Can't manage to translate or MoveTowards with animation...

Hi,
I am kinda new to unity and I'm working on a little 3D game in which the character has to move thanks to "keywords" in a text box such as "move" "turnleft" etc... (Textboxes are replaced by buttons temporarily)



I need the character to move from a cube to another only, if I click the button on the left, it has to go to the blue cube in front of him.
I've got this code from now :

Code (CSharp):

1. public void goForward()
2.         {
3.             transform.Translate(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f );
4.            
5.             m_Character.UpdateAnimator(new Vector3(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f * Time.deltaTime ));
6.             m_Character.m_Animator.SetFloat("Forward", 1, 0.1f, Time.deltaTime );
7.         }

So yes, it's going forward but toooo quickly...
I've tried using Time.deltaTime in the transform.translate(); but then when I press the button, the characters goes forward for like 1/100 of the wanted distance...
Have you got any solution to either slow down the tranform.translate and make the animation "seeable" or to use MoveTowards ? ( I used it aswell but it teleported too)...

by the way : I'm using Ethan, an included character in Unity


Thanks !

 

You can add this in coroutine

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2.  
3. void Start()
4. {
5.      StartCoroutine(GoForward());
6. }
7.  
8. public IEnumerator GoForward()
9. {
10. Vector3 targetPosition = target.transform.position;
11.      while(Vector3.Distance(targetPosition, attacker.transform.position) > wantedDistance)
12.      {
13.           attacker.transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(attacker.transform.position, targetPosition, speed * Time.deltaTime);
14.           yield return null;
15.      }
16. }

or in update

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. if(Vector3.Distance(targetPosition, attacker.transform.position) > wantedDistance)
3.      attacker.transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(attacker.transform.position, targetPosition, speed * Time.deltaTime);

Also take note that transform.Translate and Vector3.MoveTowards must be used in Update() or Coroutine i think, otherwise it will move only one frame before it stops.

 

Hey,
Thanks for your answer !
It works fine with animation now, there is still a remaining problem, the character won't stop walking when it is facing "x axis" (I mean Rotation 0,90,0). Have you got any tips ?
Here are the things I made (Thanks to you) :
(The currentPos var is updated in update() )

Code (CSharp):

1.  public IEnumerator GoForward()
2.         {
3.             var speed = 1.0f;
4.             Vector3 futurePos = new Vector3(1.0f,0,0); //the var that contains the position for the character to go
5.          
6.            //if looking at the right (+x axis)
7.             if (transform.rotation == Quaternion.Euler(0, 90, 0))//I think this is where it doesn't work
8.             {
9.               futurePos = new Vector3(currentPos.x+1.0f, currentPos.y, currentPos.z);
10.             }
11.             //if looking at us (-z axis)
12.             else if (transform.rotation == Quaternion.Euler(0, -180, 0) || transform.rotation == Quaternion.Euler(0, 180, 0))
13.             {
14.                 futurePos = new Vector3(currentPos.x, currentPos.y, currentPos.z - 1.0f);
15.             }
16. //if looking at the left (-x axis)
17.             else if (transform.rotation == Quaternion.Euler(0, -90, 0))//here too aswell...
18.             {
19.                 futurePos = new Vector3(currentPos.x - 1.0f, currentPos.y, currentPos.z);
20.  
21.             }
22. //if it's turning back to us(+z axis)
23.             else if (transform.rotation == Quaternion.Euler(0, 0, 0))
24.             {
25.                 futurePos = new Vector3(currentPos.x, currentPos.y, currentPos.z + 1.0f);
26.  
27.             }
28.  
29.             while (Vector3.Distance(futurePos, m_Character.transform.position) > .1f)
30.             {    
31.                 m_Character.transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(m_Character.transform.position, futurePos, speed * Time.deltaTime);
32.                 m_Character.m_Animator.SetFloat("Forward", 1, 0.0f, Time.deltaTime);
33.                 yield return null;
34.             }
35.         }

Here is the function launched on click, as you advised me :

Code (CSharp):

1.  public void lancerMarche()
2.         {
3.             StartCoroutine(GoForward());
4.         }

 

How do you set rotation ? Do you use transform.rotation = Quaternion; or slerp etc ? Try using <= and >= instead of ==. Also it may be easier to compare single axis instead of quaternions, like transform.rotation.x == x and so on.

 

I'm setting rotation this way (might not be the good way tho) :

Code (CSharp):

1. public void turnRight()
2.         {
3.             transform.Rotate(0, 90.0f, 0);
4.         }

edit : Changed the way I made it rotate, works fine now ! Thanks a lot !