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Question by ZtekMiniGame · Feb 03, 2018 at 11:01 PM · touchfollow

Game Object Follow finger

I am making a game where I need the x touch to follow a gameobject so I can slide it from side to side. I am a beginner so I'm not sure what to do.

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Answer by ElijahShadbolt · Feb 04, 2018 at 03:16 AM

As a quick solution, use Input.mousePosition and Camera.main.ScreenPointToWorldPoint. You could also get individual touch positions with Input.touches.


FollowTouch.cs

 using UnityEngine;
 
 // Attach this component to the GameObject you want to follow the touch position.
 public class FollowTouch : MonoBehaviour
 {
     // every frame
     void Update ()
     {
         // if left-mouse-button is being held OR there is at least one touch
         if (Input.GetMouseButton(0) || Input.touchCount > 0)
         {
             // get mouse position in screen space
             // (if touch, gets average of all touches)
             Vector3 screenPos = Input.mousePosition;
             // set a distance from the camera
             screenPos.z = 10.0f;
             // convert mouse position to world space
             Vector3 worldPos = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(screenPos);
 
             // get current position of this GameObject
             Vector3 newPos = transform.position;
             // set x position to mouse world-space x position
             newPos.x = worldPos.x;
             // apply new position
             transform.position = newPos;
         }
     }
 }

Tested with mouse. I have not tested with touches.

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I put it on my object and all that happened was it went to the far left side and did nothing else.

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Never $$anonymous$$d I figured it out myself with a simpler solution, I'm not sure if it will work on touch though. gameObject.transform.position = new Vector3(Input.mousePosition.x, 343, 0);

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With my script you must hold the left mouse button down.

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