Fire Following Player's

Hi all!

I am not really having an issue but i would like to see another point of view.
me and my group are making a game where a building is burning and you have to find you're way out.
But to prevent the player from going back (when he take's the right path ofc) there is fire following him/her.
Now i am currious how would u guys let the fire follow the player from a distance.
Letting the fire follow te player is easy but i dont want it so static that the fire is always 10 feet away from u but always a little bit different.

Any idea's ?
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Woutferinga@live.nl

 

Well you can always lerp the position of the fire. That way it won't be so static to the player.
Vector3.Lerp


Another way is to set up a timer and check if the player is away from the fire and the timer has run out. That way you can start running from the fire and after whatever time you give the timer, the fire will start following.

Another way is with only distance checking. When the fire is close to the player it checks if the player is withing distance "A", if not, then start following the player and check if the fire is within distance "B" (which is shorter than A) - that way the fire will get close to you and if it's not chasing you, you have some space to move around within which the fire won't start chasing you.

Those are several ideas that came to mind. You can even try and combine them.

 

the second idea is about the same idea i just had think i am going to try that thanks for the reaply!