How can I get touch control buttons to move player in the same way as keyboard buttons do?

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1

Hello all. I have 2 UI buttons that move my player UP and DOWN along the Y axis. I’m using CrossPlatformInputManager.GetAxis (“Verticle”); for the touch input and movement. My question is simply how can I alter or write a script that will move my player smoothly? Perhaps inputing MathF.Larp?

Keyboard button input moves my player very smoothly and I cant seem to do the same with the touch buttons.

2

I adapted the following code from an answer I posted in another thread where someone wanted to get smooth movement when triggering a camera pan when the mouse was at either edge of the screen, but it should be re-useable here. Pass the function your calculated directionY, and where you set rb.velocity, multiply moveSpeed by the result it returns.

 public float timeToFullSpeed;
 float speedTimer;

  float GetSpeedMultiplier(float directionY)
 {
     if (directionY > Mathf.Epsilon)
     {
         speedTimer = Mathf.Min(timeToFullSpeed, speedTimer + Time.deltaTime);
     }
     else if (directionY < -Mathf.Epsilon)
     {
         speedTimer = Mathf.Max(-timeToFullSpeed, speedTimer - Time.deltaTime);
     }
     else
     {
         if (speedTimer > 0)
         {
             speedTimer = Mathf.Max(0f, speedTimer - Time.deltaTime)
         }
         else
         {
             speedTimer = Mathf.Min(0f, speedTimer + Time.deltaTime)
         }
     }
     return speedTimer / timeToFullSpeed;
}