#Gun stabilizer
robust minnow
Lets make this a thread
My hierarchy for the tank is:
Vehicle -> turret -> gun
The vehicle has the physics
gleaming rover
Yeah, but currently you are making a new rotation, in world space, with (10, 0, 0) for example. And your gun will try to look at that. That ain't good.
What is the target rotation you want?
The rotation towards the target somewhere?
robust minnow
The rotation towards the target somewhere?
You can aim the gun up and down to certain extent. Up 20 degrees and down -10 degrees depends on the vehicle.
gleaming rover
So okay, we make a random target then. Since it seems you currently don't have one.
robust minnow
Do you mean by target the value of targetX?
gleaming rover
Do you mean by target the value of targetX?
No, I mean somewhere like another tank, or a house. Somewhere you want to look.
robust minnow
It is abstract it's just a value.
gleaming rover
private void Update()
{
targetX = Mathf.Clamp(targetX, MaxGunDepression, MaxGunElevation);
if (stabilize)
{
Vector3 stabilizeVector = new Vector3(targetX, 0, 0);
gunTransform.localRotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(gunTransform.localRotation, Quaternion.Euler(stabilizeVector), verticalStabilizationSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
}
}
If you use this, and change the targetX in the inspector, it should change the rotation of the gun up and down of your gun.
robust minnow
yes it does
It works perfectly. But local rotation means that the gun is not stabilized, because it's not canceling the movement of the vehicle.
gleaming rover
That's what I meant by your target rotation.
That's the thing that should cancel out the movement of the vehicle.
Currently you need to change/calculate your targetX to be that target.
What that number is, is up to you. That's my question.
robust minnow
Maybe the code is a little wrong right now 😄.
targetX is the rotation I would like the gun to stabilize to