Question Does transform.LookAt() override z rotation?

I'm currently trying to make almost a snake like simulation where a number of cubes are following each other with slight delays. Everything was working as well as the mimicking of the Z rotation of the target causing a spiral until I added transform.LookAt(target). Now the subsequent blocks do not turn in z axis no matter what the target does. here is a bit of the code, excuse the huge mess.

Code (CSharp):

1. Quaternion currentRotation = transform.rotation;
2.         Quaternion targetRotationWithoutY = Quaternion.Euler(currentRotation.eulerAngles.x, targetRotation.eulerAngles.y, targetRotation.eulerAngles.z);
3.         Quaternion targetRotationWithoutYZ = Quaternion.Euler(targetRotationWithoutY.eulerAngles.x, 0f, 0f);
4.         desiredRotation = Quaternion.Lerp(currentRotation, targetRotationWithoutYZ, rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
5.  
6.         //this makes the objects rotate in the z axis
7.         float desiredZRotation = Mathf.LerpAngle(currentRotation.eulerAngles.z, targetRotationWithoutY.eulerAngles.z, spiralSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
8.         desiredRotation.eulerAngles = new Vector3(desiredRotation.eulerAngles.x, desiredRotation.eulerAngles.y, desiredZRotation);
9.  
10.         transform.rotation = desiredRotation;
11.  
12.         // Look at the target
13.         transform.LookAt(target.transform.position);
14.     }

I've messed with the spiral speed but that doesn't make a difference.

 

There's a solution for the huge mess!!

If you post a code snippet, ALWAYS USE CODE TAGS:

How to use code tags: https://forum.unity.com/threads/using-code-tags-properly.143875/

The magic you're looking for is the optional second argument to the

Transform.LookAt()

method.

Hie thee to the Transform documentation to see what I mean!