Absolute Beginner: Player Object FP + 3rdP

Unity Engine
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Hi there!

I’m kinda lost because the information base is so incledibly huge, I cannot seem to find a very basic starting info…

how do I place a “player” in a “world” to make it controlable FPS style (and later on switch to 3rdP and back)

I just don’t find what kind of object to use… I looked up “Character Controller” and it speaks about the collision capsule…

I simply need the information, what object do I create and put upon my plane, box, terrain, whatever, to have my cam moved by WASD…

I found a reference to an FPS tutorial that was 404 meanwhile…

would be great if someone could point me to some starting information.
(I watched a bunch of videos, I played around with 2D playground a bit, I did the Roll-a-Ball Tut completely, I started John Lemon [wich didn’t work at the end of chapter 2] and I can’t seem to find any FPS tutorial)

thanks in advance!

PS:
okay, I just found “Creator Kit: FPS”…
it jumped into my face…
it’s brand new, isn’t it?
well, anyhow, thanks for reading my thread.
would delete it if I found the button… LOL

PPS:
okay, just for information to the staff:
the new tutorials do not appear on the old tutorial pages
https://unity3d.com/de/learn/tutorials
wich I bookmarked in my browser months ago.

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My recommendation would be to start with Invector’s free character controller which is available in the asset store. It has both the controls for camera and player movement.

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oh… thank you!
this seems to be a 3rd Person controller… I’ll look into it anyways.

I started this new FPS tutorial, and got a bit disappointed, because it does not seem to cover ANY concerns of the player controller itself.
the chapter list reads:

  1. Get Started with the Creator Kit: FPS
  2. Customize the Germ Targets
  3. Design your Own Level
  4. Modify the Doctor’s Weapons
  5. Create a Level Endpoint
  6. Onward and upward!

… there’s no chapter how and why-that-way put a player object into an empty level…

because I want to create own levels, experiment with Unity’s Terrain and Tree and Grass and all aspects of LOD and such, and I need a PlayerController to simply walk through a level I created…