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Vector3.smoothDamp()

Static utility on Vector3.

Description​

  • Smoothly moves the current vector towards the target vector with smoothing control, maximum speed, in the defined interval. |
  • Smoothly moves the current vector towards the target vector with smoothing control, maximum speed, in the defined interval and stores the result in the specified vector. |

Method Signature​

smoothDamp(Vector3, Vector3, Vector3, float, float, float)
smoothDamp(Vector3, Vector3, Vector3, float, float, float, Vector3)

Mathematical Definition​

Component-wise or runtime-defined transformation based on overload.

Parameters​

  • Vector3: 3D vector input.
  • float: scalar numeric input.

Returns​

  • Vector3: returned by overloads of this method.

Mutability​

  • Does not modify the current vector unless explicitly using a Local/Equal variant.

Edge Cases​

  • Zero vectors can produce degenerate outputs for geometric methods.
  • NaN and Infinity inputs propagate according to IEEE-754 floating-point behavior.
  • Repeated operations may accumulate floating-point precision error.

Usage Example​

Vector3 a = new Vector3(1f, 2f, 3f);
// Call the method according to your overload requirements.
// Example:
// a.smoothDamp(...);

Mathematical Example​

Example input/output depends on overload; for vector arithmetic operations this is typically computed per-component.

Visualization​