Side-Scrolling Platformer Change Direction in Air

Hi,
I've been posting a lot of questions on here recently, but thankfully, finally, this is my last one, in almost all platformers, when the player is in mid air, by pressing left or right, the player can change direction and move either way, albeit at a slower speed... I would like to achieve that but am using the standard .move controller from the unity references, which is this code:

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. /// This script moves the character controller forward
3. /// and sideways based on the arrow keys.
4. /// It also jumps when pressing space.
5. /// Make sure to attach a character controller to the same game object.
6. /// It is recommended that you make only one call to Move or SimpleMove per frame.    
7.  
8. var speed : float = 6.0;
9. var jumpSpeed : float = 8.0;
10. var gravity : float = 20.0;
11.  
12. private var moveDirection : Vector3 = Vector3.zero;
13.  
14. function Update() {
15.     var controller : CharacterController = GetComponent(CharacterController);
16.     if (controller.isGrounded) {
17.         // We are grounded, so recalculate
18.         // move direction directly from axes
19.         moveDirection = Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Vertical"), 0,
20.                                 Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"));
21.         moveDirection = transform.TransformDirection(moveDirection);
22.         moveDirection *= speed;
23.        
24.         if (Input.GetButton ("Jump")) {
25.             moveDirection.y = jumpSpeed;
26.         }
27.     }
28.  
29.     // Apply gravity
30.     moveDirection.y -= gravity * Time.deltaTime;
31.    
32.     // Move the controller
33.     controller.Move(moveDirection * Time.deltaTime);
34. }
35.  

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. if (controller.isGrounded) {
3.         // We are grounded, so recalculate
4.         // move direction directly from axes
5.         moveDirection = Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Vertical"), 0,
6.                                 Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"));
7.         moveDirection = transform.TransformDirection(moveDirection);
8.         moveDirection *= speed;
9.        
10.         if (Input.GetButton ("Jump")) {
11.             moveDirection.y = jumpSpeed;
12.         }
13.  

Change it so that you can still move left or right regardless if its grounded by moving the directional input outside like so:

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. if (controller.isGrounded) {
3.         // We are grounded, so recalculate
4.         // move direction directly from axes
5.  
6. // snip
7.  
8.        
9.         if (Input.GetButton ("Jump")) {
10.             moveDirection.y = jumpSpeed;
11.         }
12.  
13.  
14. //moved here
15.         moveDirection = Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Vertical"), 0,
16.                                 Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"));
17.         moveDirection = transform.TransformDirection(moveDirection);
18.         moveDirection *= speed;
19.  

I would urge you to experiment by reading through it, and having a bit of trial and error to pick things up... would save you a headache in the future

 

Thanks, i did hav a good look through it first and made a mess of the code twice so i thought i'd better take it to the experts....

 

I'm not an expert

 

hey, i just put the code into the game, but now the character doesn't jump, i'm going to experiment with it but if anyone could help, i'd appreciate it very much

 

I'm having the same issue. Did you manage to find a solution Jordo?

 

Make sure you still have the line that adds gravity...

// Apply gravity
moveDirection.y -= gravity * Time.deltaTime;