how place an object below ground, then every animation end, increment y position

hello there, I am trying to simulate a building being built, I want to start it below the ground, then an animation fires an event function to increment the y value, so the building rises up...

I am able to place the object, although I hard coded the height, since the building height are all the same.

this is what I got so far in code, but currently it just pushes the building even farther below, and brings it back, up but still below the gound....what am I doig wrong ??

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. [code=CSharp] float animFrame = 0;
3.     public void buildHouse() //fired from an event in animation "build"
4.     {
5.         animFrame++;
6.  
7.         dir2.y += animFrame; // make the building rise..?? but now working
8.     }
9.  
10.     void Update()
11.     {
12.         if(isCLicked==true)       //before right click have building follow mouse hit pos
13.         {
14.             Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
15.             RaycastHit hit;
16.  
17.             if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit))
18.             {
19.                dir = hit.point;
20.                 myworldScpt.buildDir = dir;
21.                 dir.y = 0;
22.                 currentPlaceableObject.transform.position=dir;
23.              
24.             }
25.         }
26.        
27.  
28.         if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(1)) //when right click, set position of building below ground
29.         {
30.             if(isCLicked==true)
31.             {
32.  
33.                 myworldScpt.worldPopulation += residents;
34.                 myworldScpt.popAmount.text = myworldScpt.worldPopulation.ToString();
35.              
36.              
37.                 currentPlaceableObject.transform.rotation = Quaternion.identity;
38.                 dir2 = new Vector3(dir.x, dir.y - 6.5f, dir.z);
39.                 currentPlaceableObject.transform.position = dir2;
40.    
41.             isCLicked = false;
42.              
43.                
44.             }
45.  
46.         }

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thanks for any help ?

 

Code (CSharp):

1. dir2 = new Vector3(dir.x, dir.y - 6.5f, dir.z);

You reduce altitude by subtracting.
Probably you want add height.

 

that part was to set it below the ground..., the code is all commented..but thanks

 

hmm anyone ? everything I try, it doesn't work, using animator or this way, please....?

here it is using Animator, it always returns null for some reason when the player starts building

When I look at inspector and I click on the house1 in editor, it clearly says "House1";

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2.  
3. public void setClick() //////// fired by UI Image button
4.     {
5.         i++;
6.         isCLicked = true;
7.      
8.          currentPlaceableObject = Instantiate(placeableObjectPrefabs[0]);
9.         //currentPlaceableObject.GetComponentInChildren<Animator>().SetFloat("speed",1);
10.         currentPlaceableObject.name = "House" + i;
11.      
12.     }
13.     float speed = 5;
14.     // Update is called once per frame
15.     float animFrame = 0;
16.     public void buildHouse()      ///  the build animation fired an event at the end called HouseBeingBuilt, to the player
17.     {                                                     ////    whith another function called buildhouse sent back to button script..
18.         if(currentPlaceableObject!=null)
19.         {
20.             myAnim = GameObject.Find("House" + i).GetComponentInChildren<Animator>(); /// returns null reference
21.  
22.  
23.             myAnim.Play("HouseUp", 0, (1 / 60) * animFrame); ///nothing happens
24.         }
25.      
26.  
27.     }
28.  
29.     void Update()
30.     {
31.         if(isCLicked==true)
32.         {
33.             Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
34.             RaycastHit hit;
35.  
36.             if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit))
37.             {
38.                dir = hit.point;
39.                 myworldScpt.buildDir = dir;
40.                 dir.y = 0;
41.                 GameObject.Find("House" + i).transform.position=dir;
42.              
43.             }
44.         }
45.        
46.  
47.         if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(1))   ///// this works
48.         {
49.             if(isCLicked==true)
50.             {
51.  
52.                 myworldScpt.worldPopulation += residents;
53.                 myworldScpt.popAmount.text = myworldScpt.worldPopulation.ToString();
54.                 currentPlaceableObject.transform.rotation = Quaternion.identity;
55.                 dir2 = new Vector3(dir.x, dir.y, dir.z);
56.                 currentPlaceableObject.transform.position = dir2;
57.                 currentPlaceableObject.GetComponentInChildren<Animator>().Play("HouseDown"); ////works
58.                 currentPlaceableObject = null; /////// the temp object holding the gameobject inside the GameObject Array[]
59.                 isCLicked = false;
60.                
61.              
62.             }
63.  
64.         }
65.        
66.        
67.      
68.  
69.     }
70.  

 

well I realized that my animation would of never worked, I believed I could play the animation frame by frame using the current method, but its not the case, I still don't know why I could not move my house in the y axis, I checked to make sure there was no positions set in the animation as well, but anyway, I managed to just do it simple way of firing the instatiated object animation from the player when he arrived at destination instead, and set both animations to same speed, I would of preferred a frame by frame approach, that moves the house y position every frame, until it reaches the proper position above ground, but for now I guess this will have to do...if someone still wants to share that method, It would be appreciated, cheers!!!

 

What I can suggest, if you use

Code (CSharp):

1. Debug.Log ( "Some text: " + someValue ) ;

Put it in few places, and observe, if your code is triggered as expected.