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Configuring Pickup object
Hi there. For the project I'm working on, we want to be able to pick up a document and read it without switching to a UI (menu) system. As we want to be able to zoom in/out and rotate it, I've been using the pickup system with an interaction to give us additional functionality. Currently when the player picks it up, I set the document to be a child of the first person camera. This seems to do the trick, but I have a couple of questions
1. If I look around after picking up the document I seem to automatically drop it - why is this? I thought it may have something to do with the doc colliding with the player, but I've ticked the ignore Players collider and the problem persists.
2. When the player releases the document I need to un-parent it from the player but I'm not entirely sure if this is possible given how I'm approaching the problem?
Thanks for any help!
1. If I look around after picking up the document I seem to automatically drop it - why is this? I thought it may have something to do with the doc colliding with the player, but I've ticked the ignore Players collider and the problem persists.
2. When the player releases the document I need to un-parent it from the player but I'm not entirely sure if this is possible given how I'm approaching the problem?
Thanks for any help!
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2. You wouldn't have thought you'd have to parent the PickUp in the first place, since the object will always be set to the position of the mouse cursor anyway. Why are you having to do this?
The reason I wanted to parent it was so that every time an item is picked up, I can put it a defined offset from the camera so it's consistent.
Perhaps I'm approaching this the wrong way?
1. When I pick the object up, I want the object to be closer (a higher zoom) than the default, but still allow the player to zoom in further or zoom out.
2. I still want the object to be rotatable
I thought I could do this with an actionlist triggered by the interaction, but I'm unsure whether it's possible to detect when the item is released in this manner (in case there are elements I need to reset - for example I may want to constrain the player from moving during this, then obviously reinstate that when the object is dropped.
Thanks
As for running interactions when grabbing/dropping, I will add custom events for these situations. This'll give you full script control over what happens when the player picks up or drops an object. If you want to simply run an ActionList, you can simply run its Interact() function.
Thanks
When I click menu Adventure Creator 'About' I'm still seeing 1.51. The changelog and manual are both saying 1.51 (not 1.51d). Howeever, the release notes beside 'Import' say 1.51d
Using Unity 5.3.4.f1 (Personal). Thanks for the help!
Normally I'd just put the object at an offset from the camera and perhaps change the FOV or object position with inputs (if I wasnt using AC). Looking at Grab() function in PlayerInput it looks like I might be best to overwrite this rather than listen for the event?
What's the best approach for this?
Thanks
The PickUp object works by attaching a FixedJoint whenever it's picked up - you can see this in Moveable_PickUp script. It may be that manipulating this position is enough, but it's private at the moment. Change it to public so that you can amend it - if you have success with that, I can consider making it public officially.
I did it, but remembering the original transform of object, then mopving it to an empty game oject closer to the cam, activate a script that contained the code to rotate it etc, and then naturally, place it back at the original transform when done.
wasnt to hard tbh
Chris, I think rather than moved the fixed joint, you need to move the object to the desired location prior to creating the joint so I'm going to try that.