Quest: Earth Defender Quest
Challenge: Rotate the Towers
Feel free to share your solutions, ideas and creations below. If you get stuck, you can find some ideas here for completing this challenge.
I went with this to rotate the towers
var newDirection = Vector3.RotateTowards(mylaser.transform.forward, target.transform.position - mylaser.transform.position, Time.deltaTime * missileSpeed,0f);
mylaser.transform.rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(newDirection);
This one took a bit of thinking. I’m not sure that my solution is the cleverest or the best one, but basically all I did was reorient the individual pieces of the tower prefab, so they were aligned with the z axis (what unity uses as the “forward vector”). Then, I just simply set my instantiated tower to rotate and look at the planet. Now, all my towers correctly rotate away from the planet when they are placed.
Here’s the solution I came to:
Vector3 hitPoint = hit.point - hit.collider.transform.position;
Quaternion towerRotation = Quaternion.FromToRotation(Vector3.up, hitPoint.normalized);
GameObject newTower = Instantiate(towerPrefab, hitPoint, towerRotation);
Basically you’re already calculating the direction with hitPoint. So all you need to do is point the Vector3.up (the y-axis) in that same direction.
I could have taken it further and translated upward so that it’s less embedded in the earth, but I’d rather have them shorter.
Good luck!