Velocity X Animation (Simple)

[buoyant crater]

can you show your code?

[vapid jay]

yeah

    var input_vector = Vector3.ZERO

    if Input.is_action_pressed("move_forward"):
        input_vector.z += 1  
    if Input.is_action_pressed("move_back"):
        input_vector.z -= 1
    if Input.is_action_pressed("move_left"):
        input_vector.x += 1
    if Input.is_action_pressed("move_right"):
        input_vector.x -= 1


    input_vector = input_vector.normalized()


    # Convert input to world-space based on the mesh's rotation
    var world_movement = mesh.global_transform.basis * input_vector
    world_movement.y = 0  # keep movement flat on ground


    # Apply movement (X and Z only, leave Y for gravity)
    linear_velocity.x = world_movement.x * move_speed
    linear_velocity.z = world_movement.z * move_speed

[vapid jay]

heres my movement code

var speed = linear_velocity.length()

to measure speed

[buoyant crater]

it seems like you're using a rigidbody, is that correct?

[vapid jay]

Yes

[buoyant crater]

you want to move rigidbodies by applying forces, you don't generally modify the linear_velocity value

this is also discouraged in the docs for rigidbodies

[vapid jay]

wait

im making a character than moves

should i use rigidbody or smth else?

[buoyant crater]

generally a characterbody is recommended for player-controlled characters

it's not impossible to use a rigidbody, and people do use them, but you'll just have more up-front work to get the rigidbody to move in a responsive-feeling way if it's a player character

[vapid jay]

Oh

[vapid jay]

Then can u help me set up characterbody instead

i have rigidbody code (120 lines)

[buoyant crater]

there's a template for characterbodies that you can pull from

[vapid jay]

oh where can i get that from

[vapid jay]

Oh

[buoyant crater]

when you create a script for a characterbody

it's very simplistic but it'll give you an idea of how you move a characterbody and can be built on from there

just about any tutorial out there dealing with player characters in godot is also going to use a characterbody

[vapid jay]

do i delete the rigidbody?

[buoyant crater]

you can change it to a characterbody by right clicking on it and selecting "change type"

you'll have to detach the old script too

[vapid jay]

Oh

theres no "change type

[vapid jay]

this is what i have done

oh wait nvm

my bad

ok i changed it

do i delete rigidbody script?

[buoyant crater]

no need to, just detach it from your node if it's no longer a rigidbody

it's still useful for your reference for now

eventually you can delete it though

[vapid jay]

its not letting me add a template

oh ok i think i fixe dit

alr its working but

i need to add the moving screen code

will this still work:

var mouse_sensitivity := 0.0038
var twist_input := 0.0
var pitch_input = 0.0

@onready var twist_pivot := $TwistPivot
@onready var pitch_pivot := $TwistPivot/PitchPivot

# mouse lock toggle
    if Input.is_action_pressed("lock_mouse"):
        if Input.mouse_mode == Input.MOUSE_MODE_CAPTURED:
            Input.mouse_mode = Input.MOUSE_MODE_VISIBLE
        else:
            Input.mouse_mode = Input.MOUSE_MODE_CAPTURED

    # rotate camera pivots
    $TwistPivot.rotate_y(twist_input)
    pitch_pivot.rotate_x(pitch_input)
    pitch_pivot.rotation.x = clamp(
        pitch_pivot.rotation.x,
        deg_to_rad(-65),
        deg_to_rad(65)
    )
    # make the mesh face the camera's direction
    mesh.rotation.y = lerp_angle(mesh.rotation.y, twist_pivot.rotation.y + PI, 8 * delta)
    
    # reset inputs after applying rotation
    twist_input = 0.0
    pitch_input = 0.0


func _unhandled_input(event: InputEvent) -> void:
    if event is InputEventMouseMotion:
        if Input.get_mouse_mode() == Input.MOUSE_MODE_CAPTURED:
            twist_input = -event.relative.x * mouse_sensitivity
            pitch_input = -event.relative.y * mouse_sensitivity
            
            

i saved this before i deleted the old script

[buoyant crater]

it should, if all you did was just change the node type on your player scene

[vapid jay]

yeah

[buoyant crater]

you would probably know better than i would though, you're the one looking at your project 😛

[vapid jay]

Im still a begginer 😂

im bad at this

but yeah ill work it out

[buoyant crater]

you may be able to check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke5KpqcoiIU

people do recommend brackeys pretty strongly

[vapid jay]

Oh thx alot

    mesh.rotation.y = lerp_angle(mesh.rotation.y, twist_pivot.rotation.y + PI, 8 * delta)```

this part isnt working

wait

ohh

nvm

can i screenshare smth rq to u?

