Question Rotating Object at mouse position according to mouse movement direction

I am trying to rotate a player according to mouse movement. The player's position is set at the mouse position and as the mouse moves the player should rotate on the z-axis to face that direction. Something similar to this.

Code (CSharp):

1.    //Max value to add mouse value to, controls speed of rotation
2.    float maxRotation = 2.5f;
3.    //Adds the value of mouse movement
4.    ver += Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse Y");
5.    hor += Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse X");
6.    //Clamps the value to stop rotating forever
7.    ver = Mathf.Clamp(ver,-maxRotation,maxRotation);
8.    hor = Mathf.Clamp(hor,-maxRotation,maxRotation);
9.    //Rotates player
10.    player.transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0,0,((ver + hor) * (90/maxRotation)));
11.    //Player stays at mouse pos
12.    mousePos = new Vector3(Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition).x,Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition).y,0);
13.    player.transform.position = mousePos;
14.  

I have come up with this. The problem is the opposite axis has to equal zero for the direction to be correct. Otherwise, they don't add up to equal the correct direction.


Cheers.

 

Since you want to stay turned front to mouse you can turn your character based on direction from your current player position to raycast hit place of mouse. Every time you move your mouse update that rotation and set a little stopping distance so character wont be rotating like crazy when it reaches mouse position.

 

Hey, thanks for the reply. Sorry, I'm not very familiar with raycasts so correct me if I am wrong but how would this work since the player is at the same position as the mouse?

 

ty kind sir

 

The point is to count difference between either current position and destination then perserve it as direction, or perserve old position and new one (depending on situation).

To be clear:

1. var characterPosition = player.parent.transform.position; //your character position
2. You get raycastHit.point the ground/floor from casting a raycast
3. var headingDirection = (raycastHit.point- characterPosition).normalized; //count difference between points
4. var headingChange = Quaternion.FromToRotation(player.transform.forward, headingDirection); //count rotation
5. player.transform.localRotation *= headingChange; //apply rotation to character

Consider theese a scheme to work with
also you can reffer to RaycastHit.point to see an example how to handle that
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/RaycastHit-point.html

 

Got it, thanks for the clarification