Target Tag

For many animation task it is desired that a certain object points to another object. For example a camera which is flying around a statue or a spot light which is following a character on stage. Doing such a animation with key frame animation can be quite time consuming.

To make the creation of such an animation easier you just have to attach a Target Tag to the object which should point to the target object and set the "Target Object" parameter of the Target Tag (via drag and drop). If you now move the target object the aiming objects rotation parameter will be modified in such a way that the -Z axis of the aiming object points to the target object.

Attention: The target tag changes the rotation values of object it is attached to.

Properties

  • Target Object: The object to which the -Z axis of the tags owner object will point to.
  • Up-Vector: The object to which the Y axis of the tags owner will point to.
  • Adjust just heading: Only the heading angle will be adjusted. You can use this property to make some billboard sprites to automatically point to the camera.