SetDestination issue

Hello all, I've a navmesh agent attached to my enemy. I want my enemy to move close to the player upto a distance - of say 5 units, and then attack it (ranged attack , attack animation is "attack1")

Here's my Update() function code...This script is attached to the enemy AI

Code (CSharp):

1. void Update () {
2.        
3.        
4.         d=Vector3.Distance(target.transform.position, this.transform.position);
5.         if((d>5)&&(d<10))
6.         {    //Debug.Log ("distance = " +d);
7.             animation.Play("move");
8.            
9.             agent.SetDestination(target.transform.position); //problem line
10.  
11.         }
12.         else if (d<5)
13.         {    transform.LookAt(target.transform.position);
14.             animation.Play("attack1");
15.         }
16.     }

The problem is that the SetDestination() is making the enemy literally "jump" on the target (player). It's not actually stopping within 5 units of distance, so "agent.SetDestination(target.transform.position); " needs to be tweaked somehow so that the enemy stops within 5 units of my target player...

What this code is doing actually is that the enemy runs into my player unit and then starts playing the attack animation. I want the enemy to play the attack animation from a distance of 5 units from the player.

 

Within your else conditional while distance is < 5 you could simply place

Code (csharp):

1. agent.ResetPath();
2. agent.Stop();

I'm pretty sure ResetPath will stop movement as well, so you probably don't need to call the Stop method.

edit: Alternatively you can do some math to offset your destination by 5 units before assigning it to SetDestination, rather then setting the agents destination directly on top of the other unit

 

Thanks a lot..I didn't know much about the Reset() method..