How to smooth out crouch movement (smooth damp function not working)

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1

My crouch script is not being able to smoothly change the camera’s local position even when the smooth damp function is applied correctly (probably :P)

Here’s the script :

#pragma strict

var player : GameObject;
var cameraObject : Transform;
var cameraCrouchHeight : float;

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var playerCapsule : CapsuleCollider;
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var playerOrigHeight : float;
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var playerCrouchHeight : float;
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var cameraOrigHeight : float;
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var crouching : boolean = false;
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var obstructionAbove : boolean = false;

function Start ()
{
//Getting the capsule collider component attached to the playerCapsule gameobject
playerCapsule = player.GetComponent(CapsuleCollider);

//Storing the capsule collider height
playerOrigHeight = playerCapsule.height;

playerCrouchHeight = playerCapsule.height/2;

//Storing the local height of the camera relative to the player
cameraOrigHeight = cameraObject.transform.localPosition.y;

}

function Update ()
{
if(Input.GetButtonDown(“Crouch”) && !crouching)
{
crouch();
}

else if(Input.GetButtonDown("Crouch") && crouching && !obstructionAbove)
{
	//Restoring all the original values
	playerCapsule.height = playerOrigHeight;
	playerCapsule.center.y = 0;
	cameraObject.transform.localPosition.y = cameraOrigHeight;
	crouching = false;
}

}

function crouch()
{
playerCapsule.height = playerCrouchHeight;
playerCapsule.center.y = -0.5;
cameraObject.transform.localPosition.y = cameraCrouchHeight;
crouching = true;
return;
}

//If our crouch head is hitting something then that means we cannot stand up
function OnTriggerStay()
{
obstructionAbove = true;
}

//If our crouch head is not hitting something then that means we can stand up
function OnTriggerExit()
{
obstructionAbove = false;
}

Please Help …

2

I got it, its working now. All I had to do was to bring the smooth damp function outside the if statement.

3

It’s working now. All I had to do was to take out the smooth damp function outside the if statements and that was it!!

4

Glad you solved your problem, but have you tried Mathf.Lerp? It is a great way to smooth out motions such as camera moves and rotations.