How can I rotate my player without affecting movement direction?

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Hi there,

I’m using the script below to move and rotate my player object, the player only moves in one direction which is backwards along the X axis and rotates to look at the mouse position.

I need to use Rigidbody movement as the player needs to be affected by gravity at certain stages. The problem I’m having is that when I try to rotate the player, the direction at which he is moving also changes(so he can potentially go backwards).

So, How can I move my player constantly on the X axis and rotate him without changing the direction he is moving?

Here is what I am using so far

	//MouseLook
		Vector3 MouseWorldPosition = MainCamera.GetComponent<Camera> ().ScreenToWorldPoint (new Vector3 (Input.mousePosition.x, Input.mousePosition.y, 50));
		transform.LookAt (MouseWorldPosition);
		transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler (new Vector3 (0, transform.rotation.eulerAngles.y, 0));

		//Moves Player
		rb.MovePosition(transform.localPosition += -transform.forward * Time.deltaTime);

Also, currently for this to work I have to keep my rigidbody as kinematic or else the player goes flying!, why is this and can I change it?

Thanks!

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//Moves Player

         rb.MovePosition(transform.localPosition += -transform.forward * Time.deltaTime);

This line is moving the character backwards on their local Z axis.

//Moves Player
             rb.MovePosition(transform.localPosition += -Vector3.right * Time.deltaTime);

Try this instead. The character moves on the global X axis, rather than local Z, by changing transform.forward into Vector3.right.