c# - Throw an object using physics? (Unity)

Question

So, I have been working for 4+ hours now, and I am trying to make an object that the player can throw. I was thinking of like tossing it, (not throwing it far, like .5 meters,) and I can’t seem to get it. I have tried adding force through rigidbody, making an animation, and just changing its transform. Can anyone help me if has anyone had to do something similar, if so how did you do it?

I don’t have any code examples, because nothing worked. (Please don’t just say Rigidbody, can you give examples. Thanks.)

Answer 1

I am still unable to add comments due to reputation, so here is a generic approach to setting up a rigidbody to be thrown based on mouse input.

 Camera cam;
 Rigidbody r;
 Vector3 direction = cam.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
 r.AddForce(direction * 100);

The code is using the camera of your scene, the rigidbody of the object you want to throw, it then converts the screen space of the mouse input to a raycast to get a direction to throw the object, then adds a force on that object in that direction.

If you code looks something like this, there is a good chance you are changing the velocity or transform of the object elsewhere. It could also be colliding with another object and be getting stopped.