Platform move left and right randomly

Hi, I am pretty new to Unity and I am trying to make a platform jumping game. I got this script working as it should from a Youtube video but I wanted to make the platform move randomly because I have multiple platforms that gonna spawn when I start the game. So basically when the platform spawn 1 should go from left to right and the other should go from right to left.

Code (CSharp):

1. public Transform pos1, pos2;
2. public float speed;
3. public Transform startPos;
4.     Vector2 nextPos;
5.     // Start is called before the first frame update
6.     void Start()
7.     {
8.         nextPos = startPos.position;
9.     }
10.     // Update is called once per frame
11.     void Update()
12.     {
13.         if(transform.position == pos1.position)
14.         {
15.             nextPos = pos2.position;
16.         }
17.         if(transform.position == pos2.position)
18.         {
19.             nextPos = pos1.position;
20.         }
21.         transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position, nextPos, speed * Time.deltaTime);
22.     }

 

Since you give 2 points where the platform moves between just let the other start at the opposite side (so exchange the points). And I mean not in code but the "waypoint" gameobjects you drag into the inspector fields of each platform.

It's preferable to have the same code run/react to different input data than to have to manage such stuff in code since that tends to get really complex fast and is also harder to debug/tune/balance.

Does that help?`If not you should specify more what exactly you need help with in your code.

 

I guess this is also a way to do it. But basically, I wanted to have the platform start from a random point from the 2 positions then they can go from left to right or right to left. For example, from pos1 = 1.5f and pos2 = -1.5f, I wanted the platform to start/spawn in a random range between these 2 pos and then move left to right or right to left.

 

Ah I see.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3.Lerp.html may help you.

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. void Start()
3. {
4.    transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(pos1, pos2, Mathf.value);
5.    if(Mathf.value > 0.5f)
6.    {
7.        nextpos = pos1;
8.    }
9.    else
10.    {
11.        nextpos = pos2;
12.    }
13. }
14.  

Note that Mathf.value returns a pseudorandom value between 0.0f and 1.0f.