Move object hierachy downwards instantly by x amount ?

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Hi there ,stupid question time lol :) I want to move an object including its two children down (say 1000) units instantly . at the moment I am positioning the object in the editor 1000 units UP ,then in my script It moves down 1000 units when triggered with this command

GameObject.Find("Ckp2").transform.position = Vector3(1070,67,530); // it was at (1070,1067,530) This works perfectly but ,and heres the stupid question lol how can i place my checkpoint objects anywhere (x,y,z) then move them downwards (-y) ?

I tried transform.localposition but it seemed to move the object elsewhere to just downward ,I know this is an obvious answer lol ,what am I doing wrong please :)

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Answer by javanoob · Nov 21, 2012 at 04:41 AM

GameObject.Find("Ckp2").transform.Translate(0, -900, 0);

transform.Translate LOL ,I knew it was something obvious :) Admins feel free to delete my stupid question :p

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Answer by sparkzbarca · Nov 21, 2012 at 03:32 AM

GameObject object = GameObject.find("Ckp2");

float distance = 1000;

object.transform.position += -object.transform.up * distance;

mark as answered and happy coding. :)

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Answer by javanoob · Nov 21, 2012 at 03:53 AM

:O getting a couple of errors ? I should have said my code is JS is your snippet in C# by any chance ?

function OnTriggerEnter(hit : Collider){

 if (hit.gameObject.name == "Cube1"){
               ckp=ckp+1;
        GameObject object = GameObject.find("Ckp2");
        float distance = 1000;
        object.transform.position += -object.transform.up * distance;

gives me --- Assets/Checkpoint.js(76,22): UCE0001: ';' expected. Insert a semicolon at the end. its the GameObject object = GameObject.find("Ckp2");

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javanoob · Nov 21, 2012 at 04:18 AM 0

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Basically i have a racing game where all the checkpoints apart from the first one are positioned 1000 units up in the air (out of sight) and when I hit checkpoint 1 it goes up 1000 and checkpoint 2 comes down 1000 ,It works perfectly (anti cheat :) ) but I have to manually change all the values of each checkpoint each time I make a new track ,so I was just looking for the command that lowers the checkpoint by 1000 units relative to whereever it happens to be placed (lazy ,but I wanted it to be perfect lol) . your code just kept asking for semi colons where afaik they shouldn't be placed ,so im lost lol :( It doesent matter if it cannot be done ,its only 10 checkpoints to be changed for each new track ,I just presumed there would be a quicker way .

sparkzbarca · Nov 21, 2012 at 04:27 AM 0

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javascript would be something like

var object = ...

var distance = ...

I believe thats the only change needed in this case but i'm not sure

I don't program java so I can only infer the syntax based on code i've seen

javanoob · Nov 21, 2012 at 04:53 AM 0

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GameObject.Find("Ckp2").transform.Translate(0, -900, 0);

That did the trick perfectly :) now i can move the checkpoints around and not have to find their coordinates :) Sweet :) Thanks for the answer tho :)and by the way uber quick response too :)

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