How to make a 2D gameobject face another?

Hey all,

I am having trouble finding a way to write some code (c#) that would force one 2D gameobject to face another. I am using transform.localscale.x as my direction that it is facing (with 1 as facing right, and -1 as facing left). Can anyone provide a solution to this problem?

Thanks.

 

that's a rather odd choice. Usually something like transform.forward is used.

Have a look at "LookAt" (*bedum-ting!!*)

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.LookAt.html

 

The thing about transform.lookat is that it rotates the sprite. In this case, I don't want the position or rotation to be effected but rather just the localscale.x so that the sprite is flipped based on which direction it is facing. This method has proven itself to work well, as it also causes the children objects to be flipped. So I need a way to change the scale based whether the object its trying to face is on the left or right of it.