Point-and-click move to object

Another way to choose the destination for our Sphere-arrow GameObject is by the user clicking on an object on the screen, and then the Sphere-arrow GameObject moving to the location of the clicked object:

Getting ready

This recipe adds to the first recipe in this chapter, so make a copy of that project folder and do your work for this recipe with that copy.

How to do it...

To create an object-based point-and-click mini-game, do the following:

1. In the Inspector, add the Player Tag to the Sphere-arrow GameObject.
2. Delete the two 3D Cubes and the 3D Capsule-destination from the scene.
3. Create a ClickMeToSetDestination C# script-class containing the following:

using UnityEngine;

public class ClickMeToSetDestination : MonoBehaviour
 {
 private UnityEngine.AI.NavMeshAgent playerNavMeshAgent;

void Start() {
 GameObject playerGO = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Player");
 playerNavMeshAgent = playerGO.GetComponent<UnityEngine.AI.NavMeshAgent>();
 }

private void OnMouseDown...