Individual Journal

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2D Character Controller Improvements

I spent today improving my 2D character controller from yesterday. 

I have now coded a way for the player to pick up a certain power-up that lets them destroy objects in the scene. 

I have also stopped the issue that made the character 'stick' to walls if a directional button was being pressed by creating a 2D Physic Material that gives the character 0 friction while he is not grounded. 

I have fine tuned the punch/attack script to allow the punches to use 2d Colliders and 2D Rigidbodies without interacting with the player. I did this by making the actual colliders only cover the very front of the attack instantiation. 

I also successfully recreated my climbing script from the default Unity Character Controller. I reduced the complexity of the code as well.

Character Movement for 2D

I have created a new controller for the character. I have made this new controller so it will interact better in a 2D environment. Previously I used the default Unity Character Controller to control the character. While this worked for a while it soon became apparent that it was not optimized for a 2D platformer.

CodeVoidUpdate

void Update () {
UpdateCamera ();
theSpriteScale = transform.localScale;
if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.LeftArrow)|| Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.A))
{
spriteFaceRight = false;
spriteFaceLeft = true;
}
if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.RightArrow)||Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.D))
{
spriteFaceLeft = false;
spriteFaceRight = true;
}
if (spriteFLeftLock)
{
spriteFaceLeft = false;
print("leftLock");
}
if (spriteFRightLock)
{
spriteFaceRight = false;
print ("rightLock");
}

if (spriteFaceLeft)
{
theSpriteScale.x *= -1;
transform.localScale = theSpriteScale;
spriteFLeftLock = true;
spriteFRightLock = false;
spriteFaceLeft = false;
print ("spriteFaceLeft");
}
if (spriteFaceRight)
{
theSpriteScale.x *= -1;
transform.localScale = theSpriteScale;
spriteFRightLock = true;
spriteFLeftLock = false;
spriteFaceRight = false;
print("spriteFaceRight");
}



if ((Character_Controller.collisionFlags & CollisionFlags.Sides) == 0)
{
isClimb = false;

}
if (cactusPower == true) {
if ((Character_Controller.collisionFlags & CollisionFlags.Sides) != 0)
{
isClimb = true;

}
if (isClimb == true) {
if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftArrow)|| Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.A))
{
faceRight = false;
faceLeft = true;
}

if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightArrow)|| Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.D))
{
faceLeft = false;
faceRight = true;
}
gravity = 0.0f;


climbDir = new Vector3 (0, Input.GetAxis ("Vertical"), 0);
climbDir = transform.TransformDirection (climbDir);
climbDir *= climbSpeed;

print ("climbing=true");
Character_Controller.Move (climbDir * Time.deltaTime);
if (Input.GetButtonDown ("Horizontal"))
{
if ((Time.time - lastTapTime) < doubleTapTime)
{
moveDirection = new Vector3 (Input.GetAxis ("Horizontal"), 0, 0);
moveDirection = transform.TransformDirection (moveDirection);
moveDirection *= Speed;
print ("doubletap");
isClimb = false;
}
lastTapTime = Time.time;
}
}
if(faceLeft == true)
{
if (Input.GetButtonDown ("Jump"))
{
climbDir = new Vector3 (1, 0, 0);
climbDir = transform.TransformDirection (climbDir);
climbDir *= jumpOffSpeed;
print ("jumpLeft");
}
}
if(faceRight ==true)
{
if (Input.GetButtonDown ("Jump"))
{
climbDir = new Vector3 (1, 0, 0);
climbDir = transform.TransformDirection (climbDir);
climbDir *= jumpOffSpeed;
print("jumpRight");
}
}
}

if (isClimb == false)
{
if (Character_Controller.isGrounded)
{
moveDirection = new Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"),0,0);
moveDirection = transform.TransformDirection(moveDirection);
moveDirection *= Speed;
this.drift ();


if (Input.GetButton("Jump"))
{
moveDirection.y = jumpSpeed;
}

}
if (GameObject.FindWithTag("PunchHand") != null) //this will stop more punches happening
            {
                print("allowpunchfalse");
                allowPunch = 0;
            }
            if (GameObject.FindWithTag("PunchHand") == null)
            {
                print("allowpunchtrue");
                allowPunch = 1;
            }


            if (allowPunch == 1)
            {

                Rigidbody2D clone;

if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftArrow)|| Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.A))
                {
                    faceRight = false;
                    faceLeft = true;
                }

if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightArrow)|| Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.D))
                {
                    faceLeft = false;
                    faceRight = true;
                }

                if (faceLeft == true)
                {
                    if (Input.GetButtonDown("Punch"))
                    {
print("faceLeftTrue");
                        clone = Instantiate(spawnSpriteLeft, transform.position, transform.rotation) as Rigidbody2D;
                        clone.velocity = transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward * 10);
/*float punchmovement = Time.deltaTime *punchprojSpeed;
transform.Translate(-punchmovement,0,0);
Destroy (spawnSpriteLeft, punchlifetime);*/
                    }
                }
                if (faceRight == true)
                {
                    if (Input.GetButtonDown("Punch"))
                    {
                        print("faceRightTrue");
                        clone = Instantiate(spawnSpriteRight, transform.position, transform.rotation) as Rigidbody2D;
                        clone.velocity = transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward * 10);
/*float punchmovement = Time.deltaTime *punchprojSpeed;
transform.Translate(punchmovement,0,0);
Destroy (spawnSpriteRight, punchlifetime);*/
                    }
                }


            }

gravity = setGravity;
print("climbing=false");

moveDirection.y -= gravity * Time.deltaTime;

}
Character_Controller.Move (moveDirection * Time.deltaTime);

}

Code Beginnings; on Awake

Code Variables

Main variables for the Player script as of 25/08/14

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