Player Controller in a circular motion

hello,

I'm trying my hand at my first 3D game but am struggling with the controller. i have tried a few different ideas but none that do what I'm after. i have a Cube game object in the middle of the screen and the player object facing the cube from a distance. i want to make the player be able to move 360 degrees around the cube while the camera is locked looking at the cube. i want to be able to move the player myself either left or right in a circular motion using the A and D keys rather than it constantly orbiting.

i have tried a few different scripts but nothing is giving me this simple movement structure.

thanks,

 

Do you want to rotate the play object around the cube? You could make a pivot point the child of the cube, and then the player a child of the pivot.
-Cube
--Pivot -> Attach Rotation Controller
---Player

Then a script like this would be attached to the Pivot:

Code (csharp):

1. public class RotationController : MonoBehaviour
2. {
3.    public float rotationSpeed = 30.0f; // Speed in degrees per second
4.  
5.    private void Update()
6.    {
7.       if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A))
8.          transform.Rotate(new Vector3(0,rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime,0));
9.       if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D))
10.          transform.Rotate(new Vector3(0,-rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime,0));
11.    }
12. }

 

Hello,

That sounds like it would work!

Will try tomorrow and report back.

Thanks!