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Would somebody either explain how I'd go about it or tell me how to have an object follow another object and stop once within a certain distance? Imagine a pet following a character, something basic like that.

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Answer by Justin Warner · Mar 28, 2011 at 11:47 AM

var minDist; var speed;

function Update(){
    chase();
}
function chase(){
    //Find which way player is facing, make the "pet" point to it and move at speed*1
    checkDistance();
}
function checkDistance(){
    //var distance = distance between player and pet;
    if(distance <= minDist){
        speed = 0;
    }
    else{
        speed = //Whatever your speed is...
    }
}

Something like this should work =).

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Xatoku · Mar 28, 2011 at 03:45 PM 0

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Perfect answer cuz now I get to test myself hehe. So for the first part I would rotate the Pet until a Raycast hits the Player, translate the pet forward, and then go to the check distance function and say if the Pet is like >5 units away from the Player then stop chasing and make speed 0, and if <5 units from him continue chasing and make speed like 3 or something.

$$anonymous$$y next question is, should I do a isChaseable variable and then move the checkdistance to the update function? And say like if the distance is ever greater than 5, isChaseable = true?

Justin Warner · Mar 28, 2011 at 08:57 PM 0

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You can, however, the if statement in the checkDistance does that, but you can always make it use a real boolean if you'd like. It really is how you like to code. But yes, you have the basic idea =). Just keep tweaking things, you'll get it eventually =). Good luck!

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