My 3rd person Controller

[ParaToxic]

Hello folks,

yesterday I wrote my little control for a 3rd person game and I wanted to ask whether it is good or whether I could improve something.

Thanks

 

 

[Roland]

I think it works just great. One tiny tweak though. In the example you have to move the mouse quite much to rotate, that could be tweaked a bit to get somewhat better response. But again, good work, so all thumbs up from me

[DaDonik]

Normally i have my mouse set to extremely sensitive, but it's very slow in your game. Nothing serious though, just make an option for that later. I can't help it, but it looks funny when you strafe and walk at the same time. Apart from that i like it

[ParaToxic]

Ok thanks for trying

 

The problem with the rotation is ,that I TFormPoint and when the pivot the rotates to fast the camera doesn't follow ,so when the angle of the pivot is for example 350 ° and the Camera has still 90° than the Camera turns back the other way.

 

See : Character.exe (Only the exe ,you have to download the zip before and copy that)

 

 

Ok I think the problem is solved because I made it a little bit more faster and set a min,max to it.

 

Character2.exe

 

[Roland]

Yes. Now its better.

 

Some questions:

 

Is it c++?

Did you parent the camera to the character?

Anything that you are going to share, because its quite good

[ParaToxic]

Thanks

 

Yes I use C++ .I use Pivots for that.The Pivot CameraPivot is the camera but I have 3 other Classes above and this section of class is privat ,so I use that and use EntityParent later.

The other Pivot is Middlepivot ,which is positioned in the middle or at the head and you turn that pivot with the X/Y of the Mouse,and the Camera is moved to a position ,which is created by TFormPoint between the Middlepivot and the camera self.

 

 

I have here the code for somebody who needs.

UpdateController(Controller0,ControllerAngle,Move,Strafe,0,35.0,1,K_Crouch);  //Update Controller with the Controllerangle,move,strafe and the K_Crouch

///////////////Mouse//////////////////////////
mx =  MouseX() - GraphicsWidth()/2.0;
my = MouseY() - GraphicsHeight()/2.0;

//mz = MouseZ();

DrawText(0,120,"mx = %f my = %f",mx,my);

mx = max(mx,-150.0);
mx = min(mx,150.0);

/*mz = min(mz,6.0);
mz = max(mz,-6.0);

if(mz > 6.0)
{
	mz = 6.0;
}
if(mz < -6.0)
{
	mz = -6.0;
}
*/


PivotRotation.X += my/5.0;
PivotRotation.Y -= mx/5.0;

MoveMouse(GraphicsWidth()/2,GraphicsHeight()/2);

RotateEntity(MiddlePivot,Vec3(PivotRotation.X,PivotRotation.Y/5.0,0));              //Rotate the middlepivot


PointEntity(CameraPivot,MiddlePivot);      //Point the cmaera to the middlepivot,so its better to position middlepivot in the near of the head


PivotRotation.X = Curve(max(PivotRotation.X,-20.0),PivotRotation.X,2.0);
PivotRotation.X = Curve(min(PivotRotation.X,23.0),PivotRotation.X,2.0);

   MoveEntity(CameraPivot,Vec3(TFormPoint(Vec3(0,1,-2),MiddlePivot,CameraPivot).X/30.0,TFormPoint(Vec3(0,1,-2),MiddlePivot,CameraPivot).Y/30.0,TFormPoint(Vec3(0,1,-2),MiddlePivot,CameraPivot).Z/30.0));   //The main position command


   PositionEntity(MiddlePivot,Vec3(EntityPosition(Controller0).X,EntityPosition(Controller0).Y + 1.6,EntityPosition(Controller0).Z));

[Roland]

Great and thanks for sharing. I'm still refining my animations classes (will be available when done) and next in my queue is ThirdPerson controller. Any good starting point is a great help, so your code will be great to start with.

[ParaToxic]

No problem

[scotty0351]

I downloaded the “The Game” zip file and replaced the exe with the character2 file and I’m still moving the mouse too much unless I did something wrong. I also think strafing moving distance needs to be toned down meaning if I strafe right the character should only move a few steps to the right. I also think it would be better if the camera didn’t zoom out as much when I start moving but this probably depends on the type of game your making.

[ParaToxic]

Ok now after a little pause I optimized the controll a little bit and solved the problem with the camerarotation and something else.

 

The Code is:

 

UpdateController(Controller0,ControllerAngle,Move,Strafe,0,35.0,1,K_Crouch);

mx = Curve(MouseX() - GraphicsWidth()/2.0,mx,5.0);
my = MouseY() - GraphicsHeight()/2.0;


DrawText(0,120,"mx = %f my = %f",mx,my);

mx = max(mx,-150.0);
mx = min(mx,150.0);

my = min(my,30);
my = max(my,-30);

PivotRotation.X += my/10.0;
PivotRotation.Y -= mx/4.0;

MoveMouse(GraphicsWidth()/2,GraphicsHeight()/2);

RotateEntity(MiddlePivot,Vec3(PivotRotation.X,PivotRotation.Y/5.0,0));


PointEntity(CameraPivot,MiddlePivot);


PivotRotation.X = Curve(max(PivotRotation.X,-30.0),PivotRotation.X,2.0);
PivotRotation.X = Curve(min(PivotRotation.X,23.0),PivotRotation.X,2.0);

   MoveEntity(CameraPivot,Vec3(TFormPoint(Vec3(0,1,-2),MiddlePivot,CameraPivot).X/5.0,TFormPoint(Vec3(0,1,-2),MiddlePivot,CameraPivot).Y/25.0,TFormPoint(Vec3(0,1,-2),MiddlePivot,CameraPivot).Z/5.0));


   PositionEntity(MiddlePivot,Vec3(EntityPosition(Controller0).X,EntityPosition(Controller0).Y + 1.6,EntityPosition(Controller0).Z));

 

And the exe for testing is here(the same way as before,donwload the game.zip and replace the exe)Character.exe

[Clackdor]

Thanks for posting this. It was useful to take some of your methods and adapt my own. I will need to post my 3rd person controller here soon.