Help with vibrating objects upon collision.

I'm trying to move an object toward the position of my mouse when left clicked, however when the object collides with other objects it starts vibrating. I imagine the problem is the object is being teleported into the other causing it to push back but I don't know how to fix it. Please and thank you.

Here is the script i'm working with currently.

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class MouseMove2D : MonoBehaviour {
5.  
6.     private Vector3 mousePosition;
7.     public float moveSpeed = 0.1f;
8.  
9.     // Use this for initialization
10.     void Start () {
11.  
12.     }
13.  
14.     // Update is called once per frame
15.     private void Update()
16.     {
17.         if(Input.GetMouseButton(0))
18.         {
19.             mousePosition = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
20.             mousePosition.z = transform.position.z;
21.             transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(transform.position, mousePosition, moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
22.         }
23.     }
24. }

 

You need to not allow the object to pass into the other objects somehow. This can get complex but one way would be to ray cast some distance from the object and detect intersections with other objects, and don't allow the object to move forward if a ray is hit.

 

You have to let the physics system do the work.

Currently you're setting position on the Transform, which is effectively teleporting the object to the location. Then when the FixedUpdate happens, the physics system separates them. That cycle repeats and you get the vibration.

You need to move your object using the physics system. So you affect the Rigidbody2D, and the Rigidbody2D will affect the Transform for you. You could be using AddForce, or probably MovePosition is what you want as an alternative to setting position directly using the mouse location.

Try this:

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2.  
3. public class MouseMove2D : MonoBehaviour
4. {
5.     public float moveSpeed = 0.1f;
6.  
7.     private Vector3 mousePosition;
8.     private Rigidbody2D _rigidbody;
9.  
10.     private void Awake()
11.     {
12.         _rigidbody = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
13.     }
14.  
15.     private void Update()
16.     {
17.         if (Input.GetMouseButton(0))
18.         {
19.             mousePosition = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
20.             mousePosition.z = transform.position.z;
21.  
22.             Vector3 targetPosition = Vector3.MoveTowards(transform.position, mousePosition, moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
23.  
24.             _rigidbody.MovePosition(targetPosition);
25.         }
26.     }
27. }

You may also want to use Continuous Collision mode on the rigidbody for a more costly, but higher accuracy physics simulation.

 

Thanks a bunch! But now there's another problem.
When multiple objects collide there's no vibration, but when the mouse button is released they begin to drift away. How can i make them stay still? also how do i make the objects come to a stop gradually instead of them stopping right away?

Edit: I fixed the drifting by changing the linear and angular drag to 50.