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Question by BarelyUsedDesert · Jun 26, 2022 at 12:12 AM · rotation3dquaternionfirst-person-controllerlookrotation

Character rotating in local space instead of world space?

Hey all, I'm currently creating a first person controller which will be used on a ring world (like this), but i've got a problem.

When I'm keeping the camera looking out of the ring world, the character moves fine, but once I look towards it, he starts rotating sideways. I believe it's because of the script rotating the player along the Z-axis in local space instead of world space, but i'm not really sure.

Here's my first person movement controller:

 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using UnityEngine;
 
 public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
 {
     public float speed = 6;
     public Rigidbody rb;
     public GameObject center;
 
     void FixedUpdate()
     {
         //Rotate player towards center pivot
         Vector3 relativePos = center.transform.position - transform.position;
         Quaternion rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(center.transform.forward, relativePos);
         transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(transform.rotation.eulerAngles.x, transform.rotation.eulerAngles.y, rotation.eulerAngles.z);
 
         //Debug stuff
         Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, relativePos, Color.green);
 
         //Move player based on current rotation of player
         Vector3 fwrd = Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * transform.forward * Time.deltaTime * speed;
         Vector3 rght = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * transform.right * Time.deltaTime * speed;
         rb.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().velocity = fwrd + rght;
     }
 }


Here's my camera movement script, if it's necessary:

 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using UnityEngine;
 
 public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
 {
     public float mouseSensitivity = 100f;
     public float xRotation = 0f;
     public float speed = 5;
 
     public Transform playerBody;
 
     // Start is called before the first frame update
     void Start()
     {
         Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
     }
 
     // Update is called once per frame
     void Update()
     {
         float mouseX = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * mouseSensitivity * Time.deltaTime;
         float mouseY = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * mouseSensitivity * Time.deltaTime;
 
         xRotation -= mouseY;
         xRotation = Mathf.Clamp(xRotation, -90f, 90f);
 
         transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(xRotation, 0f, 0f);
 
         playerBody.Rotate(Vector3.up * mouseX);
     }
 }

Here's a video. Where's the problem?

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Answer by tanaymishra362 · Jun 26, 2022 at 04:08 PM

It is because when you rotate your camera towards the x axis.

The body is not rotating with it. just imagine irl to look left and not rotating the body. it feels weird when you dont move the direction you are facing.

Just follow the brackeys script available at his github and youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QajrabyTJc&ab_channel=Brackeys

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The body is rotating fine.

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