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omtron
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December 15, 2016
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How do I get transform of index finger tip?

  • December 15, 2016
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In Unity I'm trying to add a laser appear out of index finger when player points, but I can't figure out how to select the tip of the index finger. Is transform.Find("hands:b_l_index_ignore") the only way? Because in that case I have to SetActive(true) on all children, do the Find, then SetActive(false) on all children again. I guess would work, but there has to be a better way that I missed?
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Best answer by Toukokuu
Create a public or a serialized variable for it in a script and drag the transform to the slot in the property inspector.

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cybereality
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December 15, 2016
This should be in the Unity section of the  Developer forum. I'll move the thread.
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omtronAuthor
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December 23, 2016


This should be in the Unity section of the  Developer forum. I'll move the thread.


Thanks for moving the thread for me... Any idea on how I would get the Transform of tip of the index finger?
ToukokuuAnswer
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December 23, 2016
Create a public or a serialized variable for it in a script and drag the transform to the slot in the property inspector.
omtronAuthor
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December 24, 2016

js2k said:

Create a public or a serialized variable for it in a script and drag the transform to the slot in the property inspector.


Thanks. I know how to use Unity, but the problem is that the child hierarchy doesn't show up until runtime when I use the default localavatar prefab.
omtronAuthor
Inspiring
December 24, 2016
Solution:

I added this to the end of AddAvatarComponent() in OvrAvatar.cs:

        try
        {
            middleFingerTip = GameObject.Find("hands:b_r_middle_ignore").transform;
        } catch
        {
            return;
        }
pjenness
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January 4, 2017
Hiya

I had the same issue finding the hand joint, and yeah I manually traversed the heirarchy to get it (I knew it was 3 steps so it was fine.) For some reason the find didnt work for me. (maybe its that setActive step you mention)


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