CharacterController.velocity not working properly?

Unity Engine
1 
if (playerHead.transform.localRotation.x >= 0.59f) {
    character.transform.Rotate(new Vector3(turnSpeed * Time.deltaTime, 0, 0));
} else if (playerHead.transform.localRotation.x <= -0.59f) {
    character.transform.Rotate(new Vector3(- turnSpeed * Time.deltaTime, 0, 0));
}

This is my script (I know it’s not perfect, but it works ok for now), that rotates the body when the head is at a specific angle (so that my head doesn’t spin 360 degrees while my body is staying still). And here is my code snippet which plays the animations:

if (characterController.velocity == Vector3.zero)
{
    animator.Play("idle");
    return;
}
if (characterController.velocity.z < 0)
{
    animator.Play("walkBack");
    return;
}
if (isRunning)
{
    animator.Play("run");
    return;
}
if (!isRunning)
{
    animator.Play("walk");
    return;
}

What is happening, is that if I move towards negative Z, then the characterController.velocity.z < 0 thinks I am moving backwards. How can I fix that? Thank you!

2

I’m pretty sure CharacterController.velocity is in world space units, not local space. Try using Transform.InverseTransformDirection to convert it to local space units before checking that it is less than 0.

3

I tried what you said like this:

if (transform.InverseTransformDirection(characterController.velocity).z < 0)

And it didn’t work, the same thing keeps happening.

4

Add debugging for transform.InverseTransformDirection(characterController.velocity).z to see exactly what value it is getting.

5

When moving positive z, it’s aprox. 1.4. When moving negative z, -1.4.