Return to original spot (spawn spot)

Hey!
(2D, C#, 2Dbox collider)
Working on a enemy AI , pretty new on that part by the way. I'm Trying to make the enemy go back to his original spot after chasing the player.

So at the start I save his spawn point with

Code (CSharp):

1. void Start () {
2.         spot = gameObject.transform.position;
3.     }

And in the update I make him follow the player if he is within distance. However I have tried lots of things, but can't make him move back to original spot. IF player is out of distance OR enemy is outside his max range.
I have tried to make him walk back, but I only succeed to make him teleport back or by going to a hidden object, and I don't want those two options.

Code (CSharp):

1. void Update () {
2.            
3.             find_player = transform.Find("/Player");
4.             dist = Vector2.Distance(find_player.position, transform.position);
5.  
6.             if (dist < 4) {
7.        
8.                         if (find_player.position.x < myTransform.position.x) {
9.                                 myTransform.position -= myTransform.right * speed; // player is left of enemy, move left
10.                         } else if (find_player.position.x > myTransform.position.x) {
11.                                 myTransform.position += myTransform.right * speed; // player is right of enemy, move right
12.                         }
13.                 } else {
14. //Go back to spawn spot..
15.                 }
16.            
17.    
18.     }

My attempts so far have only made him teleport, move like crazy and such so I would love to hear any suggestions.
Maybe jump would be cool as well, but I like to start with basic

thanks!

 

Why not reuse your code that goes towards the player, but make the spot the point you move towards. Something like this:

Code (CSharp):

1. void Update () {
2.          
3.             find_player = transform.Find("/Player");
4.             dist = Vector2.Distance(find_player.position, transform.position);
5.             if (dist < 4) {      
6.                         if (find_player.position.x < myTransform.position.x) {
7.                                 myTransform.position -= myTransform.right * speed; // player is left of enemy, move left
8.                         } else if (find_player.position.x > myTransform.position.x) {
9.                                 myTransform.position += myTransform.right * speed; // player is right of enemy, move right
10.                         }
11.                 } else {
12.                         if (spot.x < myTransform.position.x) {
13.                                 myTransform.position -= myTransform.right * speed; // player is left of enemy, move left
14.                         } else if (spot.x > myTransform.position.x) {
15.                                 myTransform.position += myTransform.right * speed; // player is right of enemy, move right
16.                 }
17.          
18.  
19.     }

 

Hmm... that's a great question Works great, thank you.

 

You could use Vector3.MoveTowards(gameobject,speed) docs here
http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3.MoveTowards.html Seemed to work for me =)

 

I tried that, but that means I need a object rather then using it start pos? And I didn't wanna spawn a new obj just so it can target that. I might do it wrong tho

 

Actually, MoveTowards doesn't take a GameOject as input. It takes vectors containing the positions:

Code (CSharp):

1. public static Vector2 MoveTowards(Vector2 current, Vector2 target, float maxDistanceDelta);

 

Sorry meant gameobject.transform.position =)