Turning 2.5D

So ive been pulling my hair out all day trying to figure this out. i have looked all over google,
anyways.

what i want my controller to do is rotation (0,180,0) once after click ("a") then if the players already facing (0,180,0) disable the rotation until it pivots (0,180,0) again by clicking the ("d") key a simple concept.

The ways i have thought of tackling the situation is to have ("a") and ("d") using the transform.LookAt command with a vector3, however as im trying to use the vector3 as variable it keeps returning the type used like a variable error.

The other way i was thinking is to use something like

Code (CSharp):

1. if  vector 3 y axis is at (0,180,0) roatation = false

How ever im not sure how to do this.

Anyhelp would be awesome

Thanks.

 

Hey there, I think that your problem is a bit hard to understand.
Can you provide some drawings of what you are trying to achieve? Also, can you show us the problematic code? (the one that throws "like a variable error")

 

Ok so basicly, the script turns the player back and fowards. in a 2.5D world so ("a") would be back and ("d") foward. Like this

Code (CSharp):

1. voud Update ()
2. {
3.   if (Input.GetKeyDown("a"))
4.      transform.Rotate (0,180,0);
5. // this would transform the object 180 degrees every time ("a") was pushed//
6.      
7. }

How ever if i want my player to turn 180 degrees left, and then continue walking, the next time i click ("a") to walk the character will rotate 180 degrees back to its right facing position.

The idea i had to stop this was using something like

Code (CSharp):

1. if (Input.GetKeyDown("d"))  {
2. transform.LookAt (target); }
3.  
4. if (Input.GetKeyDown("a"))  {
5. transform.LookAt (othertarget); }

how ever i dont know how to implment this function to look at something, and im not sure how efficient it is doing it this way.

does this help?


Cheers for your reply

Chris

 

Does this help you?

Code (CSharp):

1.         if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.A))
2.             transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(0, 180, 0);
3.         if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.D))
4.             transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(0, 0, 0);

 

unfortunatly not. I tried something simular before! both ended with the character turning 90 degrees and walking through the background. ill post the full code and diagram. Cheers for sticking this out btw!

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour {
5.  
6.  
7.     public float walk = .7f;
8.     public Animation anim;
9.  
10.     void Start ()
11.     {
12.    
13.     anim = GetComponent<Animation>();
14.  
15.     }
16.     void Update()
17.  
18.     {
19.         var x = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * Time.deltaTime * walk;
20.         var z = Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * Time.deltaTime * walk;
21.  
22.         transform.Rotate(0, 0, 0);
23.         transform.Translate(0, 0, x);
24.    
25.         anim ["walk_normal"].speed = 2f;
26.  
27.  
28.         if(Mathf.Abs(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"))>0.1F)
29.             anim.Play("walk_normal");
30.            
31.  
32.         else
33.             anim.Play ("idle_normal");
34.  
35.         if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.A))
36.             transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(0, 180, 0);
37.         if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.D))
38.             transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(0, 0, 0);
39.  
40.  
41.  
42.         }
43.  
44.         }
45.  
46.        

 

I'm sure I'm late, but this might help someone else.
if you aren't using an animation (haven't gotten the animation portion to work yet) and just want the character to rotate 180 degrees. then you can use.
Hope it helps someone out there...
The code just states that the forward direction is equal to the Vector3 movement.
so if movement = 1, 0, 0;
then forward will be in that direction.

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2.  
3. private Vector3 movement;
4.  
5. private void FixedUpdate()
6. {
7.       float h = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
8.       Walk(h);
9.       AnimateWalk(h);
10.       TurnAround(h);
11. }
12.  
13. private void Walk(float h)
14.     {
15.         movement.Set(h, 0f, 0f);
16.         movement = movement.normalized * walkSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
17.         rb.MovePosition(transform.position + movement);
18.     }
19.  
20. private void AnimateWalk(float h)
21.     {
22.         bool walking = h != 0;
23.         anim.SetBool("IsWalking", walking);
24.     }
25.  
26. private void TurnAround(float h)
27. {
28.       if(h > 0 || h < 0)
29.       {
30.            transform.forward = movement;
31.       }
32. }
33.  

 

You could also just add a bool to keep track of his facing

Code (CSharp):

1. bool facingForward = true;
2.  
3. if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.A) && facingForward)
4. {
5.             transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(0, 180, 0);
6.             facingForward = false;
7. }
8.         if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.D) &&!facingForward)
9.        {
10.             transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(0, 0, 0);
11.             facingForward = true;
12.       }

 

Try this code:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. public float speed;
3.  
4. void FixedUpdate()
5. {
6.     if (Input.GetAxisRaw ("Horizontal") == 0)
7.         return;
8.  
9.     Vector3 movement = new Vector3 (Input.GetAxisRaw ("Horizontal"), 0, 0);
10.     Quaternion targetRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation (movement, Vector3.up);
11.     transform.rotation = Quaternion.Lerp (
12.         transform.rotation,
13.         targetRotation,
14.         Time.deltaTime * speed
15.     );
16. }
17.  

You can also use ThirdPersonCharacter.cs and ThirdPersonUserControl.cs in the Characters package, and do not forget to set the vertical axis value to zero.

 

alright dude, did you solve your problem? Cloud Kids code is good,

1. if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.A))
2. transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(0, 180, 0);
3. if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.D))
4. transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(0, 0, 0);

Remember your character is rotated 90 degrees already for 2.5d as it's a sidescroller so it would be
1.if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.A))
2. transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(0,270,0);
3.If(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.D))
4. transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(0,90,0);

hope this helps