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Hi guys, im struggling with moving the character in relation to which way the camera is facing.
So what’s happening is the world has a North, East, South and East, (+ & - Z and X) and when I press ‘W’ to move forward the character will always move ‘North’ no matter the rotation of the camera, how do i make it so my character will always go in the direction of the camera when ‘W’ is Pressed?

This is my Movement piece:

    public void moveForward()
    {
        Vector3 temp = _XForm_Parent.position;
        if (isRunning)
        {
            temp.z += movementSpeed * runningSpeed;
        }
        else
        {
            temp.z += movementSpeed;
        }
        _XForm_Parent.position = temp;
    }

And this is my Orbiting piece:

    void LateUpdate()
    {
        if (!CameraDisabled)
        {
            if (Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") != 0 || Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") != 0)
            {
                _LocalRotation.x += Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * MouseSensitivity;
                _LocalRotation.y -= Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * MouseSensitivity;
            }

            _LocalRotation.y = Mathf.Clamp(_LocalRotation.y, 5f, 90f);

            if (CanScroll && Input.GetAxis("Mouse ScrollWheel") != 0f)
            {
                float ScrollAmount = Input.GetAxis("Mouse ScrollWheel") * ScrollSensitivity;

                ScrollAmount *= (_CameraDistance * 0.3f);

                _CameraDistance += ScrollAmount * -1f;
                _CameraDistance = Mathf.Clamp(_CameraDistance, 1.5f, 100f);
            }
        }

        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Mouse3))
        {
            if (Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") != 0 || Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") != 0)
            {
                _LocalRotation.x += Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * MouseSensitivity;
                _LocalRotation.y -= Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * MouseSensitivity;
            }

            _LocalRotation.y = Mathf.Clamp(_LocalRotation.y, 5f, 90f);

            if (CanScroll && Input.GetAxis("Mouse ScrollWheel") != 0f)
            {
                float ScrollAmount = Input.GetAxis("Mouse ScrollWheel") * ScrollSensitivity;

                ScrollAmount *= (_CameraDistance * 0.3f);

                _CameraDistance += ScrollAmount * -1f;
                _CameraDistance = Mathf.Clamp(_CameraDistance, 1.5f, 100f);
            }
        }

        Quaternion QT = Quaternion.Euler(_LocalRotation.y, _LocalRotation.x, 0);
        _XForm_Parent.rotation = Quaternion.Lerp(_XForm_Parent.rotation, QT, Time.deltaTime * OrbitDampening);
        if (_XForm_Camera.localPosition.z != _CameraDistance * -1f) ;
        {
            _XForm_Camera.localPosition = new Vector3(0f, 0f, Mathf.Lerp(_XForm_Camera.localPosition.z, _CameraDistance * -1f, Time.deltaTime * ScrollDampening));
        }
    }

My main question is how do I always make the character move ‘Forward’ not North, but in relation as to the cameras direction.

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I am just taking a guess here. You could take the appropriate rotation angle of the camera and equal it to the rotation of your character or something to that nature.

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I found the fix, whilst experimenting earlier, I hadn’t put .parent. in to move the camera pivot not the camera.

I changed this:

         public void moveForward()
         {
             Vector3 temp = _XForm_Parent.position;
             if (isRunning)
             {
                 temp.z += movementSpeed * runningSpeed;
             }
             else
             {
                 temp.z += movementSpeed;
             }
             _XForm_Parent.position = temp;
         }

To this:

    public void moveForward()
    {
        Vector3 temp = _XForm_Parent.position;
        if (isRunning)
        {
            temp += transform.parent.forward * Time.deltaTime * runningSpeed;
            temp.y = 1;
        }
        else
        {
            temp += transform.parent.forward * Time.deltaTime * movementSpeed;
            temp.y = 1;
        }
        _XForm_Parent.position = temp;
    }

and did the same for left right and backward accordingly.