Cap rigidbody movement speed based on input.

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1

Hello,

I have a character controller that uses the input axis to determine the direction of the rigidbody.
With a controller it works fine. But with keys the character moves extra fast when the horizontal and vertical axis are pressed. This isn’t surprising, because with a controller the X and Y axis can never be more than 1 when you add them. But with keys they can both be set to 1, which means that the character will get force on the X and Z axis at full power. So it moves faster.

So what’s a good way of capping them without a delay? I have this now, but it does have a slight delay.

// In the update
void Update()
{
		//so this is supposed to cap the axis.
		//hor and ver are the axis from the input. ( I.E. Input.GetAxis(Horizontal))
		if((hor == 1f || hor == -1f) && (ver == 1f || ver == -1f))
			{
				hor = hor * 0.5f;
				ver = ver * 0.5f;
			}
}

//Late update for physics.
private void LateUpdate()
{
        // Adds the force to the character.
	rigid.AddForce(new Vector3(hor, 0, -ver) * status.speed);
}
2

From what you’ve shown there shouldn’t be a delay. By delay do you mean it moves at full power and then gets cut to half power? I don’t see why it would ever reach full power (1 horizontal and 1 vertical) with what you have.