Smooth Movement with set distance

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So I want my character to move forward a set distance with a button press (this will be switched to a key press but I can manage that code switch) but right now, the character just kinda teleports instead of it being a smooth glide. I wasn't sure if I needed to add Time.deltaTime for the smooth transition or not so this is what I have so far:

UPDATE 11/16: So I changed the formatting of the code to use Vector3.Lerp but I'm still not getting a smooth movement for some reason. I even tried to adjust the speed and nothing has really worked out yet.

 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Collections;
 
 public class BattleMovement : MonoBehaviour {
     public Transform targetPos;
     public void MoveSquare () {
 
         var obj = GameObject.Find ("GameObject");
         targetPos = obj.transform;
         targetPos.transform.Translate (0, 0, 100);
 
         obj.transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(obj.transform.position, 
             targetPos.position, Time.deltaTime * 2);
              
     }
 }

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Answer by Namey5 · Nov 14, 2016 at 06:18 AM

Try using interpolation;

 public float transitionSpeed = 2f;
 
 public void MoveSquare ()
 {
     float x = Input.GetAxis ("Horizontal") * 15.0f;
     float z = Input.GetAxis ("Vertical") * 50.0f;
 
     GameObject obj = GameObject.Find ("GameObject");
     obj.transform.position = Vector3.Lerp (obj.transform.position, new Vector3 (0, 0, z), Time.deltaTime * transitionSpeed);
 }

Note You are using a mix of C# and JavaScript syntax, which isn't a great idea generally speaking.

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Jazzds · Nov 16, 2016 at 06:42 PM 0

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It's not doing what I wanted it still. I need the Gameobject to move a set distance (z + 100) and have it move smoothly with one press of the button. With your code, it only moves a bit forward and is also now moving on the X axis, which isn't needed.

My code works but it's more of the gameobject teleports instead of sliding to the new location.

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