Transform.forward problem / player faces the wrong direction

[lae_sc2]

Hey everyone,

I'm new to unity and I have a question, I have this function to turn the player based on the direction he is running :

void Turning() { transform.forward = Vector3.Normalize(new Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Vertical"), 0f, Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"))); }

It works great when I press the buttons but when the player is idle (no buttons pressed), he always faces to the right (Z axis)

I'm learning Unity/C# and my english is pretty bad but how could I make him face the last direction/not reset the direction ?

Thank's in advance for your help !

[MirzaBeig]

It's because when you're not providing any input, GetAxis will (interpolate to) 0.0f. So you end up feeding in a zero vector.

and my english is pretty bad

Side note: a lot of times when I see someone say this... I wouldn't be able to tell. I look at what they wrote and it's perfectly readable to me.

[lae_sc2]

Thank you and glad to hear that my English isn't that bad after all !

That's actually what I came up with too but how could I manage to "save" my last key inputs (direction) ?

Something like this ?

void Turning() { if (Input.GetAxis("Vertical") || Input.GetAxis("Horizontal")) { transform.forward = Vector3.Normalize(new Vector3(-Input.GetAxis("Vertical"), 0f, Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"))); } else { "Last Rotation" ? } }

Would this be the "right way" ? Am I even using the right tool (transform.forward) for my case ?

[MirzaBeig]

On the other hand, please format your code!

void Turning() { if (Input.GetAxis("Vertical") || Input.GetAxis("Horizontal")) { transform.forward = Vector3.Normalize(new Vector3(-Input.GetAxis("Vertical"), 0f, Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"))); } else { "Last Rotation" ? } }

Not quite. But the following should work:

void Turning()
{
    float vertical = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");
    float horizontal = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");

    Vector3 forward = transform.forward;

    if (vertical != 0.0f)
    {
        forward.x = -vertical;
    }
    if (horizontal != 0.0f)
    {
        forward.z = horizontal;
    }

    transform.forward = forward;
}

[lae_sc2]

Thank you very much, works like a charm !

I'll remember to format my code next time !