Accessing players rigidbody from a script not attached to the player

I have a 3rd person camera ive coded to orbit, zoom and target. While in the "target" camera state I want to lock the players rotation (much like links targeting in zelda), however, the script is attached to my camera not my player.. How do I access my players rigidbody in a script that's attached to my camera? and what bit of code would lock my players rotation while targeted? rotation x = 0 y = 0?? THANK YOU!

-Jaek

 

If you're using c# it'd be something like the following. To access your players rigidbody from a script on your camera you could do something like:

Code (CSharp):

1. public Rigidbody playerRigidbody;
2.  
3.  
4. void Start() {
5.      //Reference your player's rigidbody component at the "Start" of the game
6.      playerRigidbody = GameObject.Find("MyPlayersName_InTheHierarchy").GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
7. }

That will reference your main character's rigidbody and hold it in a variable. So now, you have a quick way to access the rigidbody component on your main character from the script on your camera. And you could do something like

Code (CSharp):

1. void Update() {
2.  
3.      playerRigidbody.mass = 270;
4.  
5. }

As for holding your characters rotation, look into "Rigidbody Constraints". I forget what the exact commands are right now, but there's probably plenty of examples on google. Although if it is what I think you're wanting, you might simply have to set your players rotation to a specific rotation every Update. In that case, you'd do something like "myPlayerGameObject.transform.rotation = someOtherRotation". Rotations can get a bit complicated, so maybe ask again if you get stuck on that too. Good luck.

 

I'm giving it a shot right now, thank you very much for the insightful response! I appreciate it!

 

Did it work? If I’m not mistaken, you could also make your player object’s Rigidbody a static variable that can be accessed from anywhere. Something like this on your player movement script:

Code (CSharp):

1. public static RigidBody playerRigidBody;
2.  
3. void Start()
4. {
5. playerRigidBody = GetComponent<RigidBody>();
6. }