Question by JayByrd4101 · Oct 24, 2012 at 12:42 AM · crouch fall sprint character motor

Character stand after crouching without falling through floor?

Here is the script I am using:

 var walkSpeed: float = 7; // regular speed 
 var crchSpeed: float = 3; // crouching speed 
 var runSpeed: float = 20; // run speed
 
 private var chMotor: CharacterMotor; 
 private var ch: CharacterController; 
 private var tr: Transform; 
 private var height: float; // initial height
 
 function Start(){ 
     chMotor = GetComponent(CharacterMotor); 
     tr = transform; 
     ch = GetComponent(CharacterController); 
     height = ch.height; 
 }
 
 function Update()
 {
     var h = height;
     var speed = walkSpeed;
 
     if (ch.isGrounded && Input.GetKey("left shift") || Input.GetKey("right shift")){
         speed = runSpeed;
     }
     if (Input.GetKey("c")){ // press C to crouch
         h = 0.5 * height;
         speed = crchSpeed; // slow down when crouching
     }
 
     chMotor.movement.maxForwardSpeed = speed; // set max speed
     var lastHeight = ch.height; // crouch/stand up smoothly 
     ch.height = Mathf.Lerp(ch.height, h, 5*Time.deltaTime);
     tr.position.y += (ch.height-lastHeight)/2; // fix vertical position
 }

Can anyone tell me what I can add or change to get the script to work?

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JayByrd4101 · Oct 23, 2012 at 08:58 PM 0

It only happens when the character isn't moving.

AlucardJay · Oct 24, 2012 at 01:28 AM 0

I just formatted your code. You can do this by highlighting all your code, then clicking the 10101 button at the top of the edit window =]

JayByrd4101 · Nov 18, 2012 at 05:25 AM 0

Also, if it could be smoothed, a smooth stand up ins$$anonymous$$d of just moving the character up in virtual space that would be great.

sparkzbarca · Nov 20, 2012 at 01:15 AM 0

crouching is normally an animation. Normally you animate the character lower and then you move the camera not the character down. I can tell you how to move your camera down but i can't tell you how to lower your character down so his knees are up to his chest.

I can tell you how to change the colliders height so its smaller during crouching if you want to be able to pass through stuff you were too tall to before.

AlucardJay · Nov 20, 2012 at 03:56 AM 0

I am imagining the real problem is that when you stand (not press or hold C), the collider returns to the original height, but pushes the character down through the floor?

Possibly raycast from the ch position plus ch height for 2 units, if there is no hit then allow the height lerp to continue.

I guess the best method would be if (Input.Get$$anonymous$$eyUp("c")){ // raycast above my head to check if I can stand here. If so canStand = true; if (canStand) { ch.height = $$anonymous$$athf.Lerp........

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