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Trying to freeze the camera location in unity 3D

I'm trying to make the camera follow the player in unity 3D I attached the camera to the player but it also rotates with him cause he's a ball I don't want that to happen I added a rigidbody to the camera it worked one time IDK how but then it stopped following him due to the rigidbody any help ??

So you have made your camera a child of your player? If so the camera will inherit all transformations on you player, which is definitely not what you want. You can follow this video to learn a camera follow script. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFQhpwc6cKE
And you will almost never need to put a rigidbody on a camera, so you can remove that.

Child objects always inherit the transform of the parent object, as Christopher already said. So, your camera will also spin around if the ball rolls through the world (controlled by the RigidBody / physics in this case).
In order to make the camera follow any object in the scene, you can use a separate GameObject for the camera, that follows the player object controlled by a simple script. - For example something like this (modified example from the Unity documentation):
using UnityEngine;
public class SmoothFollow : MonoBehaviour
{
public Transform target;
public float smoothTime = 0.3f;
public Vector3 offset = new Vector3(0.0f, 5.0f, -10.0f);
private Vector3 velocity = Vector3.zero;
void Update()
{
// Define a target position above and behind the target transform
Vector3 targetPosition = target.TransformPoint(offset);
// Smoothly move the camera towards that target position
transform.position = Vector3.SmoothDamp(transform.position,
targetPosition, ref velocity, smoothTime);
// Make the camera point towards the target
transform.LookAt(target);
}
}
(This is a very basic question, and has been answered many times before. You can easily find many similar examples by just searching the web. - And the title of the post doesn't really match the question. It's important to find the right words and cues in order to keep this site working nicely (clear technical questions -> clear answers).)

