Working gardener chase without flipping

Assets/Scripts/DamianExperiments/GardenerBehaviour.cs

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-using UnityEngine;
+using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
 using Pixelplacement;
+using UnityEngine;
 
 
 public class GardenerBehaviour : MonoBehaviour
 {
+    private StateMachine stateMachineRef;
     // Start is called once before the first execution of Update after the MonoBehaviour is created
     void Start()
     {
-        
+        stateMachineRef = GetComponent<StateMachine>();
     }
 
     // Update is called once per frame
@@ -15,4 +17,10 @@ public class GardenerBehaviour : MonoBehaviour
     {
         
     }
+
+    public void stateSwitch (string StateName)
+    {
+        Debug.Log("State Switch to: " + StateName);
+        stateMachineRef.ChangeState(StateName);
+    }
 }

Assets/Scripts/DamianExperiments/LawnMowerChaseBehaviour.cs

@@ -7,63 +7,123 @@ public class LawnMowerChaseBehaviour : MonoBehaviour
     public Transform LawnMowerObject;
     public float chaseDuration;
     public float chaseDelay;
+    [Range(0, 1)] public float startPercentage; // Exposed in Inspector
 
-    private Vector3 _originalScale;
-    private bool _facingRight = true;
-    private bool _movingForward = true;
-    private float _lastPercentage = 0f;
-    private const float AnchorThreshold = 0.1f; // Tolerance for anchor detection
+    private const float AnchorThreshold = 0.05f;
+    private bool _wasAtStart = false;
+    private bool _wasAtEnd = false;
+
+    // For initial tween tracking
+    private bool _initialTweenActive = true;
+    private float _initialTargetAnchor = 1f;
 
     void Start()
     {
-        _originalScale = LawnMowerObject.localScale;
+        LawnMowerObject.position = ChaseSpline.GetPosition(startPercentage);
 
+        float distanceToStart = Mathf.Abs(startPercentage - 0f);
+        float distanceToEnd = Mathf.Abs(startPercentage - 1f);
+
+        if (distanceToStart < distanceToEnd)
+        {
+            // Tween from startPercentage to 1
+            _initialTargetAnchor = 1f;
+            Tween.Spline(
+                ChaseSpline,
+                LawnMowerObject,
+                startPercentage,
+                1,
+                false,
+                chaseDuration * (1 - startPercentage),
+                chaseDelay,
+                Tween.EaseInOut,
+                Tween.LoopType.None
+            );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // Tween from startPercentage to 0
+            _initialTargetAnchor = 0f;
+            Tween.Spline(
+                ChaseSpline,
+                LawnMowerObject,
+                startPercentage,
+                0,
+                false,
+                chaseDuration * startPercentage,
+                chaseDelay,
+                Tween.EaseInOut,
+                Tween.LoopType.None
+            );
+        }
+        _initialTweenActive = true;
+    }
+
+    void Update()
+    {
+        float percentage = ChaseSpline.ClosestPoint(LawnMowerObject.position);
+
+        // Handle initial tween completion
+        if (_initialTweenActive)
+        {
+            if (Mathf.Abs(percentage - _initialTargetAnchor) <= AnchorThreshold)
+            {
+                // Start ping-pong tween between extremes
+                StartPingPongTween(_initialTargetAnchor, 1f - _initialTargetAnchor);
+                _initialTweenActive = false;
+            }
+            return; // Don't process flip logic until ping-pong starts
+        }
+
+        // Detect start anchor
+        if (percentage <= AnchorThreshold)
+        {
+            if (!_wasAtStart)
+            {
+                flipSprite();
+                _wasAtStart = true;
+                _wasAtEnd = false;
+            }
+        }
+        // Detect end anchor
+        else if (percentage >= 1f - AnchorThreshold)
+        {
+            if (!_wasAtEnd)
+            {
+                flipSprite();
+                _wasAtEnd = true;
+                _wasAtStart = false;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _wasAtStart = false;
+            _wasAtEnd = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void StartPingPongTween(float from, float to)
+    {
         Tween.Spline(
             ChaseSpline,
             LawnMowerObject,
-            0,
-            1,
+            from,
+            to,
             false,
             chaseDuration,
-            chaseDelay,
+            0,
             Tween.EaseInOut,
-            Tween.LoopType.PingPong,
-            onComplete: OnTweenComplete
+            Tween.LoopType.PingPong
         );
     }
 
-    private void OnTweenComplete()
+    private void flipSprite()
     {
-        _movingForward = !_movingForward;
-        Flip(_movingForward);
+        Vector3 scale = LawnMowerObject.transform.localScale;
+        Vector3 rotation = LawnMowerObject.transform.eulerAngles;
+        scale.x *= -1;
+        rotation.z *= -1;
+        LawnMowerObject.transform.localScale = scale;
+        LawnMowerObject.transform.eulerAngles = rotation;
     }
-
-    private void OnTweenUpdate()
-    {
-        // Find the current percentage along the spline
-        float percentage = ChaseSpline.ClosestPoint(LawnMowerObject.position);
-
-        // Detect anchor arrival and flip accordingly
-        if (_facingRight && percentage >= 1f - AnchorThreshold)
-        {
-            Flip(false); // Face left at end anchor
-            _facingRight = false;
-        }
-        else if (!_facingRight && percentage <= AnchorThreshold)
-        {
-            Flip(true); // Face right at start anchor
-            _facingRight = true;
-        }
-
-        _lastPercentage = percentage;
-    }
-
-    private void Flip(bool faceRight)
-    {
-        var scale = _originalScale;
-        scale.x = Mathf.Abs(scale.x) * (faceRight ? 1 : -1);
-        LawnMowerObject.localScale = scale;
-    }
-
-    void Update() { }
 }

Assets/Scripts/DamianExperiments/LawnmowerStateMachine.prefab.meta

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
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