Simple controller code for moving around

Hi guys,
I have been searching for the simplest code to control my camera/character but couldn't find it.

I'm a 3d visualization artist so this is very new to me. I just need my camera to walk around my interiors or exteriors and be controlled by mouse for panning and "wasd" for moving.

Here are my attempts...

Code (CSharp):

1. float rotationMouseX, rotationMouseY;
2.  
3.         rotationMouseX = Input.GetAxis ("Mouse X") * sensitivity;
4.         rotationMouseY = Input.GetAxis ("Mouse Y") * sensitivity;
5.  
6.         rotationX += rotationMouseX;
7.         rotationY += rotationMouseY;
8.  
9.         float movementForward = Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * speed;
10.         float movementSide = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * speed;
11.         Vector3 totalMovement = new Vector3(movementSide,0.0f, movementForward);
12.  
13.  
14.         rigidbody.rotation = Quaternion.Euler (-rotationY, rotationX,0.0f);
15.         //transform.Translate (movementSide,0.0f,movementForward);
16.         rigidbody.velocity= totalMovement;
17.         //rigidbody.velocity = new Vector3 (0.0f, 0.0f,movementSide);

I tried several ways, and finally translate.forward for rigidbody.velocity made my camera go where it was pointed at, but couldn't use that for strafing with "a,d" or left/right arrows. Also if I use transform.translate I can't use collisions as I understand, and I need those too.

For my character I am using a camera with capsule collider and rotation restraints so it doesn't fall over - is that the best way for this? I need collisions, as sometimes I'll have exteriors and need my character go up and down the street, or up the stairs etc.

Thanks in advance.

 

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2.         float speed = 5;
3.         Vector3 position = transform.position;                                  //  transform current position
4.         Vector3 forward = transform.forward;                                    //  3d direction the transform is looking at.
5.         Vector3 right = new Vector3(forward.z, forward.y, -forward.x);          //  2d clockwise perpendicular vector to (x, 0, z)
6.         Vector3 left = new Vector3(-forward.z, forward.y, forward.x);           //  2d counterclockwise perpendicular vector to (x, 0, z)
7.         transform.position = position + forward * speed * Time.deltaTime;       //  moving forward
8.         transform.position = position + right * speed * Time.deltaTime;         //  moving to the right
9.         transform.position = position + left * speed * Time.deltaTime;          //  moving to the left

These perpendicular vectors are 2d perpendicular, wich means they will move to the right /left on the xz plane but keep moving up/down on the y axis accordingly to the transform.forward.
You could set the y coordinate of the right / left to 0 if you wanted to.
Or you could try and calculate the 3d perpendicular vector to the forward, but that will only make a difference if your character can rotate around freely on the 3d space.

 

Both a first and a third person controller is included with Unity.

 

Thanks guys! Will check out what you wrote MathiasDG, and toreau - I thought it would be but I guess I'm jumping ahead of myself being excited about all this!
Not sure how to find this, will look further

 

Hello!

I hope it´s okay to borrow this thread because I have similar problems when it comes to have a working "look around" function.

I´m following the coding for this step by step in this Youtube video:

The video also show how to get a "walk around" function but I have not come to that part yet.
So:

What I´ve done so far is to follow the video showing the coding for the "look around" function and I now have this code:



What I can see it is exact the same code as in the video but I get these errors that makes it only possible to enter my Unity project in Safe Mode:



What have I done wrong and how do I fix it so I can have this "look around" function?
(It would have been nice if the look around and move around function were ready to use in Unity for simply just add for a project.)

Thanks in advance!

 

Thank you for your quick reply and comments.

First of all, I borrowed the thread because in other forums it´s quite common to see comments about people starting new threads with the same questions that already have been discussed earlier. Therefore I thought it would be better to connect my question in this thread. But enough about that.

Okay I´ll have a look again and compare the code in the video to my own. Thanks!

 

Will think about it! Thanks!