Press key to move forward automatically

Questions & Answers
1

Is there any way to move the player forward for a short distance automatically when F key’s pressed?

For instance, When I press F key, my player move slowly towards for 30 distance.

I have this in my script:

Character.transform.Translate(Vector3.forward * MoveForward);

But when I press F key, the character just “JUMP” to the position in one step, I mean I want it to move gradually. Hope my explanation’s clear.

Thanks for any help

2

You need to apply time delta to it, this is the amount of time since the last update so it will give you smooth movement. It’s also a good idea to translate it in the world space. try this…

transform.Translate(0, Time.deltaTime, 0, Space.World);

Will make your object move up and 1/unit per second.

EDIT: Make sure you have a rigidbody and collider applied to your character. If you’re using a character controller this should be done differently so let me know if that’s the case.

3

I would define the total distance and the desired velocity as variables like:

(javascript)

var distanceToGo: float;
var velocity: float = 1.0f;

When the F key is pressed set the distanceToGo variable to the desired total distance:

distanceToGo = 30; //(or maybe  +=30)

Then increment the position of the transform and decrement the distance to go by the velocity amount:

if (distanceToGo > 0)
{ 
   float normalizedVelocity = velocity*Time.deltaTime; //move the same speed regardless of frame rate
   Character.transform.Translate(Vector3.forward*normalizedVelocity );
   distanceToGo -=normalizedVelocity ;
}

Hope it helps! If it moves to fast or slow, just adjust the velocity setting.