moving a character a fixed amount help please

[system]

ive been trying a while now but cant seem to get this to work, i need my player to move to the right a fixed amount at a fixed speed but it only moves a very small amount...can someone please just fix my code or explain to me what the problem is.

var tap: boolean = false;
var timer: float = 0.0;
var player: Transform;

function Update()
{
    timer += Time.deltaTime;
    if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.RightArrow))
    {
        tap = true;
        if(tap)
        {
            timer = 0;
        }
        if(timer < 1.0)
        {
            player.position.x +=5*Time.deltaTime;
        }
        else
        {
           tap = false;
        }
    }
}

[anon45606706]

The way to move your character in a direction at a fixed speed, is to translate it by a velocity.

var speed = 5;

function Update()
{
    transform.Translate(Vector3.right * speed * Time.deltaTime);
}

This will move your object 5 units per second to the right.

[anon61858128]

I cannot for the life of me firgue out what you are trying to do. Some disambiguation in your question would be a huge help, from looking at your code (which I had to format myself because you can't be bothered) I've no clue what effect your trying to achieve. What is all this about tap and timer? It appears like when you press a button you want the timer to reset to 0 but you also have it that the timer keeps adding time.deltatime to itself? Do you get an error when compiling this code? Errors during runtime? Basically what I'm saying is your question is too vague to give a definitive answer.I can tell you for sure that if your trying to move a player this is definatly the wrong way to go about it.

The problem with your question is you have specified that you want it to move at a fixed speed and a fixed amount but not the time scale that you want it to be in, eg, Speed = distance/ time. distance = speed * time, time = distance/speed. So you want it do you want it to move 5 units at 5 units/second?or 5 units at 1 unit/second? etc

Anyway less about basic physics and how poor your question is and back to an definitive answer. if you are using a character controller and what it to move when you hold down an arrow key and stop moving when you let go use something with this effect

var speed : float = 1;
moveDirection = Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"),Input.GetAxis("Vertical"),0);
moveDirection = transform.TransformDirection(moveDirection*speed);

if you want your character to move a fixed amount then stop no matter how long you hold down the button then use something to this effect

var DistanceAmount : float = 1;
var KeyHasBeenPressed : boolean = false;

if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.RightArrow))
{
    if (KeyHasBeenPressed == false)
    {
        transform.position += DistanceAmount;
        KeyHasBeenPressed = true:
    }
}

if (Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.RightArrow))
{
    KeyHasBeenPressed = false;
}

what keith has said will move your object to the right non-stop at said velocity (5 units/second) You can incorporate that into a key press to get some effect that you may or may not want, depending on what you actually want because you havn't specified properly.

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[Statement]

If you are looking for "blocky" movement (like grid movement), here's something you could do. I make use of CoUpdate to block input code while character is sliding to the next position. I tested it and it works on my machine.

var player : Transform;
var speed : float = 5;

while(true) yield CoUpdate();

function CoUpdate() {
    if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.RightArrow))
        yield Move(Vector3.right);
    else if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.LeftArrow))
        yield Move(Vector3.left);
    else if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.UpArrow))
        yield Move(Vector3.forward);
    else if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.DownArrow))
        yield Move(Vector3.back);
    else 
        yield;
}

function Move(distance : Vector3) {
    var pt = player.transform;
    var goal = pt.position + distance;
    while (pt.position != goal) {
        pt.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(pt.position, goal, speed * Time.deltaTime);
        yield;
    }
}