Crouching

[livid burrow]

@vital quarry

[vital quarry]

continue

[livid burrow]

delete the other one

[vital quarry]

which one

gotta be specific

[livid burrow]

thread

xd

anyways for the new function

[vital quarry]

i didnt know you meant thread

hehe

anyway

continue

[livid burrow]

name it Crouching or someth that is related to crouch

[vital quarry]

name WHAT

oh

the new function

right

[livid burrow]

0___0

[vital quarry]

sorry

wait

ok

ok

ok

good?

[livid burrow]

fix the reds

[vital quarry]

i did

we still dont have a center variable

was i supposed to make one?

[livid burrow]

we already have

its just that haven't really used it yet

[livid burrow]

put the float variable first

[vital quarry]

hey um dude

[livid burrow]

the program won't recognize the height and center you are using on those two lines of changing controller variables

[livid burrow]

exactly

[vital quarry]

sooo

is that ok

can we continue

will it be gone later?

[livid burrow]

fix it first

[vital quarry]

fix it how

?

[livid burrow]

have you fixed this?

[vital quarry]

you mean the controller? yeah

[livid burrow]

the center variable issue

[vital quarry]

well i dont know how dude

treat every word you say like a monkey's paw

i have adhd

you have to be specific

[livid burrow]

put this above everything else

you have to identify the variables and its values before using them

[vital quarry]

how shall i do that

its a float

so

float center;

is that good?

[livid burrow]

cut and paste

[vital quarry]

cut and paste where?

[livid burrow]

    void Crouch(float height)
    {
        float center = height / 2;
        (the other two lines of code)
    }

welp we're gonna have to take a break first, i shall have things to do at the time being, i shall be back, if you are willing to do this and learm, you can wait or search for other alternatives, its fine for me

[vital quarry]

yeah i did that already

mm

[livid burrow]

@vital quarry

im back

[vital quarry]

hey

so

[livid burrow]

the new function yes

[vital quarry]

the code was interfering with my work on other things

sooooooo

[livid burrow]

which are?

[vital quarry]

well actually at first i thought it was that specific code but it was something else

i can get the code back real quick

[livid burrow]

so its fine now?

[vital quarry]

or not

i guesss i cant just ctrl+z

well

shit

i dont have any of the code for crouching written down

but i mean this should be super simple because you already know how to do this right

?

[livid burrow]

yep

as long as you know the basics

you are fine

this is in my movement script as well

[vital quarry]

ok

simple enough

[livid burrow]

so on the new function

make a new float variable

named crouchedheight

and then inside that variable

make a bool that it checks if the player is crouching

mine is like this

[vital quarry]

wait inside the perenthasese

?

[livid burrow]

no no

[vital quarry]

mkay

[livid burrow]

 isCrouching = Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftControl);

    void Crouching()
    {
        float crouchedHeight = isCrouching 
    }

someth like that

make sure its a bool

[vital quarry]

what is the top thing?

[livid burrow]

so that everytime you press left control

"iscrouching" will be true

[livid burrow]

assigning the bool to a key

[vital quarry]

hey you do realize i dont have the code we already had written down yknow?

[livid burrow]

yeah you don't

thats why we're making it

im teaching you how

[vital quarry]

ok

ok

continue

and i put the iscrouching thing at the top?

[livid burrow]

public bool isCrouching;

and then at the start function

[vital quarry]

place down the iscrouching thing

[livid burrow]

isCrouching = Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftControl);

[vital quarry]

yeah ok

[livid burrow]

put that

or on the update func

[vital quarry]

which one man?

[livid burrow]

update

[vital quarry]

ok

correct?

the iscrouching thing is in the update function and everything is how it is

good

continue

[livid burrow]

put the iscrouching thing at the very top

always remember that when you assign values to variables, always put it at the very top

[vital quarry]

ctrl

ctrl works

[livid burrow]

so that the program will know which is which

[vital quarry]

mkay

so an if statement

[livid burrow]

wait we are doing something very complex

[vital quarry]

Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode:ctrl);

what should i do

[livid burrow]

we are going to use the ?: operator

so make two new variables (crouchheight, standingheight)

[vital quarry]

float?

[livid burrow]

then croucheight is half the current height of your controller

[livid burrow]

float because i reckon your height had a decimal

[vital quarry]

yes

and my crouchheight is?

