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tcmeric

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Do we already have an action to get the direction and distance between two objects (without raycasting) ? I couldnt see one.

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/DirectionDistanceFromOneObjectToAnother.html

If not, I will write one because I need it. But if we have one, better not to write another. Thanks!

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Re: Action for: Get Direction and Distance Between Two Objects?
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2017, 01:41:53 AM »
Hi,
For the 'distance' i think "get distance2" (on the Ecosystem) is what you are looking for.

and for the direction maybe "Get Angle To Target" (standard action) , "Transform Direction Advanced" (Ecosystem) , "Get Delta Angle" , "Get Signed Angle To Target" :)

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Re: Action for: Get Direction and Distance Between Two Objects?
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2017, 05:18:32 AM »
Hi, thanks for the help! In the end, none were quite right to get the direction between two game objects in a vector 3 (with possible normalization), aka heading.

I ended up writing my own action. Attached.

This action calculates the direction between two gameobjects (source and target) and gives a vector 3 direction. If you choose normalization, it also calculates the distance (magnitude) and normalizes the direction to give a "heading". This could be used to steer/point one gameobject towards another. The normalization has a separate toggle because it take an extra calculation to do it. Therefore if you don't need it, untoggle it.

You may not need the distance/ un-normalized direction if you are using the normalize direction (heading), but I gave the variable outputs anyways, since they are already being calculated (you might as well get access to them, in case you want to use them elsewhere).
« Last Edit: May 25, 2017, 05:20:10 AM by tcmeric »

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Re: Action for: Get Direction and Distance Between Two Objects?
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2017, 08:50:12 AM »
Hi,
Maybe it is a good idea to also add a possibility to add  Vector 3 Values instead of gameobjects, like in some other actions (like in "Get Distance2")

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Re: Action for: Get Direction and Distance Between Two Objects?
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2017, 07:21:42 AM »
I ended up writing my own action. Attached.

I'm just getting...

 error CS0234: The type or namespace name `AI' does not exist in the namespace `UnityEngine'. Are you missing an assembly reference?

What am I doing wrong?

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Re: Action for: Get Direction and Distance Between Two Objects?
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2017, 10:39:14 AM »
It was using unity.ai . Its unnecessary, so I removed that line. But not sure why your project wouldnt be able to find it.

Here is the action without that line.


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Re: Action for: Get Direction and Distance Between Two Objects?
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2017, 10:42:04 AM »
Great thanks!  After a bit of googling it may be because I'm still using unity 5.4/  Sadly updating completely destroys large parts of my game so after several attempts I've decided to stick with 5.4

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Re: Action for: Get Direction and Distance Between Two Objects?
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2019, 02:57:29 AM »
Get this sucker on Ecosystem! :D

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Re: Action for: Get Direction and Distance Between Two Objects?
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2019, 04:20:19 AM »
Done!