Making an object turn to target

Hi, I am trying to make my turret turn towards the target as soon as it enters the collider range.
I tried using the following code but it only makes the turret turn sideways, is there anyway I can specify which direction of the turret is forwards, so it can face the target?

public Transform target;

void Update () {
target = GetComponent<Tower> ().myTarget;
if (target)
transform.LookAt(target);
}

 

That code is correct. The most likely case is that the turret's model isn't aligned with the "forwards" direciton in Unity, which is positive Z.

If you made the model then rotate it and re-export it in your 3D package. If you didn't then you can stick it in a child game object and rotate that accordingly, running the script on an unrotated parent.

 

Sorry I am still new to this.
I made the model with blender and I am not sure I understood correctly, but I tried rotating the turret to face the positive Z axis and it doesnt work.

 

Saying "it doesn't work" doesn't give us any useful information to help you with. What does it do or not do that is relevant to what you're trying to achieve?

Something worth noting is that the axes in different programs don't line up with each other. In Unity "up" is positive Y, "right" is positive X and "forwards" is positive Z. In Blender that might not be the case, so to have something facing "forwards" you might need it to point along a differently labelled axis.

An easy way to find out what the different directions are labelled is to look at a camera, since it has clearly defined forwards (the direction of the rendered picture), up (the top of the rendered picture) and right directions.

 

All good, I figured it out, thanks!