Raycasting Look at target issue

hey guys,

Ive got this piece of code here which, what im trying to do is have the turret which the script is on, follow the target ("Player1") when it is in range of the raycast which is on the turret. At the moment the raycast works to the extant that the hit test is fine but the locking on the target and rotation isnt would really appreciate some help thanks

#code
var LookAtTarget : Transform;
var rotate;
var rotationDamp = 2.0;
var distanceToPlayer;
var range = 100.0;
var hit : RaycastHit;
var right;
var target : Transform;


function Update () {

right = transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.right);

distanceToPlayer = Vector3.Distance(LookAtTarget.position, transform.position);

if(distanceToPlayer <= range)
{
if(LookAtTarget)
{
rotate = Quaternion.LookRotation (LookAtTarget.position - transform.position);
}
}

if(Physics.Raycast(transform.position,right,hit,range))
{
if(hit.collider.gameObject.tag == "Player1")
{
shoot();
}
}

else {
rotate = Quaternion.identity;
transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation, rotate, Time.deltaTime * rotationDamp);
Debug.DrawRay(transform.position,right * range, Color.red);
}

}

function shoot() {

Debug.Log("shoot at player" + Time.time);

}

function Awake() {

LookAtTarget = GameObject.FindWithTag("Player1").GetComponent(Transform);

}
#code

 

Looks like there is a mistyped space here in the code

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. function Awake() {
3.  
4. LookAtTarget = GameObject.FindWithTag("Player1").GetComponent(Tra nsform);
5.  
6. }

perhaps this could be it?

 

Please use [ code ][ /code ] tags for code.

You're setting rotate to Quaternion.identity immediately before rotating. That doesn't seem right.

Edit: The space is appearing because the forum doesn't allow "long words"; it adds spaces in between to separate them.

For instance, this is a bunch of I's:

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Forum added a space for me. [ code ] tags allow for longer words.

 

@Loius thanks alot for the advice bro! and it works fine now thank you very much