void ApplyGradient()
{
//Get the current position of the player
playerPos = player.position;
//Find the closest point on the bounds to the player
closestPoint = ClosestPointOn (shrinkedCollider, playerPos);
//Calculate the distance between the closest point and the playerPos
distance = Vector3.Distance(closestPoint, playerPos);
//Rounding the distance to a float with a max of two decimals
distance = (float)System.Math.Round (distance * 100) / 100;
//Avoiding division by zero
scaledDistance = ((shrinkValue * smallestScale)) == 0 ? 0.01f : (shrinkValue * smallestScale);
//%-distance the player is along the gradientDistance (between 0-1)
//ShrinkValue is divided by two as we track the gradient from one side
gradientProgress = 1 - (distance / scaledDistance);
//Ensures that the value is between 0-1
gradientProgress = Mathf.Clamp(gradientProgress, 0, 1);
//Store the values in a struct
Current = new EmittingObject ()
{
Color = color,
GradientProgress = gradientProgress
};
}
// Use this for initialization
void Start()
{
//Used for scaling shrinkValue
smallestScale = System.Math.Min(System.Math.Min(transform.lossyScale.x,transform.lossyScale.y),transform.lossyScale.z);
Current = new EmittingObject ();
colorController = GameControl.instance.GetComponent<ColorController> ();
player = GameControl.instance.player.transform;
coll = gameObject.GetComponent<BoxCollider> ();
//create child gameObject to attach the shrinked collider to
colorCenter = new GameObject("center");
colorCenter.transform.SetParent(gameObject.transform, false);
colorCenter.layer = LayerMask.NameToLayer ("Ethereal");
//Create and attach the shrinked collider
createShrinkedCollider (coll);
//Resize the shrinked collider from shrinkValue
calculateShrinkedBounds (coll);
}
