2D Top Down how to get enemy to face my player correctly?

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I am making a 2D top down game, and I want my enemy to face my player and follow them. The follow part works, but the rotation is off. The enemy rotates as I move around it, but its not actually looking at me. When the enemy is horizontal to me, it's looking down, not to me. If the enemy is vertical to me, it faces to the right or to the left, not to me.

Here is my code (bottom half is to follow the player):

 transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3 (0, 0, -transform.eulerAngles.z); 
         transform.LookAt(target.position, transform.up);
         transform.Rotate(new Vector3(0,-90,0),Space.Self);//correcting the original rotation 
 
 
 
         //move towards the player
         if (Vector3.Distance (transform.position, target.position) > 0.5f) {//move if distance from target is greater than 1
             
         transform.Translate (new Vector3 (speed * Time.deltaTime, 0, 0));

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Answer by test45 · Aug 13, 2017 at 01:55 AM

Maybe the game object is looking at you!

Maybe the sprite renderer you're using is rotated on the game object incorrectly.

Create an empty and add the sprite prefab as a child, then you can rotate the sprite independently of the game object.

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vikingallday1 · Aug 15, 2017 at 01:40 AM 0

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All I had to do was flip the image around in the sprite editor... thanks!

test45 vikingallday1 · Aug 15, 2017 at 01:35 PM 0

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It's ok I had the same issue.

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Answer by vardevelopment · Aug 12, 2017 at 12:20 AM

Try this: Vector3 direction = target.position - this.transform.position; float angle = Mathf.Atan2(direction.y, direction.x); this.transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0f, 0f, angle * Mathf.Rad2Deg);

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vardevelopment · Aug 12, 2017 at 12:23 AM 0

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I don't know why that code is all messed up because I wrote it in the insert code tab. Well anyway, Just make a new line after the semicolons. Also, I didn't really read your code too thoroughly but this is how I rotate in 2d

vikingallday1 · Aug 12, 2017 at 12:45 AM 0

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That makes his rotation more smoother which is good, but he still isn't facing me. He still is facing down. I've tried starting him facing at me when I start the game, but the second I start it, he the faces down.

vardevelopment vikingallday1 · Aug 12, 2017 at 03:04 PM 0

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Try changing the euler angles. If he is facing the opposite direction of what you want, do this:

 Quaternion.Euler(0f,0f,angle * $$anonymous$$athf.Rad2Deg - 180f)

The -180 flips the direction. So - 90 would turn the object 1/4 a revolution.

vikingallday1 vardevelopment · Aug 12, 2017 at 10:55 PM 0

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using the -90 makes it so he spins in a circle around me, and making it 180 has him just move away from me

2D Top Down how to get enemy to face my player correctly?

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