How to stop player movement while shooting?

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1

Hello!

I have made a simple ray character control script, where when I use the left mouse button, the character follows the mouse point and wants to reach the destination.

Here’s the simple code:

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    NavMeshAgent agent;

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        agent = GetComponent<NavMeshAgent> ();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetMouseButton(0))
        {
            RaycastHit hit;
            Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);

            if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, Mathf.Infinity))
            {
                agent.SetDestination(hit.point);
            }
        }
    }
}

Now I want to enhance my character, so that when I use my right mouse button the character no longer want’s to reach the previous destination, locks in one place (except rotates to the mouse pointer), while casting a spell/shoot/hit etc.

Right now I can shoot a fireball, but the character continuously rotates to my mouse and if I shoot, the character won’t stop, until it reaches the previous destination.

I’m looking for a general answer, what should I check or where should I begin, what kind of scripts do I need.

Thank you!

Ps.: It’s an isometric 3d game, if it matters.

2

Did you ever find a solution? I’m having the exact same issue with my shooting as well.

3

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4

Having a variable to keep track of your player states might help. When you want it to stop moving, just set agent.isStopped = true;

I’ve put together a basic skeleton that you could reference in this, just bundle the various things that the player should do into separate methods that would change depending on the player’s actions

    enum PlayerState {Moving, Stopped, Shooting}
    PlayerState currentState = PlayerState.Stopped; 

    bool isShooting = false; //Variable to prevent spam 

    void Update()
    {
        if(Input.GetMouseButton(0))
        {
            Move();
        }


        //If you hold right click, you aim 
        if(Input.GetMouseButton(1))
        {
            Aim();
        }

        //I'm assuming your system is hold down and release, so upon releasing you can do the shooting here 
        if(Input.GetMouseButtonUp(1))
        {
            Shoot();

        }

        if(currentState == PlayerState.Stopped || currentState == PlayerState.Shooting)
        {
            agent.isStopped = true; 
        }
             
    }

    void Shoot(){
        
        //Since this is called in update you should make sure it's called one at a time
        if(isShooting)
        {
            return;
        }

        isShooting = true;
        StartCoroutine("ShootCo");
    }

    //How I would do it is a coroutine so there is a delay before your character moves again
    IEnumerator ShootCo()
    {
        //Do the shooting 
        currentState = PlayerState.Shooting; 
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f);
        currentState = PlayerState.Stopped; //You're back to stopped state and awaiting further action
    }




    void Aim(){
        currentState = PlayerState.Stopped; 
        //Do the aiming stuff here
    }

    void Move()
    {
        RaycastHit hit;
        Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
        if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, Mathf.Infinity))
        {

            agent.isStopped = false; //If the player was stopped before make it continue
            agent.SetDestination(hit.point);
            currentState = PlayerState.Moving; //Mark player as moving  
            
        }
 }