Camera following Rigidbody jitter every few seconds with background objects

Camera following Rigidbody2D jitter every few seconds with background (non rigidbody) objects (Obstacles). The FPS in profiler is fine it is near to 100. also Interpolate is also fine. Using Unity 2017.4.12 (LTS)
GIF GIF Video here
Camera Follow Script
public class CameraFollow : MonoBehaviour {
public float followRange = 0.5f;
public float cameraZ;
public Transform Player;
public Vector3 newPos;
void Start () {
cameraZ = transform.position.z;
}
void FixedUpdate() {
newPos = new Vector3(Player.position.x + followRange, 0, cameraZ);
transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(transform.position, newPos, 0.5f);
}
}
Player Script :
public class PlayerBall : MonoBehaviour {
public float xSpeed = 10;
// Update is called once per frame
void FixedUpdate () {
this.transform.position = new Vector3(this.transform.position.x + Time.fixedDeltaTime * xSpeed,
this.transform.position.y , transform.position.z);
}
}
Player Rigidbody
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The rate at which FixedUpdate is called is different than the frame rate which dictates the rate at which Update and LateUpdate are called.
FixedUpdate should be used to set velocities on rigidbodies. Setting positions in FixedUpdate always runs the risk of jitter as it is called out of synch with your frame rate. Setting position on a simulated Rigidbody also goes against the point of simulating it as you are overriding whatever impact the physics might have on the Rigidbody.
The Manual page for Ridgidbody 2D also states that:
The Rigidbody 2D component overrides the Transform and updates it to a position/rotation defined by the Rigidbody 2D. Note that while you can still override the Rigidbody 2D by modifying the Transform component yourself (because Unity exposes all properties on all components), doing so will cause problems such as GameObjects passing through or into each other, and unpredictable movement.
[...] A Collider 2D should never be moved directly using the Transform or any collider offset; the Rigidbody 2D should be moved instead. This offers the best performance and ensures correct collision
detection.
For a Rigidbody that should be moving, you have the choice between using a Dynamic BodyType or a Kinematic one, depending on your usecase. If you want the plane to be pushed around by other non-static colliders, it should be Dynamic. If it should not be moved around, it should be Kinematic (which is also more performant).
Use-case 1: Dynamic Rigidbody 2D
This is the setup you have currently. However, the Manual page for Ridgidbody 2D also states that:
Do not use the Transform component to set the position or rotation of a Dynamic Rigidbody 2D. The simulation repositions a Dynamic Rigidbody 2D according to its velocity; you can change this directly via forces applied to it by scripts
, or indirectly via collisions and gravity.
So you should change the Player script to use the Rigidbody2D method AddForce
public class PlayerBall : MonoBehaviour {
public float thrust = 10;
Rigidbody2D body;
Vector2 forwardDirection = Vector2.right;
void Awake() {
body = GetComponent<Ridigbody2d>();
}
// FixedUpdate is called once per physics update
void FixedUpdate () {
body.AddForce(forwardDirection * thrust)
}
}
Now this will just continuously add a force to the plane, propelling it forwards and accelerating it. So you'll likely want to figure out a way to stabilize the speed by reducing the added force as you approach a target velocity (you can check the current velocity with body.velocity.x) and by slowing the plane down using drag.
I won't go further into the details because I suspect that Kinematic is actually what you'd want to use:
Use-case 2: Kinematic Rigidbody 2D
A Ridgedbody2D with the Body Type set to Kinematic can safely be moved with the Ridgedbody2D components MovePosition method.
So with that setup, you're player script would look like this:
public class PlayerBall : MonoBehaviour {
public float xSpeed = 10;
Rigidbody2D body;
Vector2 forwardDirection = Vector2.right;
void Awake() {
body = GetComponent<Ridigbody2d>();
}
// FixedUpdate is called once per physics update
void FixedUpdate () {
body.MovePosition(forwardDirection + xSpeed * Time.deltaTime)
}
}
Note: I'm using Time.deltaTime here because the value returned by this property will always be the correct delta time for the type of Update method it is used in.
Following Camera
Updating the position of the camera should always be in sync with the framerate. Doing so in FixedUpate can cause stutter. Instead it should be done in Update or (if you want to e.g. wait until position changes due to animations are applied before you set the position) in LateUpdate
Lastly
If the bombs in the game are also moving, and are Ridgidbodies where the position is updated similarly in their FixedUpate, you should change them to use a solution as described in either of the 2 use cases.
Note that Kinematic Rigidbodies wont cause any collision events (trigger events will still be caused) If you want to move both the bombs and the plane as Kinematic Ridigbodies but collision events to still be cause, you can set Use Full Kinematic Contacts on the rigidbodies which should receive these updates.
I'm not sure if this would have any performance impacts (besides the one for generating these events) and you might still want to read the 1[full documentation on the Ridigbody2D component].
Overall TL;DR: what you're seeing is likely not a performance problem (or it would show up in the Profiler and you'd have fluttering and poorer FPS) but movement jitter due to using the wrong update methods and schemes to apply movement to physical bodies. This is a very common pitfall in Unity.
If there is a performance problem, please attach a screenshot of the profiler. With the FPS display method you are using, likely you are triggering a GC.Collect every so often for string manipulations in the FPS script (and GC.Allocs elsewhere).

Sonic the Hedgehog-like diagonal bouncer in Unity

I'm working on a 2D platformer game in Unity and i want have a Sonic the Hedgehog like spring, in which when you step on it, player will be bounced very high. What i have come up with so far is this.
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
public class Bouncing : MonoBehaviour
{
public Vector2 bouncingPower;
void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
{
if (other.gameObject.CompareTag ("Player"))
{
other.gameObject.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().velocity = new Vector2 (bouncingPower.x, bouncingPower.y);
}
}
This works, but only for y-axis. I set up the force on for y and when the player is stepping on the bouncer it will be bounced high, depending on y value.
However, i also want to have bouncer be at diagonal position, so when the player collides with this kind of bouncer, the player gets thrown diagonally, but when i set up the x value aswell, it sort of works. Player only gets tilted a bit to the side and that's about it. I understand that setting these values only determines how strong would i like player to be bounced as opposed to setting the angle being thrown at.
What would be a good solution have player be thrown in, let's say, 45 degree? I would like it if the player can be bounced at x-axis only aswell, but not really a mandatory.