[livid burrow]

okay so the "?:" operator is helpful, its like an if-else statement but actually better lmao

[livid burrow]

half of your original height

the one we talked about earlier

[vital quarry]

ok

[livid burrow]

    public float standingheight;
    public float crouchHeight;

    public bool isCrouching;

   void Update()
    {
       isCrouching = Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftControl);
    }

    void Crouching()
    {
        float crouchedHeight = isCrouching 
    }

    void Crouch(float height)
    {
        float center = height / 2;

        controller.height = Mathf.Lerp(controller.height, height, 1 * Time.deltaTime);
        controller.center = Vector3.Lerp(controller.center, new Vector3(0, center, 0), 1 * Time.deltaTime);
    }

this is the progress so far

[vital quarry]

it was supposed to be an integer?

oh wait

hehe

[livid burrow]

no

look again

i edited it

thats our current progress

[livid burrow]

    void Crouching()
    {
        float crouchedHeight = isCrouching ? crouchHeight : standingHeight;
    }

[livid burrow]

just copy what i did

[livid burrow]

here

[vital quarry]

ok

[livid burrow]

then do this

[vital quarry]

mkay

[livid burrow]

what this does is that if isCrouching is set to true, the crouchHeight value will be returned, else the standheight will be returned

okay now i believe we are on the last segment of crouching

[vital quarry]

cool

[livid burrow]

so

make an if statement

[vital quarry]

on update i presume?

[livid burrow]

on the crouching

[vital quarry]

oh

[livid burrow]

inside the if is

check if the controller.height is not equal to the crouchedheight

    void Crouching()
    {
        float crouchedHeight =  isCrouching ? crouchHeight : standingHeight;

        if (controller.height != crouchedHeight)
        {
        //code
        }
    }

should look like that

[vital quarry]

ok

now?

[livid burrow]

now

[livid burrow]

call the function crouch

    public float standingheight;
    public float crouchHeight;

    public bool isCrouching;

   void Update()
    {
       isCrouching = Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftControl);
    }

    void Crouching()
    {
        float crouchedHeight = isCrouching ? crouchHeight : standingHeight;

        if (controller.height != crouchedHeight)
        {
            Crouch(crouchedHeight);
        }
    }

    void Crouch(float height)
    {
        float center = height / 2;

        controller.height = Mathf.Lerp(controller.height, height, 1 * Time.deltaTime);
        controller.center = Vector3.Lerp(controller.center, new Vector3(0, center, 0), 1 * Time.deltaTime);
    }

should look like that

[vital quarry]

pretty much but a bit less organized

but

there are a few errors

2

there is no reference for standingheight

ohwait

thats because mine is named diffrent

holdon

where did the ceiling come from

[livid burrow]

its orgranized wym

[livid burrow]

remove it

its from my script

[vital quarry]

oh

ok

also "Adjustcontroller" does not exist in the current context

[livid burrow]

change it

[vital quarry]

to what?

[livid burrow]

here

i fixed it

[vital quarry]

mkay

so

i did that

no errors

at the same place that you think i am

whats next?

klay?

[livid burrow]

wait sorry i did something

[livid burrow]

you are actually done

[vital quarry]

ok

[livid burrow]

you have now made the character controller crouch

see for yourself

[vital quarry]

if i press ctrl i will crouch?

[livid burrow]

left ctrl

[vital quarry]

mhm

ok

doesnt seem that way

could you take a look at something

[livid burrow]

lemme see

[vital quarry]

oop

wait

https://pastebin.com/Hc3FAuVh

there

[livid burrow]

what happens when you play

[vital quarry]

well

everything is the same

exceot

except*

no crouch

nothing

when i ctrl

nothin

[livid burrow]

what does the controller do

[vital quarry]

nothing

[livid burrow]

really

interesting

[vital quarry]

yes

i dont know why

[livid burrow]

oh well lets finish the thing then

[vital quarry]

i dont think i will have crouching in my game very much anyway

[livid burrow]

oh wait

i know why

you didnt call the crouch function

in the update function

so nothing really happens

call it after controller.Move

i see you took the tutorials from Brackeys

@vital quarry whats happeninh

[vital quarry]

yes

and?

its a good vid

nice and simple

what of it?

@livid burrow

[livid burrow]

do this

[vital quarry]

oop

[livid burrow]

after the "controller.Move(velocity * Time.deltaTime);"

put

"Crouching();"

[vital quarry]

like under it?

where should i put it

like right next to it?

