Character - Move In Mouse Direction

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1

Hello,

I’m trying to move my character using the Character Controller/Motor. So far, my character rotates wherever my mouse is, but I’m struggling to get the character to move in the direction/rotation of itself.

Is is the code that allows my character rotate is the mouses direction:

function Update () {
	
	
	var ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay (Input.mousePosition);
	var playerRotateSpeed = 10;
    
    var hitdist = 0.0;
	var targetPoint = ray.GetPoint(hitdist);

	var lookPos = targetPoint - transform.position;
	lookPos.y = 0;
	var targetRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(lookPos);	
	transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation, targetRotation, playerRotateSpeed * Time.deltaTime);

Now I’m trying to get the ‘motor.inputMoveDirection’ to move the character is its current direction. I know I could just use transform.Translate, but I really need to use the character controller/motor.

Thanks

2

Okay, so I figured it out.

You want to add the platform controller to your player, and change the platform script to this:

var ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay (Input.mousePosition);
	var playerRotateSpeed = 10;
    
    var hitdist = 0.0;
	var targetPoint = ray.GetPoint(hitdist);

	var lookPos = targetPoint - transform.position;
	lookPos.y = 0;
	var targetRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(lookPos);	
	transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation, targetRotation, playerRotateSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
        
	var directionVector = new Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"), 0, Input.GetAxis("Vertical"));
	
	if (directionVector != Vector3.zero) {
		var directionLength = directionVector.magnitude;
		directionVector = directionVector / directionLength;
		
		directionLength = Mathf.Min(1, directionLength);
		
		directionLength = directionLength * directionLength;
		
		directionVector = directionVector * directionLength;
	}
	
	directionVector = transform.rotation * directionVector; 
	motor.inputMoveDirection = directionVector;