How to make a Grapple Hook/Rope Swing

Hi,

I'm looking to implement grapple-hook or a ring swing in my current project and wondered if anyone knew of any tutorials etc?

i'm thinking it would work in a similar fashion to the hookshot in the zelda series

if so, i'd do something like this:

Raycast from player position to target
Store raycast hit in a Vector3
transform.translate from current position towards Vector3 * speed

 

@Sykoo was working on a rough prototype for a grapple hook.
I don't know how far he got.

 

I got a little more far than this

 

Hey there guys!
I just found the grapple hook package. I'll give it for free and open-source!
https://mega.co.nz/#!glZ3nC4Q!G_CDL41heGBJnaPSGlA8sH0nu7S-FR00jaroCVqvA5g

Enjoy If you got any questions, don't hesitate to ask!

 

Thanks man i will check it and try to understand all of your code

 

It's commented very high quality and in-depth so you'll have a great ease of understanding it

 

Hey Sykoo, do you still have the grapple hook package? I was having trouble when I was trying to open it up

Thanks!!!!

 

Hey! You can download it through this link:
https://mega.co.nz/#!UlJUwZBK!G_CDL41heGBJnaPSGlA8sH0nu7S-FR00jaroCVqvA5g

I re-exported the package as there were some issues after Unity 5. But now it should work correctly.

 

Hi, I am trying to implement your hook system to get a batman like grapple hook in my game in a 3d environment. The hook is getting fired but its not attaching to the HOOK_PLACE object in the scene.
Sorry I am new to unity programming.
Thanks!

 

Hey!
My grappling hook is not made for 3D but it can be optimized by just a little tweaking, unfortunately I don't have time to work on it at the moment! :/

For your issue, I'd suggest you to take a look at tags etc.
I don't remember a lot of the method I used for the script as it was quite long time ago I created it. If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask!

 

Hey @Sykoo - would you mind reposting this link to the package? It doesn't seem to work any longer. I was playing with this as well.
Thanks!

 

I'm not sure if the asset has to be fixed - if it does I'll probably wait until I get some free time.

 

Would you mind reposting the link anyway? I wouldn't mind checking it out even if I have to make some fixes.

Thanks!