DmgText Instantiate position

Hi there!

I'm currently messing around with an fps build and have now hit a mental block when dealing with the floating damage text and getting it to appear where I want it to appear. The video link below shows the issue that I am having with the damage appearing from the bottom of my enemies.

https://imgur.com/oXJNQaM - Video of issue (sorry for the quality. The issue is easier to see on the green enemy)

I have the damage text instantiating, but my issue is the Y position will not change. I have created an offset in my 'dmgTextScript', but the Y value of the offset is being completely ignored, while the X and Z values of the offset work fine and do affect the position of the dmgText when testing. Any ideas on what could be causing this?

The dmgTextPrefab does have an animation on it, is that an issue?

Code (CSharp):

1. public class dmgTextScript : MonoBehaviour
2. {
3.     public float destroyTime = 2f;
4.     public Vector3 offset = new Vector3(0, 2, 0);
5.  
6.  
7.     void Start()
8.     {
9.         Destroy(gameObject, destroyTime);
10.        
11.         transform.localPosition += offset;
12.     }
13.  
14. }

Here is the code that instantiates the dmgText:

Code (CSharp):

1. public void TakeDamage(int amount)
2.     {
3.         takingDamage = true;    
4.         health -= amount;
5.         healthBar.SetHealth(health);
6.         if (dmgTextPrefab && health > 0)
7.         {
8.             ShowDmgText(amount);
9.         }
10.  
11.         if (health <= 0)
12.         {
13.             health = 0;
14.             Die();
15.         }
16.        
17.     }
18.  
19.     void ShowDmgText (int amount)
20.     {
21.         var dmg = Instantiate(dmgTextPrefab, transform.position, Quaternion.LookRotation(Camera.main.transform.forward), transform);
22.         dmg.GetComponent<TextMesh>().text = amount.ToString();
23.     }
24. }

Thanks in advance! Cheers!

 

What part of the prefab are you animating? If you're animating the root objects Y position then that'll be the issue.

You might need to add a parent object to the object you're animating and set the position of the parent object instead.

 

Thank you so much! That was my issue!