Player Collision, Constant Force, Physics Q

Unity Engine
1

I’ve got a player that goes left/right and up/down (wasd), I want the players movement to be constant one speed in the z plane.

I’m using Constant Force Component, but I’m only colliding with Physics/Mesh Colliders.
So my tagged ‘fallout’ box isn’t collidable, neither is my turret or bullets.

I think this is because I’m using Constant Force on the player. Is there a better way to do that?

Scripting foward movement instead of constant force component.

2

Hiya,

instead of using constant force …you can try character controller on the player and then you can use MOVE() to move the function in a particular direction

3

thanks, I’m using this right now, with character controller.

// flies foward always, quickly
var speedOfTravel = 10;

function Update() {
// Move the object forward along its z axis 1 unit/second.
transform.Translate(Vector3.forward * Time.smoothDeltaTime);

}

also trying to figure out how to make it faster than 1 unit/second.

player only collides with rigidbodies though… I need to learnmore about collision.

4

Buddy… why are you using Translate()…try CharacterController.Move();…

5

you can try this…

function Update()
{
moveDirection=transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward);
moveDirection*=speed;

if(c.isGrounded)
{
	if(Input.GetButton("Jump"))
		{
			vel.y=3.8;
		}
}
else
{
vel.y+=Physics.gravity.y*Time.smoothDeltaTime;
}

moveDirection+=vel;

c.Move(moveDirection*Time.smoothDeltaTime);
}
6

'cause I’m a noob and I found code for that :wink:

Before that it was constantForce, so it’s improving.

Thanks, I’ll try your code instead. (I’m starting to understand how code is laid out/what it means… but not enough just to type it up on my own yet- it’s only been about 2 weeks, but I’ve been modelling/map making for 10 years).

7

Thanks saurabh,

I did try it but I’m still learning scripting, so you have a few things like c.Move (not really sure how to use the c, should I make a variable, or is that short for something?

BTW, my character can’t jump. Flies like a plane, so wasd is up,left,right,down. That’s why I want the constant forward movement.

Does the c stand for characterController?