CharacterController.Move Not Corresponding to gameobject.transform.rotation

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I’m trying to create my own FPS controller and I’m using CharacterController.Move() to move. However it isn’t corresponding to the gameobject’s transform.rotation like I was expecting since I’ve assigned the gameobject’s transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(rot). The characterController moves but only along Input.GetAxis(“Horizontal”) and Input.GetAxis(“Vertical”). Does CharacterController.Move() operate independently from a gameobject’s transform.rotation? That’s what I think is happening. How would I be able to get the CharacterController to move while also following the gameobject’s transform.rotation?

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class FirstPersonController : MonoBehaviour {
	
	public Vector2 rot;
	public Vector3 movement;
	
	public float movementSpeed = 5.0f;
	public float mouseSensitivity = 5.0f;
	public float jumpAmount = 5.0f;
	
	public float clampAngle = 90.0f;
	
	public CharacterController characterController;
	
	// Update is called once per frame
	void Update () {
		// Rotation
		rot.y += Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * mouseSensitivity;
		rot.x += -Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * mouseSensitivity;
		rot.x = Mathf.Clamp(rot.x, -clampAngle, clampAngle);
		transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(rot);
		
		movement.y += Physics.gravity.y * Time.deltaTime;
		
		if( characterController.isGrounded && Input.GetButton("Jump") ) {
			movement.y = jumpAmount;
		}
		
		movement = new Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * movementSpeed, movement.y, Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * movementSpeed);
		
		characterController.Move(movement * Time.deltaTime );
	}
}
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The .Move() method takes absolute movement, so you need to rotate the input by your transform’s rotation before attempting to move.

         movement = movement * transform.rotation;
         characterController.Move(movement * Time.deltaTime );