CharacterController velocity problem

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Hi,

I have a problem registering CharacterController X and Z velocities – they always stays at 0.

This is my script attached to the character:

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

[RequireComponent(typeof(CharacterController))]
[RequireComponent(typeof(Animation))]

public class scr_controller : MonoBehaviour {
	
	private CharacterController controller;
	private Animation animations;

    void Awake() {
        controller = GetComponent<CharacterController>();
		animations = GetComponent<Animation>();
    }
	
	void Update () {
		if (Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") > 0) transform.Rotate(0,100 * Time.deltaTime,0);
		if (Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") < 0) transform.Rotate(0,-100 * Time.deltaTime,0);
		if (Input.GetAxis("Vertical") > 0) controller.Move(transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward) * Time.deltaTime * 3);
		if (Input.GetAxis("Vertical") < 0) controller.Move(transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.back) * Time.deltaTime * 3);
		
		controller.Move(Vector3.down * Time.deltaTime * 9.8f);
		
		if (controller.velocity.magnitude == 0) animations.CrossFade("idle");
		else animations.CrossFade("walk");
		
		print(controller.velocity);
	}
}

So, when I move him, controller.velocity keeps returning a zero vector. However, if my characters falls from somewhere Y velocity seems to react appropriately.

I’m really confused with that problem. Would appreciate any help. Thanks!

2

it looks like you’re calling the velocity on a component called charactercontroller, and you have to call it the object the charactercontroller is attached to.the velocity function has to be on a rigid body. So print(GameObject.rigidbody.velocity), something like that