scale character controller but not player?

i am using the following script to scale the character controller for when the player crouches.

it scales the controller perfectly but also scales the geometry of the player.

does anyone know how i can fix this?

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. var controller : CharacterController;
3.  
4.  
5. function Update ()
6. {
7.    if (Input.GetKey   ("c")) {
8.       GetComponent(CharacterController);transform.localScale.y = 0.5;
9.    } else {
10.       GetComponent(CharacterController);transform.localScale.y = 1;
11.    }
12.    }

 

I guess what you want to do is change the collider? Then just do something like this:

Code (csharp):

1. characterController = GetComponent(CharacterController);
2.  
3. if (Input.GetKey   ("c"))
4. {
5.     characterController.height = 0.5;
6.     characterController.center = 0.25;
7. }
8. else
9. {
10.     characterController.height = 1.0;
11.     characterController.center = 0.5;
12. }

However, scaling the controller like that might cause unwanted behavior in some cases.

 

that has stopped the player scaling which is great but now he has sunk into the floor to knee level.

any ideas?

 

You have semicolons in the middle of your lines of code where you're trying to use dot syntax:

Regardless, "transform" is not a property of a character controller. What you probably want to use is the height property.

Also, your code will run faster if you don't run GetComponent all the time. What I do is just define a variable and drag the Game Object, from the Hierarchy, onto the variable slot:

Code (csharp):

1. var controller : CharacterController
2. ...
3. controller.height = .5

Edit: Someone else responded while I was replying. In order to not have the character go through the floor, you can move the center of the controller down by .25 when he crouches.

 

Well, that's a bit strange. Have you changed the center of the controller, as I wrote in the code sample?

 

ok ive sorted the sinking issue.

at the moment i have to take my finger off the 'walk' button and then press the 'crouch' button. but what i want to be able to so is press the 'crouch' button whilst pressing the 'walk' button.

is this possible?