How do I make something go in the direction it is facing Unity 2D

Hi, I am pretty new to unity and I am trying to make a game where you need to fly around in a plane and shoot at other planes. So far my script is pretty simple and you can rotate the plane to turn left and right, but I want the plane to automatically go forward in the direction it is facing. This is my script so far:

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class Rotate : MonoBehaviour
{
Rigidbody2D body;
public float degreesPerSec = 360f;

void Start()
{

}


void Update()
{
float rotationAmount = 0f;
float currentRotation = transform.localRotation.eulerAngles.z;

if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A))
{
rotationAmount = degreesPerSec * Time.deltaTime;
}
if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D))
{
rotationAmount = (degreesPerSec * -1f) * Time.deltaTime;
}
transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(new Vector3(0, 0, currentRotation + rotationAmount));

}
}


Any help would be very appreciated! Thank you!

 

Hi @Duranahanjr

For that you can simply use transform.forward... or any other shortcut you have (right, up).

See the docs for code example:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform-forward.html

 

Thank you so much for responding so quickly! I had tried that before but was using it wrong. It works perfectly now and the problem is resolved. Thanks so much!