creating a jump pad for a character controller

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My character is being controlled with a character controller. I’m trying to do the following: “when my character is standing on top of a jump platform then he has the ability to jump significantly higher than when hes not standing on it.”

Here is my setup:

I have a game object (jump pad) with a box collider and trigger checked. I referenced the 3d platformer tutorial for some general ideas. I apply this script to the game object (jump pad):

var jumpHeight = 20.0;

function OnTriggerEnter (col : Collider)
{
var controller : PlatformerController = col.GetComponent(PlatformerController);

if (controller != null)
{
	if (audio) 
	{
		audio.Play();
	}

	controller.SuperJump(jumpHeight);
}

}

// Auto setup the script and associated trigger.

function Reset ()
{
if (collider == null)

	gameObject.AddComponent(BoxCollider);

collider.isTrigger = true;

}

@script RequireComponent(BoxCollider)

I’m using the platformer controller script from the 2d Platformer Tutorial. the super jump function was missing from this script so i copied it over from the third person controller script. Here is the code:

function SuperJump (height : float)
{
verticalSpeed = CalculateJumpVerticalSpeed (height);

collisionFlags = CollisionFlags.None;

SendMessage("DidJump", SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);

}

function SuperJump (height : float, jumpVelocity : Vector3)
{
verticalSpeed = CalculateJumpVerticalSpeed (height);

inAirVelocity = jumpVelocity;

collisionFlags = CollisionFlags.None;

SendMessage("DidJump", SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);

}

I’m not getting any errors when compiling and I can run the game but when I jump on the “jump platform” he jumps at normal height… not the specified increased height. I am getting several warnings relating to the above script:

WARNING: Unused local variable ‘verticalSpeed’. (BCW0003)

WARNING: Unused local variable ‘collisionFlags’. (BCW0003)

WARNING: Unused local variable ‘inAirVelocity’. (BCW0003)

I’m not sure what the issue is and am hoping someone can help me out here. If there is another way to go about this I’m open to trying other things as well. Appreciate any help.

3

If you are using the Character Motor there’s a function for that. After three days of trying to roll my own solution based on a few posts to the forum and the Answers I found this function and VOILA! Exactly what I wanted to do! Perfect for jump pads and knock back! Here’s what my jump pad script now looks like… MUCH simpler! The SetVelocity() function in the Character Motor accepts the velocity as an initial force and the motor takes care of the rest.

#pragma strict


var moveVelocity : Vector3 = Vector3.zero;

private var thePlayerMotor : CharacterMotor;

function Start(){
	thePlayerMotor = GetComponent(CharacterMotor);
}

function OnTriggerEnter(WhatHitMe : Collider){
	if (WhatHitMe.gameObject.tag == "JumpPad"){
		moveVelocity = Vector3(0,50,0);
		thePlayerMotor.SetVelocity(moveVelocity);
	}
}
2

Got it working. Took a completely different route based off this question/answer.