New to Unity - Quick Question about character controllers

Unity Engine
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I have a truck driving on a hilly terrain. I’m using the 3rd person controller on it and the truck is parented to an empty gameobject because I was having trouble getting the xyx axis aligned properly from within Cinema 4D. ie the truck would never face the right way.

Anyway I have the truck aligned and moving but it floats around and doesnt react to the terrain (rotate etc).

On the truck gameobject I have: a character controller, Third person script and a rigid body. The last one there I thought I needed but apparently not! How do I get the truck to react to the terrain?

Cheers,
shane

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You wouldn’t use a Character Controller, they’re for characters. You can use Primitive Colliders (Box, Sphere and etc.) or Wheel Colliders and a Rigidbody to be affected by Gravity and a script for movement.

EDIT:

Character Colliders are for Characters in short not for automotives like trucks and other objects.

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Thanks a lot, Donald. I’ll play around!