Door Problem

So the box collider moves but the mesh render doesn't move. What am I doing wrong?

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class MoveDoors : MonoBehaviour {
5.     public float rotateXAmount=0f;
6.     public float rotateYAmount=0f;
7.     public float rotateZAmount=0f;
8.     bool rotated=false;
9.     GameObject me=null;
10.  
11.     void Start(){
12.         me=this.gameObject;
13.     }
14.  
15.     public void DoorMove(){
16.         if(rotated==false){
17.             me.transform.Rotate(rotateXAmount,rotateYAmount,rotateZAmount);
18.             rotated=true;
19.         }
20.         else{
21.             rotated=false;
22.             me.transform.Rotate(-rotateXAmount,-rotateYAmount,-rotateZAmount);
23.         }
24.     }
25. }

 

Make sure the door is not marked batching static

 

Now it works but i'm running into a new problem because it doesn't have a correct pivot. It's a middled pivot even if I add a parent object to it. It doesn't work at all then.

 

There are numerous ways to do this. The way I do door is to position the door properly in the 3d tool such that the hinges are at the origin. For example:



The pivot point is at the hinges.

The the door can be rotated using:

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. door.transform.eulerAngles=new Vector3(
3. door.transform.eulerAngles.x,
4. someNewYAngle,
5. door.transform.eulerAngles.z);
6.  

All it does it rotates it around the Y-axis (Unity-up) axis.

If it wasn't centered, you could probably rotate it around a specific point, but you would need to know the world point which might not be easy to determine.
You could put a Unity cube at the hinge and then tell the door to rotate around the position of the dummy cube.

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. door.transform.RotateAround(dummyCube.transform.position, Vector3.up, speed * Time.deltaTime);
3.  

 

Thank you this is definitely something I have to do. Great information!!!