Enemy move to player to attack (yes this topic again)

Unity Engine
1

I cannot get the enemy to move at all. I must be missing something. They animate but stand still.

            if (distanceToPlayer < ((EnemyStats)stats).ViewDistance)
            {
                //Change animation if need be
                if (!animation.IsPlaying("walk"))
                    animation.Play("walk");


                Vector3 direction = target.position - transform.position;
                transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation, Quaternion.LookRotation(direction), 10.0f * Time.deltaTime);
                transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(0, transform.eulerAngles.y, 0);
                Vector3 forward = transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward);
                direction = forward * ((EnemyStats)stats).MonsterSpeed;
                ((CharacterController)characterController).SimpleMove(direction);
        
                Debug.Log("Moving");

            }
            else
            {
                //Change animation if need be
                if (!animation.IsPlaying("idle"))
                    animation.Play("idle");

                //transform.LookAt(target);

                Debug.Log("Stopped");

            }

Any ideas? Does the owner of theis script (enemy) need something beyond the Character controller?

2

You calculate “direction” vector, but don’t assing it to anything. Use that vector on your object for it to move.

3

Sure he did…

((CharacterController)characterController).SimpleMove(direction)
4

I just tried attaching the AI.js (converted to c#) to my mobs, they turn to face me, and animate but do not move. I cannot for the life of me figure out what is wrong. I know its a noob mistake…

5

tried this code (well similar):

      if(Vector3.Distance(transform.position, enemyTarget.position) < minimunDistance) 
      { 
         var direction = enemyTarget.position - transform.position; 
         transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation,Quaternion.LookRotation(direction), rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime); 
         transform.eulerAngles = Vector3(0,transform.eulerAngles.y,0); 
         var forward = transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward); 
         direction = forward * walkingSpeed; 
         GetComponent(CharacterController).SimpleMove(direction);

and now the enemy object rotates 90 left and sinks down through the floor…HELP !!! hehe.

6

as extra info - at the moment they drop the values for the Vector3 “forward” are 0,0,1 which seems odd as I am x+ from the enemies.