Rail shooter, Stange Y axis behaviour

AndyW · December 31, 2019, 1:44pm

Hi guys,
I am working on my own take on Argon Assault (love the course, by the way!)

I have a strange problem with the control scripts! I can get the X Axis movements to work fine, but EVERY time I try to implement Y axis movement, I get strange behaviours such as the ship not keeping up with the camera…

here is the script…if someone can spot the glaring error, I’d surely appreciate it!

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityStandardAssets.CrossPlatformInput;

public class gyroplayer : MonoBehaviour
{
[Tooltip(“In meters per second”)][SerializeField] float speed = 4f;
[Tooltip(“In meters”)] [SerializeField] float xRange = 10f;
[Tooltip(“In meters”)] [SerializeField] float yRange = 3f;

// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{
    
}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    float xThrow = CrossPlatformInputManager.GetAxis("Horizontal");
    float yThrow = CrossPlatformInputManager.GetAxis("Vertical");

    float xOffset = xThrow * speed * Time.deltaTime;
    float yOffset = yThrow * speed * Time.deltaTime;

    float rawXPos = transform.localPosition.x + xOffset;
    float clampedXPos = Mathf.Clamp(rawXPos, -xRange, xRange);

    float rawYPos = transform.localPosition.y + yOffset;
    float clampedYPos = Mathf.Clamp(rawYPos, -yRange, yRange);

    transform.localPosition = new Vector3(clampedXPos, clampedYPos, transform.localPosition.z);
}

}

AndyW · December 31, 2019, 6:13pm

Update…the code seems to move my gyrocopter to ABOVE the camera, instead of sitting nicely in front of it…the code for x-axis movement doesn’t do this…so I’m confused, as there is very little difference in the two parts of the code…

GYRO

Nina · December 31, 2019, 6:18pm

Hi Andy,

What are your range values? Check them in your Inspector.

AndyW · January 1, 2020, 2:56pm

Hi Nina, that occurred to me literally after I posted this and looked at my post I have moved the player control empty relative to the camera, and I got the result I wanted, thanks

111100 · December 31, 2019, 7:19pm

I think you can try instead of moving the ship by itself directly try this.
Create empty game object, and put on it control movement by x and y axis.
Create script on a ship that only can follow empty object by x and y axis. z axis is unchanged. Also make ship transform look at empty game object transform.
This i think will solve weird rotation behavior.

Nina · December 31, 2019, 9:55pm

Does that mean the issue is fixed?