Idk what to call this

[cinder adder]

Im trying to detect when the top slider part goes back

How would I detect this

Im pretty sure I would use Vector3 but I dont really understand how it works

all im trying to do is to detect when one point is moved a certain distance

I already made some things working that makes it so you can grab the top of the gun and move it back

Im using unity XR

I just need to detect when the player pulls back the slide

and then turn that into a bool

[soft hound]

A Vector3 is just a collection of three numbers

[cinder adder]

ok

[sharp tusk]

You can probably store the idle slider position (initial pos) and compare it to the current position of the slider in order to know what’s the travel distance so far

[soft hound]

If you want to detect when an object has moved a certain amount, subtract their original position from their current position and see if the difference is bigger than some number

[cinder adder]

how would I write that

[cinder adder]

could do this too

how would I sample the original position

and the current

[soft hound]

Presumably this is a child object of something, so it's starting position is probably zero

You can get the current position with this:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform-localPosition.html

[cinder adder]

The slide is set to only move on the x axis (relative to the rest of the gun)

[sharp tusk]

You can use the squareMagnitude of the resulting vector substract

Oh much easier in that case

[cinder adder]

ok

[sharp tusk]

You only need to check the x value

[cinder adder]

ok

[cinder adder]

so i check the x value with this and then compare it to the x value I want it to be to set a bool to true?

[soft hound]

Yes, get the current X position, subtract the original X position, and that's your difference

If it's bigger than some amount, then you can set that boolean

[cinder adder]

ok

Ill try and write something and put it here to see if you guys think it would work

So would this be the transform of the original position or the position I want it to be to trigger the bool?

I really have no idea where I go from this

@soft hound @sharp tusk

watching a youtube video so I can understand it more

[cinder adder]

helped but not all the way

I still dont know how to do any of the things I nee dto