Challenge 1 - Plane Programming

Tutorial

Beginner

+10XP

30 mins

(32631)

Unity Technologies

Challenge Overview:

Use the skills you learned in the driving simulation to fly a plane around obstacles in the sky. You will have to get the user’s input from the up and down arrows in order to control the plane’s pitch up and down. You will also have to make the camera follow alongside the plane so you can keep it in view.

Challenge Outcome:

The plane moves forward at a constant rate
The up/down arrows tilt the nose of the plane up and down
The camera follows along beside the plane as it flies

Materials

Challenge 1 - Starter Files.zip

Languages available:

Overview Video

1. Challenge 1 Overview

Open your Prototype 1 project
Download the "Challenge 1 Starter Files" from the Tutorial Materials section, then double-click on it to Import
In the Project Window > Assets > Challenge 1 > Instructions folder, use the Challenge 1 - Outcome video as a guide to complete the challenge

2. Warning

When you import the challenge into your project, it is supposed to have bugs.

The purpose of the challenge is for you to fix those bugs, which are listed below. There are also hints at the bottom of the page to help you if you get stuck.

If you cannot fix the bugs and wish to delete the challenge files from your project, in the Project window, right-click on Assets > Challenge 1 and select Delete.

Good luck!

3. The plane is going backward

Make the plane go forward

4. The plane is going too fast

Slow the plane down to a manageable speed

5. The plane is tilting automatically

Make the plane tilt only if the user presses the up/down arrows

6. The camera is in front of the plane

Reposition it so it’s beside the plane

7. The camera is not following the plane

Make the camera follow the plane

8. Bonus: The plane’s propeller does not spin

Create a script that spins the plane’s propeller

Optional Step

9. Hints

Make the plane go forward
Hint: Vector3.back makes an object move backwards, Vector3.forward makes it go forwards
Slow the plane down to a manageable speed
Hint: If you multiply a value by Time.deltaTime, it will change it from 1x/frame to 1x/second
Make the plane tilt only if the user presses the up/down arrows
Hint: In PlaneController.cs, in Update(), the verticalInput value is assigned, but it’s never actually used in the Rotate() call
Reposition it so it’s beside the plane
Hint: For the camera’s position, try X=30, Y=0, Z=10 and for the camera’s rotation, try X=0, Y=-90, Z=0
Make the camera follow the plane
Hint: In FollowPlane.cs, neither the plane nor offset variables are assigned a value - assign the plane variable in the camera’s inspector and assign the offset = new Vector3(30, 0, 10) in the code
Bonus - Make the propeller spin
Hint: There is a “Propeller” child object of the plane - you should create a new “SpinPropellerX.cs” script and make it rotate every frame around the Z axis.