Can't find a way to make object rotate and move at the same time.

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Hi, I'm fairly new to Unity and I'm having some troubles with my first project. Basically, I have a block that slides in the z axis whenever I press the Left/Right arrows or A/D keys. I also want to be able to rotate it by it's x axis by pressing either the Q/E keys.

The only problem I'm facing is that it either moves or rotates, and I want it to be able to do both at the same time.

Here's a quick video of the project: https://i.gyazo.com/cc3d61b6b357d85eaf1c6d3ee5384411.mp4

And here's my object's movement script:

 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using UnityEngine;
 
 public class BlockMovement : MonoBehaviour {
 
     public GameObject cube;
 
 
     public float speed;
     public float rotationSpeed;
 
     public float minRotation = -45f;
     public float maxRotation = 45f;
 
     void Update () {
         Vector3 moveTo = new Vector3(0f, 0f, Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * speed * Time.deltaTime);
         cube.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().MovePosition(cube.GetComponent<Transform>().position + moveTo);
 
         if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Q)) {
             cube.GetComponent<Transform>().Rotate(Vector3.right * rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
         } else if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.E)) {
             cube.GetComponent<Transform>().Rotate(-Vector3.right * rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
         }
     }
 }

Answer 1

Note that you don't need to get the Transform of a gameobject since every gameobject has a transform component by default.

Since your cube has a kinematic Rigidbody you also don't need to move it with the Rigidbody Component. You can simply use the normal Transform.

 using UnityEngine;
 
 public class BlockMovement : MonoBehaviour
 {
     public GameObject cube;
     public float speed = 50f;
     public float rotationSpeed = 50f;
     public float minRotation = -45f;
     public float maxRotation = 45f;
 
     void Update()
     {
         float deltaTime = Time.deltaTime;
 
         float horizontalInput = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
         if (horizontalInput != 0f)
         {
             float deltaMovement = horizontalInput * speed * deltaTime;
             cube.transform.Translate(new Vector3(0f, 0f, deltaMovement));
         }
 
         bool isTurningLeft = Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Q);
         bool isTurningRight = Input.GetKey(KeyCode.E);
         if (isTurningLeft && !isTurningRight)
         {
             cube.transform.Rotate(Vector3.left * rotationSpeed * deltaTime);
         }
 
         else if (!isTurningLeft && isTurningRight)
         {
             cube.transform.Rotate(Vector3.right * rotationSpeed * deltaTime);
         }
     }
 }

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