Question about Character controller and move towards

[NewTo]

Hello there,

 I have made a prototype which satisfy me very well but I don't use a rigidbody nor a character controller.

I get the axes of my Xbox controller sticks to move and rotate. I have my 8 ways run + Aiming in any direction. I use the move towards action to move to a direction, that works very well. I also have all that stuff synchronized over PUN2 and I'm very happy with it.

But now that I will start building my first level seriously I ask myself that question, is it an error to use the move towards action and no character controller and no rigidbody?

Thanks for reading,
NewTo.


Edit : It might be important, It is like a 3D top down shooter.
Basically, a game like Dead Nation on ps4.

[hellzer]

It will depend if you want to walk a certain way on a slope. The character controller already have something in it that makes you able to navigate on a slope.

For the future of the project I think it would be better if you used rigidbody or character controller. Playmaker has a few action related to those and you could play with it to change some effects.

For the move towards I dont know if its the best or not, I used "translate advance" so I can call my movement on update, fix update or late update.

[NewTo]

Hmm, I was thinking that controller move or controller simple move were the way to go with the character controller as they are in the character tab in the action panel.

I don't really know what do to here ^^

[hellzer]

yes they are and they are the easy way to have something working. For the long term and a game release you should maybe use something more specific to your game.

[djaydino]

Hi.
Yes Character controller is good for quick prototyping.
Its better to build your on controls.

for example for moving in x direction using Left/Right

you can use Get Axis (set Axis Name to 'Horizontal')
store the value.
Then add a 'Set Velocity' and on X place the variable that you stored on the Get Axis.

you will need a rigidbody(2d) on the object to move.
also you might need to constrain some rotations on that component (else the object might fall over)

[NewTo]

It may a long time that I'm doing many different little prototypes, this time I'm going to try to do something more serious.

Thanks for you answers.