Player object position won't update?

Hi guys, I have a slight issue. I have a very basic script which is just being used to determine the current distance between the player and the enemy. The transform is linked to the player object. However when I run the code, it keeps the player.position at it's starting value (wherever it's been placed beforehand) and It doesn't update even if the player moves? Anyone know why?

Thanks


public Transform player;

void Update()
{
Vector3 direction = player.position - transform.position;
Debug.Log(direction);
}

 

You are not changing transform.position to something, you’re just calculating a direction Vector and then doing nothing with it.

 

Shouldn't the direction Vector change it's value after each Update() though?

 

The code works if I just place a player and enemy object on the area with the scene manager, but it only stops working if I turn the player into a prefab

 

It should, is "player" correctly set in the inspector? (you can also check during runtime if it points to the right object)

 

When you make a prefab, you may want to consider doing this:

Code (CSharp):

1. private GameObject player;
2. private Transform playerTransform;
3. private Vector3 direction;
4. void Start()
5. {
6. player = GameObject.FindWithTag("Player");
7. }
8.  
9. void Update()
10. {
11. playerTransform = player.transform.position;
12. direction = playerTransform - transform.position;
13. }