Smooth Rotation of Object in UNITY

Step 1 Project Setup

Add a game object in the hierarchy that you want to rotate. Add SmoothRotation script to that object.

Set an angle at which you want to rotate the object.

Step 2 Code Sample

2.1 SmoothRotation Script

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
 
publicclassSmoothRotation : MonoBehaviour {
 
    [Range(0,360)]publicfloat angle;//Specify Angle For Rotation
    float tempAngle;//Temporary Angle Measurement Variable
    bool horizontalFlag;//Check For Horizontal Roation
    bool verticalFlag;//Check For Vertical Roation
    bool isRotating;//Check Whether Currently Object is Rotating Or Not.
    int Direction;//Direction Of Rotation
 
    //Called For Initialization
    void Start () {
        horizontalFlag=verticalFlag=isRotating=false;
    }
 
    //Method For Horizontal Input
    void CheckForHorizontalInput()
    {
        if(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal")!=0 && !isRotating)
        {
            isRotating=true;
            Direction=(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal")<0?-1:1);
            horizontalFlag=true;
            tempAngle=0;
        }
    }
 
    //Method For Vertical Input
    void CheckForVerticalInput()
    {
        if(Input.GetAxis("Vertical")!=0 && !isRotating)
        {
            isRotating=true;
            Direction=(Input.GetAxis("Vertical")<0?-1:1);
            verticalFlag=true;
            tempAngle=0;
        }
    }
 
    //Method For horizontal Rotation
    void HorizontalRotation()
    {
        transform.Rotate(Vector3.up*angle*Time.fixedDeltaTime*Direction,Space.World);
        tempAngle+=angle*Time.fixedDeltaTime;
        if(tempAngle>=angle)
        {
            tempAngle=0;
            isRotating=false;
            horizontalFlag=false;
        }
    }
 
    //Method For Vertical Rotation
    void VerticalRotation()
    {
        transform.Rotate(Vector3.right*angle*Time.fixedDeltaTime*Direction,Space.World);
        tempAngle+=angle*Time.fixedDeltaTime;
        if(tempAngle>=angle)
        {
            tempAngle=0;
            isRotating=false;
            verticalFlag=false;
        }
    }
    
    void Update () {
 
        CheckForHorizontalInput();
        CheckForVerticalInput();
        if(horizontalFlag)
            HorizontalRotation();
        if(verticalFlag)
            VerticalRotation();
 
    }
}

2.2 void CheckForHorizontalInput()

- If the object is not rotating currently, it will get a horizontal input from the user (Left/Right).

- Set horizontal flag to true.

- According to the input, set direction for rotation.

2.3 void CheckForVerticalInput()

- If the object is not rotating currently, it will get a vertical input from the user (Up/Down).

- Set vertical flag to true.

- According to the input, set direction for rotation.

2.4 void HorizontalRotation()

- It will rotate the object according to the direction until tempAngle is less then angle.

- Once the object is set to target rotation, it will stop rotating and will set isRotating to false.

Set tempAngle to 0.

Set horizontalFlag to false.

2.5 void VerticalRotation()

- It will rotate the object according to the direction until tempAngle is less then angle.

- Once the object is set to target rotation, it will stop rotating and will set isRotating to false.

Set tempAngle to 0.

Set verticalFlag to false.

2.6 void Update()

- Continuous check for horizontal input.

- Continuous check for vertical input.

- If horizontalFlag becomes true, call HorizontalRotation().

- If verticalFlag becomes true, call VerticalRotation().

I hope you find this blog is very helpful while working with Smooth Rotation object in Unity. Let me know in comment if you have any question regarding Smooth Rotation Object.

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