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REQ - Limiting Jamie's rotate with keyboard script

Discussion in 'Scripting' started by DaveyJJ, Jul 15, 2005.

  1. DaveyJJ

    DaveyJJ

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    Jamie created a cool little .js script that rotates an object with keyboard input. It goes like this ...

    Code (csharp):
    1. /// This behavior script rotates an object by the mouse delta
    2.  
    3. // All public variables are visible in the inspector and can be edited there.
    4. var speed = 0.1;
    5.  
    6. function Update () {
    7.     x= Input.GetAxis ("Horizontal") * speed;
    8.     y= Input.GetAxis ("Vertical") * speed;
    9.  
    10.     // Rotate around works in radians
    11.     transform.RotateAround (Vector3.fwd, -x);
    12.     transform.RotateAround (Vector3.left, -y);
    13.  
    14. }
    How would I limit the rotation to only 5? (five degrees) up or down in the two planes?
     
    DaveyJJ, Jul 15, 2005
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  2. Joachim_Ante

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    Code (csharp):
    1.  
    2.  
    3. /// This behavior script rotates an object by the mouse delta
    4.  
    5. // All public variables are visible in the inspector and can be edited there.
    6. var speed = 10;
    7. var x = 0.0;
    8. var y = 0.0;
    9.  
    10. function Update () {
    11. † †x += Input.GetAxis ("Horizontal") * speed;
    12. † †y += Input.GetAxis ("Vertical") * speed;
    13.  
    14.    x = Mathf.Clamp (x, -90.0, 90.0);
    15.    y = Mathf.Clamp (y, -10.0, 10.0);
    16.  
    17.     transform.rotation = Quaternion.identity;
    18.  
    19. † † transform.Rotate (y, x, 0);
    20.  
    21.     // Use the following two lines instead of transform.Rotate (y, x, 0); if you
    22.     //want a fps style rotation
    23.     // transform.Rotate (0, x, 0, Space.World);
    24.     // transform.Rotate (y, 0, 0);
    25. }
    26.  
    In the standard assets there is also a script which does that (MouseLook.cs) but it is written in C# unfortunately.
     
    Joachim_Ante, Jul 15, 2005
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  3. DaveyJJ

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    Thanks much Joe! Each time I get someone's help on the scripting end, I actually figure out more and more of the language, syntax etc.
     
    DaveyJJ, Jul 15, 2005
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  4. jamie

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    Amazing! I was about ready to ask the same question! :)

    Thanks for the solution as well...
     
    jamie, Jul 15, 2005
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  5. DaveyJJ

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    I tweaked this to affect the y and z axis, not the x axis (so I simulate pitch and roll but not yaw). Cool! Now I'm trying to, if an object falls below a y value of 35, destroy it and the create it again at a certain world position (for sake of argument lets say x35, y45, z55). Is this somewhat along the right path?

    Code (csharp):
    1. /// a script that will reinstatiate an object if it falls off the platform
    2.  
    3. function Update () {
    4.     if (transform.position.y < -35) {
    5.         Destroy (gameObject);
    6.         transform.Vector3 position (x, y, z);
    7.     }  
    8. }
    I think the transform.Vector3 position (x, y, z); is wrong.
     
    DaveyJJ, Jul 15, 2005
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  6. Joachim_Ante

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    Code (csharp):
    1.  
    2. function Update () {
    3. † †if (transform.position.y < -35) {
    4. † †† †transform.position = Vector3 (5, 10, 1);
    5. † †}† †
    6. }
    7.  
    Why do you want to recreate it?
    If you want to recreate it, you have to use the Instantiate function but that probably isn't what you want because:

    Instantiate (gameObject);
    Destroy (gameObject);

    Is the same as doing nothing basically, because you first clone the object, then delete it. So you end up with the same number of objects.
     
    Joachim_Ante, Jul 15, 2005
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  7. DaveyJJ

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    Yes, I thought this after posting it but got busy last night. Rather than destroy and recreate I did mean just to move it to another location.
     
    DaveyJJ, Jul 16, 2005
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  8. freyr

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    If you don't want to manually type the coordinates into the script, you could save the object's initial position at the start of the scene. I'm using something similar to this in my marble game:

    Code (csharp):
    1.  
    2. var respawnPosition: Vector3;
    3.  
    4. function Awake() {
    5.    // save original position
    6.    respawnPosition=transform.position;
    7. }
    8.  
    9. function Update () {
    10.    if (transform.position.y < -35) {
    11.       transform.position = respawnPosition;
    12.    }    
    13. }
    14.  
     
    freyr, Jul 16, 2005
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