[SOLVED] Make an object hover up trom terrain and then hover in place

Hi all.
I am trying make my model hover from terrain location to its final floating "hover" location. The code I have now only hover it and not "slerp it" up from the terrain "hard to explain"

At a certain hour the object should shut down and fall to the ground "That works". At another hour the object should power up and move up to a location above the terrain and start hover in place. Here is where I am stuck. The object do not move slowly up but just jumps to the end location at once when it "powers up".

I have tried different ways but nothing works as I want.

Anyone have any good ideas or even code I can look at. I would like the hoverlocation to be customizable.

Look at vid below to see what I mean. If anything is unclear, please just shout at me

Code I have is in vid and at bottom of this post:

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class collectorHoverManager : MonoBehaviour {
6.     private GlobalPlayer GP;
7.     [SerializeField]
8.     private Terrain terrain;
9.     Vector3 startPosition;
10.     float terrainY;
11.     [SerializeField]
12.     [Range(1,10)]
13.     private float hoverLevel = 1;
14.     [SerializeField]
15.     [Range(1,100)]
16.     private float hoverFloatValue = 10;
17.     private RaycastHit collectorHit;
18.  
19.  
20.     // Use this for initialization
21.     void Start () {
22.         GP = GameObject.Find("GlobalPlayer").GetComponent<GlobalPlayer>();
23.         startPosition = transform.position;
24.     }
25.  
26.     // Update is called once per frame
27.     void Update () {
28.         // Collectorn ska endast fungera på dagen.
29.         // På natten ska den falla till marken och inte kunna röra sig förrän nästa dag.
30.         if (GP.getSetTimeOfDayManager.Hour > 8 && GP.getSetTimeOfDayManager.Hour < 17) {
31.             if (transform.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().isKinematic == false) {
32.                 transform.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().isKinematic = true;
33.             }
34.             terrainY = terrain.SampleHeight(new Vector3(transform.position.x, 0, transform.position.z));
35.             float x = transform.position.x;
36.             float y = Mathf.Sin(Time.timeSinceLevelLoad * 1.5f) / hoverFloatValue;
37.             float z = transform.position.z;
38.             transform.position = new Vector3(x, (terrainY + y) + hoverLevel, z);
39.             if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.back), out collectorHit, 5f)) {
40.                 transform.rotation = Quaternion.FromToRotation(Vector3.forward, collectorHit.normal);
41.             }
42.         } else {
43. //            Debug.Log(transform.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().isKinematic);
44.             transform.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().isKinematic = false;
45.         }
46.     }
47. }
48.  

 

Can't you just add some force to the Rigidbody to make it go up?

 

Yes, but I need to know far it should go up before the "hover" will begin so it dont looks like it jumps.

Right now I am trying to check if it is on the ground and if it is, then move it upp slowly and then at a certain height it should start hovering. It should work. Ill report back

 

FIXED IT

Here is the code:

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class collectorHoverManager : MonoBehaviour {
6.     private GlobalPlayer GP;
7.     [SerializeField]
8.     private Terrain terrain;
9.     Vector3 startPosition;
10.     float terrainY;
11.     [SerializeField]
12.     [Range(1,10)]
13.     private float hoverLevel = 1;
14.     [SerializeField]
15.     [Range(1,100)]
16.     private float hoverFloatValue = 10;
17.     private RaycastHit collectorHit;
18.  
19.     private bool collectorOnGround = true;
20.     private float speed = .12f;
21.     private float step;
22.  
23.     void Start () {
24.         GP = GameObject.Find("GlobalPlayer").GetComponent<GlobalPlayer>();
25.         startPosition = transform.position;
26.     }
27.  
28.     void Update() {
29.         terrainY = terrain.SampleHeight(new Vector3(transform.position.x, 0, transform.position.z));
30.         if (collectorOnGround && GP.getSetTimeOfDayManager.Hour > 8 && GP.getSetTimeOfDayManager.Hour < 17) {
31.             transform.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().isKinematic = true;
32.             step = speed * Time.deltaTime;
33.             transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(transform.position, new Vector3(transform.position.x, (terrainY + hoverLevel), transform.position.z), step);
34.             if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.back), out collectorHit, 5f)) {
35.                 transform.rotation = Quaternion.FromToRotation(Vector3.forward, collectorHit.normal);
36.             }
37.             if (transform.position.y >= (terrainY + hoverLevel)) {
38.                 collectorOnGround = false;
39.             }
40.         } else {
41.             if (GP.getSetTimeOfDayManager.Hour > 8 && GP.getSetTimeOfDayManager.Hour < 17) {
42.                 if (transform.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().isKinematic == false) {
43.                     transform.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().isKinematic = true;
44.                 }
45.                 terrainY = terrain.SampleHeight(new Vector3(transform.position.x, 0, transform.position.z));
46.                 float x = transform.position.x;
47.                 float y = Mathf.Sin(Time.timeSinceLevelLoad * 1.5f) / hoverFloatValue;
48.                 float z = transform.position.z;
49.                 transform.position = new Vector3(x, (terrainY + y) + hoverLevel, z);
50.                 if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.back), out collectorHit, 5f)) {
51.                     transform.rotation = Quaternion.FromToRotation(Vector3.forward, collectorHit.normal);
52.                 }
53.             } else {
54.                 transform.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().isKinematic = false;
55.             }
56.         }
57.     }
58.  
59.     private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision) {
60.         if (collision.transform.name == "Terrain") {
61.             collectorOnGround = true;
62.         }
63.     }
64.  
65. }
66.  

If anyone have a better way of doing it, feel free to tell me

The script is placed on the object that should hover btw

 

This might help.
http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/18182/rigidbodyaddforce-is-in-what-units.html