I know that this is not the best solution, indeed I would have done initially the same, put rigidbody velocity with X-Y vector.
But if you say that this do not works, you can try adding an effector to the "jumper".
Here is a good tutorial of how 2d effector's works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgUqhsAzGWs

Find and add the velocity of a Rigidbody that's directly below another? (Unity + C#)

I have an issue that I've not been able to solve for a few days now and without it working I can't move on with my project, so your help would be greatly appreciated!
What I'm trying to do is 'find' the velocity of an object that is directly below my 2D sprite (that also contains a Rigidbody and 2D box collider) and then add that velocity (in the same direction) to the object that is 'looking' for it.
I feel like ray-casting might be part of the answer but I'm not sure how to use that, especially in this context.
The idea behind this is I have a platform that can carry objects stacked on top of each other, so you move the mouse, it manipulates the platforms velocity, but this causes the objects on-top to fly backwards, no mater how high the friction is.
Here is the platform code:
void Update()
{
float distance_to_screen = Camera.main.WorldToScreenPoint(gameObject.transform.position).z;
Vector3 pos_move = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(new Vector3(Input.mousePosition.x, Input.mousePosition.y, distance_to_screen));
mouseDelta = pos_move - lastMousePosition;
acceleration = mouseDelta.x * 0.4f;
platformVelocity += acceleration;
platform.velocity = new Vector2(platformVelocity, 0) * speed;
lastMousePosition = pos_move;
}
Thank you for taking the time to read this, I would very much appreciate any help you can give!

Is it necessary to 'find' that object? 'Finding' may be difficult & costing.
Can you hold the 'below-thing' reference and pass it to 'above-thing'?

I'm assuming you have some method on objects that checks whether it's on a moving platform. One option is to add an IsOnMovingPlatform flag on those objects. Then use a similar method to check if any object is on top of the "IsOnMovingPlatform == true" objects. Keep doing passes on that method until you don't come up with any more flags set to true.

So, i'm trying to understand your question and I think I might know what you're talking about.
Are you saying that you want your game object (2d sprite) to stay on the platform as its moving? I have had the same problem, where a platform is moving and my player (game object) slides off- and this is how I fixed it.
Add a box collider to the platform (trigger). When the player enters the platform, make the player's transform the platform. That way, when the platform moves- the player moves with it no matter what the speed is.
For example:
void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2d collider){
if(collider.tag.equals("Player")){ // you only want the player to work
// attach script to platform for "this.transform" to work
collider.transform.SetParent(this.transform);
}
}
then, to unparent the transform "otherwise, even when the player is off the platform, it will move with the platform.
void OnTriggerExit(Collider2d collider){
// assuming your player isn't supposed to have a parent!
collider.transform.parent = null;
}
Sorry if I misunderstood your question! If this is what you were going for, finding the velocity of the platform is not necessary. Also, this is uncompiled code- if you have issues let me know.
EDIT:
To add a bit of a give, for the entire duration that the player is in contact with the platform, we can add a little bit of a negative force to shove the player a little bit!
We do this by using OnTriggerStay2D (assuming your game is 2d, otherwise use OnTriggerStay).
For example:
void OnTriggerStay2D(Collider2d collider){
if(collider.tag.equals("Player")){
collider.getComponent<Rigidbody2D>().addForce(new vector2(forceToAdd, 0));
}
}
now, that "forceToAdd" variable should be based on the speed and direction that your platform is going. Does your platform have a rigid body on it? if so you can get your force variable by retrieving the rigid body from the platform (getcomponent()) and get the X velocity from it. With this velocity, experiment with dividing it by numbers until you find a good fit, multiply it by -1 (because you want to push the player in the opposite direction of the platform travel), then this will be your forceToAdd!
However, if your platform is not using a Rigidbody, then a way you can do this is record the x positions in your script (just two positions, and subtract these to find the distance in an update method), multiply by -1, try dividing by a number (experiment with this) and that can be your force to add variable.
Also, my code for the OnTriggerStay2d is rough, the spelling could be a bit wrong- but this will give you a rough idea for a solution! ALSO.. I don't think getting the component of a rigid body should be done in every frame, a way around this would to have your rigid body component as a global variable in the script, then set your rigid body on OnTriggerEnter2d, this way it will only retrieve it once (instead of every frame) which I assume would be more efficient!
Good luck! and if you have any questions il try to help!

