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Question by pauldstewart · Jun 22, 2012 at 08:35 PM · followpathspline

object follow a spline path

Is is possible to get an object to follow a spline imported from 3D Max?

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How does the path appear in Unity - as a series of points or something?

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Hmmm theres a question. Just tried importing a spline. The object appears in the hierarchy but the geometry doesnt show in the scene.

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Ah I'm no expert on importing that stuff so I probably can't help - was hoping it was there as a series of transforms :)

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Haven't tested this, but will try to animate a dummy object along the spline in 3D max, import those into Unity, then attach my Unity object to the dummy.

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Answer by Berenger · Jun 22, 2012 at 09:38 PM

I'm pretty sure all the helpers and 2D stuff are just a single transform once imported. You should create points in 3DS and place them at each vertices of the spline (use snap on vertex) the export those points. Then, implement a script to follow a waypoint path in Unity (go from A to B, if close enough from B, A becomes B and B becomes C).

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