Add force and stop when it gets to the assigned position

Hi,
I am trying to make a game like a color switch in unity and I have a problem :
When user clicks space I want a player object which is a sphere to jump few inches higher and stop there.
I was trying to use righidbody.addForce() but when I call it the player object just keept going up and doesnt stop
How can i stop add force when player object gets ti the assigned position ?
Please help.

 

Hmm, do you need to use addforce? Or is translating okay?

You could store the current player's position in a Vector3 variable, and create a boolean variable. The boolean variable would be false until you reached your desired position.

Example (Untested Code):

Code (JavaScript):

1. var moving : boolean = false;
2. var currentPosition : Vector3;
3. var destinationPosition : Vector3;
4.  
5. function Update(){
6.  
7. currentPosition = Transform.position;
8.  
9. if( moving == true){
10.    transform.Translate(Vector3.forward * Time.deltaTime); //use whatever movement code here
11. }
12.  
13.    if( Input){ //however you trigger movement
14.     destinationPosition = Vector3( currentPosition.x+1, currentPosition.y, currentPosition.z); //example adding +1 x
15.     moving = true;
16. }
17.  
18.    if( currentPosition = destinationPosition){
19.    moving = false;
20. }
21.  
22. }

The reason I asked about using addforce is I think addforce will continue to move you a little bit even when you stop it, whereas translation stops immediately. Hope this helps!

 

I changed my code and now it looks like this :

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour {
5.  
6.     public float speed;
7.     private Vector3 aktualposition ;
8.     public GameObject camera ;
9.     private Vector3 difference ;
10.  
11.     void start(){
12.         difference = camera.transform.position - transform.position;
13.     }
14.     void FixedUpdate () {
15.  
16.         bool moving = false;
17.         Vector3 currentPosition;
18.         Vector3 destinationPosition ;
19.        
20.             currentPosition = transform.position;
21.             destinationPosition = new Vector3( currentPosition.x, currentPosition.y+1, currentPosition.z);
22.  
23.         if (moving == true) {
24.             transform.Translate (Vector3.forward * Time.deltaTime); //use whatever movement code here
25.         } else {
26.             camera.transform.position = transform.position + difference;
27.         }
28.            
29.             if( Input.GetButtonDown("Jump")){ //however you trigger movement
30.                 destinationPosition = new Vector3( currentPosition.x+1, currentPosition.y, currentPosition.z); //example adding +1 x
31.                 moving = true;
32.             }
33.            
34.             if( currentPosition == destinationPosition){
35.                moving = false;
36.             }
37.            
38.         }
39.        
40. }
41.  
42.  

And righ now after I click space nothing happens. It doesnt move at all

 

In the Start() function put this :
destinationPosition = Vector3( currentPosition.x, currentPosition.y, currentPosition.z);


And try removing line 16, 17 and 21.

Also try and do destinationPosition = Vector3 rather than new Vector3 when you press space.

 

Right now when i click space the z- position keeps increasing and doesnt stop untill I exit the game.