Shooting projectiles with FPS controller

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1

All I want to do is fire a projectile in the direction I am looking. I am using the FPS-Controller and my projectile is just a basic sphere.

I know I probably messed something basic up, but this is what I have:

void Update () {
    if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(1))
    {
        Vector3 transformation = character.transform.forward;

        GameObject g = Instantiate(basicShot,character.transform.position+ trans * 5,     character.transform.rotation) as GameObject;

        g.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().AddForce(trans * 100);
        g.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().useGravity = false;

    }

character is the Rigidbody from the FPS Controller

Currently the projectile fires in the correct detection on the x-z plane, but does not have any y velocity (neg or pos) no matter how i rotate the camera

2

cause the transfom.forward you used was not the camera’s

3

@username
Use Velocity Instead Of Adding Force

Rigidbody rb = Instantiate(projectile,origin.position, origin.transform.rotation) as Rigidbody;
rb.GetComponent().velocity = rb.transform.forward * Time.deltaTime * shotForce;