Rotate an object away from another

Good evening!

I would like to implement a tree into my 3d game, which should fall to the opposite direction from the player when they collide. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.

 

To get the direction away from the player is as simple as:

Code (CSharp):

1. var awayFromPlayer = tree.transform.positon - player.transform.position.

 

Hi, thank you for the quick answer. I tried it with transform.Rotate(treePosition-playerPosition) but it seems to fall in random positions.

 

No, you need to make the tree fall in direction awayfromPlayer (as calculated by PraetorBlue). If you always make the tree fall in the direction it is facing forwards, you first need to turn it so it faces the awayFromPlayer drirection (which may look stupid), and then initiate the fall over animation.

You may need to realize that a direction is NOT a rotation. Use Quaternion.LookRotation for that.

 

Thank you that's a good idea.

 

Can you show me an example code to this?

 

You may need to realize that a direction is NOT a rotation. Use Quaternion.LookRotation for that.

 

Thanks but does it have any other/correct way to do it, so the tree won't rotate on the y-axis and just then falls because it looks weird?

 

I guess there are million ways of doing this, yes. How are you currently making your tree fall over? Perhaps post your code.

 

No animation just physically fall down until it hits the ground.