Question

i have a character controller which jumps but while jumping i want to change the x position of the character so basically he can turn while jumping, this is my attempt so far

     //start of character controller
    CharacterController controller = GetComponent<CharacterController>();
    if (controller.isGrounded) {

     //get the player vector movement vector
         movePlayer = new Vector3(Input.acceleration.x,0,1);
         //float h = Input.acceleration.x;
         //translate the players movement
         transform.Translate(movePlayer * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
         //the run animation
         animation.CrossFade("run");

    //restrict the movement of x-axis for player
    Vector3 pos = transform.position;
    pos.x = Mathf.Clamp(pos.x, -3.0f, 3.0f);
    transform.position = pos;

   if (Input.GetButton("Jump")){
    //my ptoblem is here, the x axis on the vector3 is not happening    
    movePlayer =transform.TransformDirection(new   Vector3(Input.acceleration.x,jumpSpeed,forwardJumpSpeed)); 


              }  

         }

    // attach the gravity and move controller     
    movePlayer.y -= gravity * Time.deltaTime;
    controller.Move(movePlayer * Time.deltaTime);

current code:

void Update() {

    CharacterController controller = GetComponent<CharacterController>();

         //get the player vector movement vector
         movePlayer = new Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"),0,1);
         //float h = Input.acceleration.x;
         //translate the players movement
         transform.Translate(movePlayer * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
         //the run animation
         animation.CrossFade("run");

    //restrict the movement of x-axis for player
    Vector3 pos = transform.position;
    pos.x = Mathf.Clamp(pos.x, -3.0f, 3.0f);
    transform.position = pos;

    if (controller.isGrounded) {

   if (Input.GetButton("Jump")){

    movePlayer =transform.TransformDirection(new Vector3(Input.acceleration.x,jumpSpeed,forwardJumpSpeed)); 


              }


         }

     movePlayer.y -= gravity * Time.deltaTime;
    controller.Move(movePlayer * Time.deltaTime);

this is my current code, the jump if statement is inside the if(controller.isGrounded) the character still moves but when i press spacebar it deosnt jump anymore.

Answer 1

When the player jumps its no longer grounded so any code under the if(controller.isGrounded) is not called. Put your movement code outside it but keep the jumping code inside it and it’ll work fine.

// movement code goes here

// Keep the jumping code inside this if-statement
if (controller.isGrounded) {
    if (Input.GetButton("Jump")){  
       movePlayer =transform.TransformDirection(new Vector3(Input.acceleration.x,jumpSpeed,forwardJumpSpeed)); 
    }