Rotate Player to camera direction (and not the other way around)

Unity Engine
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Trying to figure out how to turn my player to face the direction of the camera as opposed to the other way around. basically I just want to set it up so when I hit the forward key the player rotates to the direction of the camera then moves forward. This is what I’ve got so far:

cameraDirection = cameraPlayer.transform.forward;

currentMovement = new Vector3(0, currentMovement.y, Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * moveSpeed);

controller.Move(currentMovement * Time.deltaTime);

this is all in the Update

I’m assuming I will need to include a line like:

if (Input.GetButtonDown("Forward"))

so I know when I’m updating the character movement, but I’m having trouble figuring out how to add a line that changes the rotation of the player to the rotation of the camera.

I’m having a lot of trouble figuring out how to rotate the player. It seems the camera direction is not a typical direction that I can just rotate to like its another object. can anyone offer any advise?

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Alright so I found this little gem:

transform.localEulerAngles = new Vector3(transform.localEulerAngles.x, Camera.main.transform.localEulerAngles.y, transform.localEulerAngles.z);

so now my player rotates to the direction I want, but the player still only moves in one direction (not the direction I’m facing) any ideas why my forward direction isn’t updating?

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This answer solved my problem completely!! Thanks :slight_smile:

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Try this one :

 transform.Translate(Vector3.forward.normalized*speed);
transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(transform.eulerAngles.x, Camera.main.transform.eulerAngles.y, transform.eulerAngles.z);