This is a raycast2d version, I tested it and it works much better than the trigger collider version :).
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
public class RaycastFeetDeleteLater : MonoBehaviour {
[SerializeField] private float raycastDist = 0.1f;
[SerializeField] Transform feet;
[SerializeField] private float xForceDampener = 0.1f;
private Rigidbody2D rb2d;
// Use this for initialization
void Start () {
rb2d = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D> ();
}
// Update is called once per frame
void FixedUpdate () {
RaycastDown ();
}
private void RaycastDown(){
RaycastHit2D hit = Physics2D.Raycast (feet.position, Vector2.down, raycastDist);
if (hit.collider != null) {
print (hit.transform.tag);
if (hit.collider.tag.Equals ("Platform")) {
transform.SetParent (hit.transform);
Vector2 force = new Vector2 ((hit.transform.gameObject.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D> ().velocity.x * xForceDampener) * -1, 0);
print (force);
rb2d.AddForce (force);
} else if (transform.parent != null) {
print ("UNPARENT");
transform.parent = null;
}
} else {
if (transform.parent != null) {
transform.parent = null;
}
}
Debug.DrawRay (feet.position, Vector3.down, Color.green, raycastDist);
}
}
This script is attached to the player! No need to have scripts on the platforms, which was the main reason my previous method was a pain :P
Basically this script does the following:
- Gets rigidbody2d of the player on start (we will be adding forces to the player with it soon, so might as well store it in a variable!
On FixedUpdate (Different than Update, FixedUpdate is called on Physics update, where as Update is called every frame) I have read that raycast should use FixedUpdate, I suppose because it is a Physics method!
RaycastDown shoots a 2D raycast directly down from the feet position (to get the feet, create a child object of the player, put the position of the feet a tiny bit below the player, NOT ON THE PLAYER- I will explain why in a second why that will mess up everything! Then drag the feet GameObject on to the "feet" slot of the script.)
Raycast shoots from feet directly down at a distance that is changeable in the editor (raycastDist) I found a distance of 0.1f was perfect for my needs, but play around with it for yours! You can actually see a drawing of your Ray by using Debug.DrawRay as seen in the code, the ray is only visible in the editor- not game view! But this will help, especially with positioning the feet.
Checks if it hit an object with a collider, if so check if the objects tag is a Platform (set the platforms to a new tag and call it Platform).
If it hits a platform set the parent of the player to the platform (like the last script) and start applying a little force to the player in the negative direction that the platform is traveling (we get the rigid body of the platform to find its velocity).
If the raycast does not hit a platform, unparent it so the player can move freely.
Thats basically it, however...
Please note:
This script needs to be on the player, not any of the players child objects, since this script will unparent the player from any platforms- if you have the script on a child object of the player it will unparent from the player- which is horrible. So The script MUST be on the root game object of the player. There are ways around this if for some reason you can't.
As mentioned before, the "feet" child object must be a little bit under the player- this is because when the Raycast2d "fires" it will find the FIRST object with a collider it hits- so if you have the start of the raycast hit a collider on the player then it will always show the raycast hitting the player, not a platform. So to get around this have the raycast fire from the feet- and have the feet position a tiny bit below the player. To help with this I added a print statement that will print to the console which object the raycast is hitting, if it doesn't say "Platform" then you need to lower the feet! :)
Furthermore, I'm not sure how you are moving your platforms- but if the Velocity of the platform always prints "0,0" then its because you are moving the platforms position directly, instead of moving it by forces (this happened to me when I was testing this script). I got around this by moving the platform by "AddForce". Also depending on the "Mass" of your platforms, you may need to drastically increase the "xForceDampener" which I should of actually labeled "xForceMultiplier" as I found while testing I needed to set it much higher- like at 60, instead of 0.25 which I previously thought would be okay..
Hope this helped :D
EDIT: Linking the unity docs for 2D Raycasts in case you need
http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics2D.Raycast.html

