RotateTo Action

Overview

The RotateTo Action Node continuously rotates an Object to the Euler angles specified in To for a given period of time, thus creating an Animation. Find an example of how to use this Node and its effect over an Object at the end of this page.

Furthermore, visit the Actions Nodes page for a general introduction to these Nodes, and Rotation for more detail about the Rotation Attribute.

Scope: Scene, Function, Prefab.

Attributes

Attribute Type Description

Attribute	Type	Description
`To`	Vector3	The Euler angles along the X, Y, and Z axes to rotate to, if none are received in the `To` Input Socket.
`Duration (sec)`	Float	The total time of the Action, if none is received in the `Duration` Input Socket.
`Interpolation`	Drop-down	The `Interpolation` method to use for calculating the intermediate values of the Euler Angles. It can be Linear, Sine Ease In, Sine Ease In Out, or Sine Ease Out.

To

Vector3

The Euler angles along the X, Y, and Z axes to rotate to, if none are received in the To Input Socket.

Duration (sec)

Float

The total time of the Action, if none is received in the Duration Input Socket.

Interpolation

Drop-down

The Interpolation method to use for calculating the intermediate values of the Euler Angles. It can be Linear, Sine Ease In, Sine Ease In Out, or Sine Ease Out.

Inputs

Input Type Description

Input	Type	Description
`Instance ID`	InstanceID	The assigned Instance ID of the Action. If nothing is received, it automatically assigns 0 as the Instance ID.
(►) `Start`	Pulse	A standard Input Pulse, to trigger the execution of the Node.
`Object ID`	ObjectID	The ID of the target Object.
`Duration`	Float	The total time (in seconds).
`To`	Vector3	The Euler angles along the X, Y, and Z axes to rotate to.

Instance ID

InstanceID

The assigned Instance ID of the Action. If nothing is received, it automatically assigns 0 as the Instance ID.

(►) Start

Pulse

A standard Input Pulse, to trigger the execution of the Node.

Object ID

ObjectID

The ID of the target Object.

Duration

Float

The total time (in seconds).

To

Vector3

The Euler angles along the X, Y, and Z axes to rotate to.

Outputs

Output Type Description

Output	Type	Description
`Instance ID`	InstanceID	The assigned Instance ID of the Action.
`OnStart` (►)	Pulse	Flows to the next Node following RotateTo Action when the Action starts.
`OnEnd` (►)	Pulse	Flows to the next Node following RotateTo Action when the Action stops.

Instance ID

InstanceID

The assigned Instance ID of the Action.

OnStart (►)

Pulse

Flows to the next Node following RotateTo Action when the Action starts.

OnEnd (►)

Pulse

Flows to the next Node following RotateTo Action when the Action stops.

Example

This section shows a simple example of how to use the RotateTo Action Node and the effect it has on an Object. We start by configuring the Scene, then build the Logic, and finally show the result.

Scene Configuration

We consider a Scene with two Objects: a red Torus and a Directional Light, both of which can be easily created in the Scene Outliner. Then, we set the Scale Attribute of the Torus to $(2, 2, 2)$ and the Position of the Light to $(0, 200, 0)$ . See this configuration in the following image:

Logic

We then need to configure the Logic. This is done in the Logic Editor.

We will use two RotateTo Action Nodes in order to first perform a rotation and then reverse it. For the first one, we set the following Attributes:

To: $(90, 90, 0)$
Duration (sec): $2$
Interpolation: Linear

And for the second Node:

To: $(0, 0, 0)$
Duration (sec): $2$
Interpolation: Linear

Then, we connect to both Nodes the Object Node of the red Torus, a Pulse to the Start Input Socket of the first RotateTo Action and the Output OnEnd to the Start Input of the second RotateTo Action Node. Thus, having the following Logic configuration: