Rotate around a point

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So I'm writing a script, where I want a cube to orbit around a sphere. I want to use RotateAround, but that only works for when the object is at (0,0,0). So what can I do instead?

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Answer by Kourosh · May 02, 2011 at 12:10 PM

I'm pretty sure you've used directly the example in scripting manual. Cause in that example for the first parameter which is "point" Vector3.zero is used. which you can sipmply replace it with the position of your sphere.

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Muzz 1 · May 02, 2011 at 01:25 PM 0

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Thanks! I feel seriously stupid. I got it from another question, and didn't bother looking it up...

Kourosh · May 02, 2011 at 02:49 PM 0

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I'm sorry never wanted to make you feel that way. It happened to me before as well

Muzz 1 · May 02, 2011 at 04:46 PM 0

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Not bad, just amused at my own incompetence.

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Answer by dumytru · May 02, 2011 at 02:26 PM

put the script in here so I can see for sure ;)

well .. I think it's just like Kourosh sais , you probably used the script from the manual..

try using Rotate Around like this

//the sphere gameObject     
var sphereObject:Transform;      
function FixedUpdate()
{  
    transform.RotateAround (sphereObject.position, Vector3.up, 20 * Time.deltaTime);
}

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Muzz 1 · May 02, 2011 at 04:46 PM 0

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Yeah, that's the script I've got.

Android324 · Nov 28, 2012 at 09:49 AM 0

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thank you; works for me

felixhcat · Oct 21, 2013 at 01:04 PM 0

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$$anonymous$$y god... here I was following this answer here... and it was so simple all along. Ugh.

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/152215-Pivot-Rotation?p=1043155&viewfull=1#post1043155

Trys10Studios · Sep 09, 2017 at 02:19 PM 0

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So I feel like a noob (and despite my intellect, a complete idiot at times lol) still even after making a few games and using Unity for a few years lol. This was exactly what I needed for what I was trying to accomplish.

I was trying to get the camera to rotate about a fixed point while in "lobby" mode in my multiplayer game. Thanks!

Rotate around a point

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