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Ok, so I'm trying to rotate my object, while a certain variable is not equal to another variable, this is the script I got.

private var go : boolean = true;
private var angle : float;
private var currAngleY : float;

function Update () {

if(Input.GetKeyDown("a")) {
       rotate("left");
    }
}

function rotate(direction : String) {
    Debug.Log("rotating");
    if(direction == "left") {
       if(go) {
         currAngleY = transform.eulerAngles.y - 90;
         go = false;
       }
       while(currAngleY <= transform.eulerAngles.y) {
         angle = Mathf.MoveTowardsAngle(transform.eulerAngles.y, currAngleY, 20 * Time.deltaTime);
         transform.eulerAngles = Vector3(0, angle, 0);
       }

    }

}

As soon as I try to run this, Unity just freezes and I have to hardreset it. Is there a way to make my object turn smoothly for only 90 degrees each time and then make it stop until the next input is given.

Answer 1

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Update runs once every frame, so it's clearly not suitable for that sort of thing. See here.

answered May 23 '11 at 06:07 PM

Eric5h5
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Thanks, this does what I want it to do. But it still needs some tweaking :)

May 23 '11 at 06:34 PM Dave 11

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Answer 2

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Perhaps you can use If condition along with various flags to achieve what you want. Since update already does what you want your While loop to do.

For example,

if(conditionFlag)
{
//Your Rotate function
conditionFlag = false;
}

if(inputGiven)
{
conditionFlag = true;
}

answered May 23 '11 at 06:22 PM

diabloroxx
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I'll try this one too. Thanks for the reply.

May 23 '11 at 06:34 PM Dave 11

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