Nature of CharacterController.SimpleMove

Unity Engine
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When I execute a snippet like this one:

var forward = transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward);
var curSped = speed * Input.GetAxis ("Vertical");
controller.SimpleMove(forward * curSped);

… how does the SimpleMove function relate to a basic transform.Translate?

Specifically, if I wanted to replace the last line of code with a transform call to effect the same kind of translation achieved with the CharacterController call, how would I do that?

TIA!

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I’d use Move instead of simpleMove. This link does almost the same as a regular transform:

http://unity3d.com/Documentation/ScriptReference/CharacterController.Move.html

3

Thanks, daclo.

Acutally though, I don’t want use a Charactercontroller at all.

4

Well, given the description of SimpleMove in the docs it sounds like a translate call with any y-values stripped out (well, set to zero). Something like this (untested forum code!):

var forward = transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward);
var curSped = speed * Input.GetAxis ("Vertical");
var simpleForward = Vector3(forward.x, 0, forward.z);
transform.translate(simpleForward);
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Thanks, Tom.

You need to capitalize the “T” in Transform, BTW. :wink:

Unfortunatly, your suggestion is pretty much what I’m doing, so my problem must be somewhere else. I was hoping maybe the SimpleMove did something little bit of wierdness that I needed to compensatre for. Apparently not.

Oh, well.

Thanks again, all!

6

Perhaps you meant in “Translate”… :stuck_out_tongue: Sorry it wasn’t much help but that’s my understanding of SimpleMove…

7

Doh! The one time I get to correct you and I blow it! :wink:

Nice new icon, BTW!

Still, I’ve got to wonder how long you’ll be happy with one with no biker imagery in it.

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What is the problem or result that you are looking to alter/change?

– Clint