trying different methods. At least all these hours spent led to a better understanding of Unity's rotation systems. What a relief.

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Great answer! I've been struggling to move an object on certain axis for a few hours now and this definitely helped. Thanks!

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