Kinematic Rigidbody moves on its own

I have a very weird issue in my 2D Unity game, which I was able to reduce to the following core problem/minimal reproducing test case. Follow these steps to reproduce (Unity 5.1.1f1):
Create a player object (Cube) at location (0,0,0).
Remove the BoxCollider Component.
Attach the following C# script, Unity will automatically add the required Components and thereby make it a Rigidbody Collider.
Set the isKinematic flag.
Add another Cube to the scene at location (2,0,0).
Remove the BoxCollider Component and add a BoxCollider2D. This makes this cube a static Collider.
Set the isTrigger flag.
Run the scene.
Expected behavior:
The player cube accelerates towards the other cube and stops moving once it touches it.
Observed behavior:
The player cube accelerates towards the other cube, then continues moving at constant speed.
Additional implementation details:
I originally moved all objects by translating their transform and didn't use Rigidbodies at all because I didn't need collision detection. Now I do, so I want Rigidbodies. I dived into online resources and found out I'm supposed to use rigidbody.MovePosition() rather than transform.Translate() or transform.position. I changed my script, and the above error appeared.
Going back to transform.position fixes the issue, but that's not a good solution, as it involves bad practice which, according to what I read, produces significant CPU loads.
Failed attempts to solve:
Switching to Update() and Time.deltaTime didn't make any difference.
I tried not returning in the Update() and instead simply resetting the timestep to 0 while stop is set. No change.
Fiddling with the Inspector and doing stuff like freezing position on the rigidbody or setting the player objects to also be a trigger had no effect at all. Changing anything on the Rigidbody component while the game is running (after the collision) makes the cube stop immediately. Literally anything, even setting its mass to 0.
I also tried setting velocity to 0, resulting in no change. Which does make sense since Update() is skipped entirely (I also checked that with a Debug.Log() by the way).
So at this point, I'm down to barely 30 lines of code and I still have no idea what's causing this. Since the involved objects are a static Trigger collider and a kinematic rigidbody collider, both with no physics materials, there should be nothing that makes this thing move once the flag is set. But it does move.
SimpleController2D.cs
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
[RequireComponent (typeof (BoxCollider2D), typeof (Rigidbody2D))]
public class SimpleController2D : MonoBehaviour {
public Vector3 velocity = Vector3.zero;
private Transform thisTransform;
private Rigidbody2D thisRigidbody;
public bool stop = false;
void Awake () {
thisTransform = GetComponent<Transform> ();
thisRigidbody = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D> ();
}
void FixedUpdate() {
float timestep = Time.fixedDeltaTime; // temporarily stored for ease of access
if (stop) {
return; // freeze on hit
}
velocity.x += timestep; // accelerate
/* add a second slash (/) to toggle between transform and rigidbody
thisTransform.position += velocity * timestep; /*/
thisRigidbody.MovePosition ((Vector3)thisRigidbody.position + velocity*timestep); //*/
}
void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D col) {
stop = true;
}
}

Solution
This is a bug in Unity 5.1.1f1 and was fixed in the patch release 5.1.1p2 and later.
Get it here:
http://unity3d.com/unity/qa/patch-releases?version=5.1
What happened?
You can even reduce the problem to a single MovePosition call. MovePosition uses the physics engine to move the object. Therefore Unity calculates the velocity necessary to reach the target position within the next physics update. Version 5.1.1f1 fails to reset the velocity to zero after reaching the position, so the object will just continue moving with the calculated velocity.