Adding Left Shift button to my walk so I can run,

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I am trying to add the shift button to this code so that while walking I can hold shift simultaneously so I start running. Any help please.

private Animator animComp; // Use this for initialization void Start() {

     animComp = this.GetComponent<Animator>();

 }

 // Update is called once per frame
 void Update()
 {

     if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.RightArrow))
     {
         animComp.SetInteger("RonState", 1);
     }
     if (Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.RightArrow))
     {
         animComp.SetInteger("RonState", 0);
     }
    
 }

}

Answer 1

Coding quickly you could do it like this,

 if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightArrow)) //Note GetKey() returns true if the key is currently being pressed. 
 {
       if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift))
             animComp.SetInteger("RonState", 2); //This is the running state
       else
             animComp.SetInteger("RonState", 1); //Walking state
 }
 else
 {
       animComp.SetInteger("RonState", 0); //Idle state
 }

You could also structure it differently, and handle the transitions to running/walking in your animator state machine

 animComp.SetBool("Walking", Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightArrow));
 animComp.SetBool("Running",Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift))

Or you could pass the character's velocity to the animator, and use a Blend Tree to smoothly transition from walking to running. When you hold shift, you would add velocity to make the character move faster. I think this is covered in this tutorial https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/topics/animation/animate-anything-mecanim

 animComp.SetFloat("Velocity",GetComponent<Rigidbody>().velocity.magnitude);

Best of luck starting Unity :)!

Adding Left Shift button to my walk so I can run,

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