[livid burrow]

under

[vital quarry]

uh ok

ok

but when i let go of ctrl it doesnt go back

it just stays down

[livid burrow]

i see

[vital quarry]

weird is that not?

i dont wanna be short for eternity

[livid burrow]

xd

wait

we gotta finish the whole thing to see if the probem still persists

[vital quarry]

mkay

[livid burrow]

    void Crouching()
    {
        float crouchedHeight = isCrouching ? crouchHeight : standingHeight;

        if (controller.height != crouchedHeight)
        {
            Crouch(crouchedHeight);

            //Vector3 camPosition will be acting as your camera's position
            Vector3 camPosition = MainCamera.transform.localPosition;
            //camPosition will be set to the controller's height
            camPosition.y = controllerName.height;

            //We set the camera's position to the camPosition, which is set to the height of the controller
            MainCamera.transform.localPosition = camPosition;
        }
    }

[vital quarry]

doesnt this mean i would need a camera variable

no?

ok

[livid burrow]

yeah

the camera

dont you have one

[vital quarry]

no i have a main camera

just not a camera variable in the script

[livid burrow]

make one

[vital quarry]

transform or camera?

what is the variable called

[livid burrow]

transform

[vital quarry]

why not the camera variable?

oh

wait i think i know why

nevermind

[livid burrow]

lmao

only the transform

remember we want the position of the camera to follow the controller

[vital quarry]

it works

cool

although the time between standing and crouching is a tiny bit slow

is that changeable?

[livid burrow]

yes

that's when

LerpUnclamped comes in

so in order to do that

make a new variable

[vital quarry]

called?

[livid burrow]

"timeToCrouch"

then set it higher than 1

[vital quarry]

what kind of variable?

float or???

[livid burrow]

then change all "Lerp" functions into LerpUnclamped

[livid burrow]

int

[vital quarry]

kk

[livid burrow]

oh wait no float

[livid burrow]

and then change all the 1s with timeToCrouch

then you are set

[vital quarry]

error

hello?

[livid burrow]

show the line of code

of where the error is

[vital quarry]

well

i just changed the variable of int

to float

and it fixed itself

[livid burrow]

good

how does it look now

[vital quarry]

well

i have a question

if i make the number bigger does it go faster

or the other way around?

[livid burrow]

faster

[vital quarry]

ok

so i have everything i could want in movement

no i have another thing i want to implement

[livid burrow]

I suggest moving out the running and jumping out of the update function

put them into separate functions

[vital quarry]

why is that?

[livid burrow]

and then call those functions in the update method

like what we did with crouching

[livid burrow]

it makes the code look nicer and easier to navigate

[vital quarry]

fair

also

i have another thing that i want to get out of the way

technically 2 things

but 1 of them is really easy

i think

im trying to make a a flashlight

and im also trying to figure out how to make the world dark

[livid burrow]

flashlight is

[vital quarry]

spotlight

[livid burrow]

just create a spotlight

then position it around the camera

adjust the range and intensity and stuff

[vital quarry]

yes but also switching between not having a flashlight and having a flashlight in hand

[livid burrow]

skybox and other lighting settings

[livid burrow]

turn off and on?

[vital quarry]

yes

like a legit flashlight

[livid burrow]

well

[vital quarry]

but kinda smooth

[livid burrow]

reference the flashlight

then have a bool isFlasglightOn so whenever the key is pressed, the flashlight is on or something

[vital quarry]

ok

or

i could just de-activate the spotlight with a click

maybe like a toggle

but i dont really know how to do that

i might figure it out

[vital quarry]

@livid burrow

when i crouch it does a weird thing an then the head bobbing stops and then im unable to jump

weirdly enough

but i am able to crouch

[livid burrow]

wdym

[vital quarry]

well it bounces me up a little bit

then im unable to jump

and then i can crouch

but my head doesnt bob

[livid burrow]

wdym by bouncing you up

[vital quarry]

it literally pushes me upwards a bit and then brings me back to where i was

[livid burrow]

for that you are going to set a condition or something when the player is crouching

[vital quarry]

i dont even know what is happening in that situation

[livid burrow]

do you have a video

where you can show

[vital quarry]

uh lemme see what i can do

[livid burrow]

welp im gonna be out for a while

its currently midnight here

so im gonna have to rest

[vital quarry]

ok