Create3DPhysicsCharacterController() I cannot grasp how to move a character!

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shadey

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Posted: 5th May 2016 10:59

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How would you move a object that has been set for a 3DPhysicsCharacterController, using Move3DPhysicsCharacterController seems to apply the velocity continually which is not what I want in case of making a platformer, the jumping is fine !

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Posted: 5th May 2016 13:16

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This is what I do in my Zelda game. The key input bit is pseudocode as I use a proprietary system I've made to allow for simple text file based key remapping regardless of any/all inputs used.

#Constant Direction_Stop 0
'Call at top of code...
#Constant Direction_Forward 1
#Constant Direction_Backward 2
#Constant Direction_Left 3
#Constant Direction_Right 4

'Call every loop
   CamSpeed# = 800.0
   Move3DPhysicsCharacterController( PlayerObject, Direction_Stop, CamSpeed# )

'Pseudocode...
      X# = ( RightKey - LeftKey )
      Y# = ( UpKey- DownKey )
      Turn# = ( MouseMovementX * ( 180.0 * GetFrameTime() ) )
      Look# = 0.0 - ( MouseMovementY * ( 180.0 * Engine.FrameTime# ) )
      Jump = LeftMousePress
'End pseudocode

`  If Y# < 0.0 Then Move3DPhysicsCharacterController( PlayerObject, Direction_Forward, CamSpeed# )
`  If Y# > 0.0 Then Move3DPhysicsCharacterController( PlayerObject, Direction_Backward, CamSpeed# )
   If X# < 0.0 Then Move3DPhysicsCharacterController( PlayerObject, Direction_Left, CamSpeed# )
   If X# > 0.0 Then Move3DPhysicsCharacterController( PlayerObject, Direction_Right, CamSpeed# )
   If Turn# <> 0.0 Then Rotate3DPhysicsCharacterController( PlayerObject, GetObjectAngleY( PlayerObject ) + Turn# )
   If Jump Then Jump3DPhysicsCharacterController( PlayerObject )

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#Constant Direction_Stop 0
'Call at top of code...
#Constant Direction_Forward 1
#Constant Direction_Backward 2
#Constant Direction_Left 3
#Constant Direction_Right 4

'Call every loop
   CamSpeed# = 800.0
   Move3DPhysicsCharacterController( PlayerObject, Direction_Stop, CamSpeed# )

'Pseudocode...
      X# = ( RightKey - LeftKey )
      Y# = ( UpKey- DownKey )
      Turn# = ( MouseMovementX * ( 180.0 * GetFrameTime() ) )
      Look# = 0.0 - ( MouseMovementY * ( 180.0 * Engine.FrameTime# ) )
      Jump = LeftMousePress
'End pseudocode

`  If Y# < 0.0 Then Move3DPhysicsCharacterController( PlayerObject, Direction_Forward, CamSpeed# )
`  If Y# > 0.0 Then Move3DPhysicsCharacterController( PlayerObject, Direction_Backward, CamSpeed# )
   If X# < 0.0 Then Move3DPhysicsCharacterController( PlayerObject, Direction_Left, CamSpeed# )
   If X# > 0.0 Then Move3DPhysicsCharacterController( PlayerObject, Direction_Right, CamSpeed# )
   If Turn# <> 0.0 Then Rotate3DPhysicsCharacterController( PlayerObject, GetObjectAngleY( PlayerObject ) + Turn# )
   If Jump Then Jump3DPhysicsCharacterController( PlayerObject )

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Posted: 5th May 2016 17:03 Edited at: 5th May 2016 18:04

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Thanks for the help, I decided to code like so:

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		Move3DPhysicsCharacterController( PlayerObject, Direction_Stop, CamSpeed# )
		if getrawkeypressed(KEY_Z)
			movleft=1
		endif
		if getrawkeyreleased(KEY_Z)
			movleft=0
		endif
		if movleft>0
			Move3DPhysicsCharacterController( PlayerObject, Direction_Left, CamSpeed# )
		endif
		if getrawkeypressed(KEY_X)
			movright=1
		endif
		if GetRawKeyReleased(KEY_X)
			movright=0
		endif
		if movright>0
			Move3DPhysicsCharacterController( PlayerObject, Direction_Right, CamSpeed# )
		endif

Using both getrawkeypressed() and getrawkeyreleased() to get what I needed.

This is part of a bigger beast, which is a recode of some 3d level editor I have been working on for some time now, here is a vid showing the movement put in!

I have Noticed a bit of jerkyness to it all though, yet doing mostly the same with using the other physics commands seemed fine ,which I might resort to as there is no way of reading if the character is jumping up or falling down!...

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