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Hi,

I'm trying to calculate the distance a object has moved to be able do decrease fuel (in a vehicle).

Or is best to calculate de overall time the object has been moving??

thanks

Answer 1

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float distanceTravelled = 0;
Vector3 lastPosition;

void Start()
{
  lastPosition = transform.position;
}

void Update()
{
  distanceTravelled += Vector3.Distance(transform.position, lastPosition);
  lastPosition = transform.position;
}

answered Apr 27 '10 at 06:30 AM

StephanK
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That works, but inicialy, it calculates de distance based on the inicial position of the object, and gives a wrong calculation.

Apr 27 '10 at 06:59 AM Narven

Based on my respawn... is giving already 160

Apr 27 '10 at 07:00 AM Narven

I edited the code...

Apr 27 '10 at 06:01 PM StephanK

thx! it works perfectly.

Apr 20 '11 at 05:57 AM iker

any1 can convert it to javascript ^^

for the Vector3 lastPosition;

Feb 02 '12 at 09:55 AM wenhua

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Answer 2

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Here is how i converted the entire code to javascript

`private var distanceTravelled : float= 0; private var lastPosition:Vector3; function Start() { lastPosition = transform.position; }

function Update() { distanceTravelled += Vector3.Distance(transform.position, lastPosition); lastPosition = transform.position; }`

answered Jul 09 '12 at 02:01 PM

v0nni
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