@buoyant crater 🙏

[buoyant crater]

sorry, i'm not available for screen share

[vapid jay]

ok ig i can just explain it here

ok so

The starting point of the body (the way its facing). lets say its north.
when i try to move my body (WASD), it only moves in that direction that its facing (north)
but if i move my screen to the south, it moves the opposite way. for example i press W, it moves back.

u understand me?

[buoyant crater]

sounds like maybe you're moving in the same absolute direction?

[vapid jay]

yeahh, its not changing when i move my screen

[buoyant crater]

usually you just need to multiply your input vector by your character's facing

something akin to:

var acceleration = 10.0
var speed = 100.0
var input_vector = Input.get_vector("left", "right", "forward", "back")
var direction = (transform.basis * Vector3(input_vector.x, 0, input_vector.y)).normalized()
velocity = velocity.move_toward(direction * speed, acceleration * delta)

as an example

input_vector is the player input (with wasd or whatever, really. those are input actions you would generate), speed is the character's top speed, acceleration is how fast the character, well, accelerates

velocity is a variable built into characterbodies that it uses when you call move_and_slide() to know where and how far it should move in a given frame

[vapid jay]

Oh ok thx alot 🙏

@buoyant crater hey i got a small question

im follwing the toturial

but

idk why, when i move my player or my screen

the floor or player glitches

its not smooth

idk why

[buoyant crater]

i'm not sure what you mean, sorry

[vapid jay]

like the movement

is glitchy

and not smooth

idk how to explain it well 😭

[buoyant crater]

can you maybe provide a screen recording or something?

maybe somebody is available to help out in the help desk too

[vapid jay]

i dont have a screen recorder on my computer 😭

[buoyant crater]

obs is free

[vapid jay]

Yeah but i dont have alot of storage on my computer

😔

[buoyant crater]

idk then haha

like I said, maybe somebody is available in the help desk

[vapid jay]

I hope so

[forest sigil]

If you don't have storage, do you have memory? I can't imagine a modern computer functioning without enough harddrive space to store a 10s video ...

[vapid jay]

i have 2 hard drives

1. main one, barley has anything

2. has alot of space but some apps dont let me download on it

ill try downloading one on the 2nd drive

[forest sigil]

What are you downloading?

Are you on windows? Windows has a built-in screen recorder

[vapid jay]

I am on windows

windows + g does nothing for me

ill just try to download obs

[forest sigil]

Print screen. Just swap it to video, select the region, and record.

[vapid jay]

@buoyant crater hey

how do i make my camera have a maximum angle i can look up or down at

oh wait

i got it

sorry

But another question

i have a rigidbody3d, that is shaped like a ball

which i touch it

it isnt moving like a rigidbody

why?

[buoyant crater]

i don't really know what you mean by that in this context

you can use layers and masks to make it so that the characterbody can push the rigidbody easily, but it is necessarily going to act as though the rigidbody is weightless even if it is not

more complex interactions are going to require some amount of code and effort to do

[vapid jay]

Red: Ball
Blue: me/player
when the player touches the ball, it doesnt move

i want it to move

how can it be possible?

cuz dont rigidbody's move normally?

(ball)

[buoyant crater]

right, so this is what i was saying before - you can get a characterbody to move a rigidbody through the use of layers and masks

[vapid jay]

layers and masks?

[buoyant crater]

in short, physics objects have layers and masks to determine what can interact with what

layer = where i am
mask = what i see

if an object's (A) set of masks has at least one bit in common with another object's (B) set of layers, A is said to be able to "see" B and thus collide/interact with it

if you make it so the rigidbody "sees" the characterbody, but the characterbody does not "see" the rigidbody, it will be able to push the rigidbody around easily

so, you may make it so the rigidbody is on layer 2, but has a mask of 1

and the characterbody is on layer 1, with a mask of 1

[vapid jay]

how do i set the layers and masks

oh i found it i think

[buoyant crater]

it is in the inspector under "Collision"

yeah

[vapid jay]

yo it worked 🔥

damnn i understand it noww

thx dude

is there anyway to make the game multiplayer?

or test it in multiplayer?

@buoyant crater

[buoyant crater]

mayyyyybe just focus on figuring out the workflow at this point

multiplayer tends to need to be designed from the ground up in your game architecture

also you don't have to keep pinging me here, haha. the beginner chat is also full of helpful people

[vapid jay]

Yeah, im sorry!

[vapid jay]

Okay

im thinking of making a 1st person shooter game

[buoyant crater]

it's all good, just been doing some work around the house and stuff like that in the meantime so i can't respond as quickly as other people may be able to at this point 🙂

[vapid jay]

Oh Nice