Simple Rotation

Hello,

I've done some research online and it's helped me understand Transform and Rotation, however I'm still having some issues with getting a Cube GameObject to flip on it's side if the W,A, S, D keys are pressed. I was wondering if this is even possible? I've included my script and was needing some advice or feedback from someone who'd be willing to help explain or point me in the right direction.

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class Rotate : MonoBehaviour
{

public KeyCode pressUp;
public KeyCode pressDown;
public KeyCode pressLeft;
public KeyCode pressRight;



// Use this for initialization
void Start ()
{

}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update ()
{
if (Input.GetKeyDown (pressUp))
{
GetComponent<Transform> (). eulerAngles = new Vector3(0,0,0);
}
if (Input.GetKeyDown (pressDown))
{
GetComponent<Transform> (). eulerAngles = new Vector3(0,0,180);
}
if (Input.GetKeyDown (pressLeft))
{
GetComponent<Transform> (). eulerAngles = new Vector3(0,0,90);
}
if (Input.GetKeyDown (pressRight))
{
GetComponent<Transform> (). eulerAngles = new Vector3(0,0,-90);
}

}
}

 

Hi friend, use code tags and post in the scripting question. No technical questions in General.
https://forum.unity3d.com/threads/using-code-tags-properly.143875/

 

In addition to code tags, could you describe the behaviour you're seeing at the current time?

 

I was replying to your thread on the General forum, but it seems to have been deleted, so here's what I was going to say for the question as it was posed in that thread (this thread's question isn't clear on what the problem is; is it an instant flip or a continuous rotation you want?)

GetKeyDown only fires once for each key press, use GetKey() to check continuous key hold.

 

In that particular code, it would make no (apparent) difference; it's just flat-out setting the rotation, not modifying the rotation by a particular amount.

 

Aye, the code in the deleted thead was +=, but I didn't look at this threads that closely.