How to create 3d spinning character selection menu

Hey guys, i'd appreciate it if anyone could direct me to any resource that explains how to achieve this character selection style, haven't been able to successfully find any.
thanks in advance

 

I don't know of any scripts available for free anywhere (damn I miss those days) but there's one on the asset store that seems to be what you're looking for. I bought it to put into a game (though didn't end up using it) and I'm pretty sure it will cover the type of selection you want.

Here's the link: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/systems/ultimate-selector-55454

 

What have you tried so far and why didn't that work?

 

thanks for this resource, I think I understand what they did here, i'm going to copy their technique lol

 

A good way to approach problems like this is to break it down into small components. There's nothing complicated at all going on there. Create an array of characters. Select a character by index. Scale selected character up, scale other characters down. And so on. If this sounds too hard, it's probably time to hit up the Learn section.

 

Cinemachine can handle the movement of the objects if you want a complex movement pattern. You start by creating a path with the CinemachinePath or CinemachineSmoothPath components.

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.cinemachine@2.3/manual/CinemachineDolly.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.cinemachine@2.3/manual/CinemachinePath.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.cinemachine@2.3/manual/CinemachineSmoothPath.html

From there you take the objects you want on the path, attach CinemachineDollyCart to them and drag the path into the dolly cart's path property on the Inspector.

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.cinemachine@2.3/manual/CinemachineDollyCart.html

After that you can simply adjust the dolly's position to move it around the path, and have a script that scales the object up/down when it's in/out of the desired position range.

Below are example scripts written in notepad that have had no testing or debugging but should show how to get started with creating the scripts necessary to move carts (placed on an object that the dollies are all children of) and scale them (placed on the objects with the cart component).

Spoiler: Example script for movement

Code (csharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using UnityEngine.Cinemachine;
3.  
4. public class MoveCarts : MonoBehaviour
5. {
6.     void Update()
7.     {
8.         float movement = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * Time.deltaTime;
9.         if (!Mathf.Approximately(movement, 0.0))
10.         {
11.             foreach (CinemachineDollyCart cart in GetComponentsInChildren<CinemachineDollyCart>())
12.                 cart.position += movement;
13.         }
14.     }
15. }

Spoiler: Example script for scaling

Code (csharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using UnityEngine.Cinemachine;
3.  
4. public class ScaleMe : MonoBehaviour
5. {
6.     public float positionMin;
7.     public float positionMax;
8.  
9.     private Vector3 originalScale;
10.  
11.     private CinemachineDollyCart cart;
12.  
13.     void Start()
14.     {
15.         originalScale = transform.localScale;
16.         cart = GetComponent<CinemachineDollyCart>();
17.     }
18.  
19.     void Update()
20.     {
21.         if (cart.position > positionMin && cart.position < positionMax)
22.             transform.localScale = new Vector3(originalScale.x * 2, originalScale.y * 2, originalScale.z * 2);
23.         else
24.             transform.localScale = originalScale;
25.     }
26. }

 

Thanks for all the help Guys, I got it working!...... this is the effect i was trying to achieve

 

Hmm, can't decide if I'd choose Batman, Black Panther, or Darth Vader.

 

So what was the actual answer? Did you use the Cinemachine?

 

no, i used this tutorial and customized it to my needs

 

You could probably force this old tutorial of mine into doing the job. No guarantees the code still works as written though, Unity has been through a lot of changes since then.

Spoiler

 

What tutorial?

 

that one.

 

just edited my response and posted the link, didn't realize i didnt post it before lol

p.s to avoid some bugs make sure you turn off inertia in the scroll rect component, and make sure the panel/image component responsible for receiving your mouse events occupies the entire camera frostrum or completely covers camera far clip plane, or just stretch the rect transform's anchor preset accross the canvas