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How to Rotate 2D Sprite Towards Moving Direction?

I have been searching all day and reading forums but I can't find a way that works. I'm making a top-down view horror game. When my player walks normally he can look around with the cursor in any direction, but when he wants to run he switches to "tank" controls and rotates toward the running direction. I need something like this.
My player movement script so far:
public float walkSpeed;
public float runSpeed;
public float turnSpeed;
private Rigidbody2D rb;
public Camera cam;
private Vector2 moveDirection;
void Start()
{
rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
}
void Update()
{
ProcessInput();
}
void FixedUpdate()
{
Move();
}
private void ProcessInput()
{
float moveX = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
float moveY = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");
moveDirection = new Vector2(moveX, moveY).normalized;
}
void Move()
{
if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift))
{
//Looking toward movement direction should be applied here
} else {
rb.velocity = new Vector2(moveDirection.x * walkSpeed, moveDirection.y * walkSpeed);
Vector3 mousePosition = cam.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
Vector2 direction = mousePosition - transform.position;
float angle = Vector2.SignedAngle(Vector2.right, direction) - 90f;
Vector3 targetRotation = new Vector3(0, 0, angle);
transform.rotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(transform.rotation, Quaternion.Euler(targetRotation), turnSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
}
}
Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

This problem can be solved by substituting moveDirection instead of the mouse look direction, here it is enough to define a hypothetical variable called direction to detect the correct direction in each of these conditions.
var direction = new Vector2();
var currentSpeed = walkSpeed;
if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift))
{
direction = moveDirection;
currentSpeed = runSpeed;
} else {
direction = cam.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition) - transform.position;
}
var angle = Vector2.SignedAngle(Vector2.right, direction) - 90f;
var targetRotation = new Vector3(0, 0, angle);
var lookTo = Quaternion.Euler(targetRotation);
rb.velocity = new Vector2(moveDirection.x, moveDirection.y) * runSpeed *Time.deltaTime;
transform.rotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(transform.rotation, lookTo , turnSpeed * Time.deltaTime);

Why isnt gravity applied in this script and why does jumping not work?

Why isn't gravity applied in this script, and why does jumping not work? Whenever I play or try my script the player isn't affected by gravity and I can't jump. If I put the subject above the ground it will stay in that level
using UnityEngine;
public class SimpleMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
//Variables
public float airSpeedCoefficient = 0.5f;
public float speed = 6.0F;
public float jumpSpeed = 8.0F;
public float gravity = 20.0F;
public CharacterController controller;
void Awake()
{
controller = GetComponent<CharacterController>(); // you only need this to run once, and it can be costly if you run it each frame
}
void Update()
{
//Feed moveDirection with input.
Vector3 moveDirection = new Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"), 0, Input.GetAxis("Vertical"));
moveDirection = transform.TransformDirection(moveDirection);
//Multiply it by speed.
moveDirection *= speed;
// is the controller on the ground?
if (controller.isGrounded)
{
//Jumping
if (Input.GetButton("Jump"))
moveDirection.y = jumpSpeed;
}
//Applying gravity to the controller
moveDirection.y -= gravity * Time.deltaTime;
//Making the character move
controller.Move(moveDirection * Time.deltaTime);
}
}

You are starting each frame with a brand new moveDirection vector and with Y = 0.
Then only in probably only one single frame you are moving slightly up due to the jump, since as said in the next frame you are using 0 again.
The same for the gravity: You start with 0 (or in the jump frame 8) and substract 20f / 60f (assuming 60fps) which is either -0.333 or 7.333. Than you multiply this by Time.deltaTime which results in -0.333 / 60f = 0.0055555 or 7.3333 / 60f = 0.1222222.
Result: You barely ever move on the Y axis!
What you should do instead is store the Y value in a field and reduce it bit by bit like e.g.:
float Y;
public float midAirSpeed;
void Update()
{
//Feed moveDirection with input.
var moveDirection = new Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"), 0, Input.GetAxis("Vertical"));
moveDirection = transform.TransformDirection(moveDirection);
//Ale sure the maximum magnitude is 1 also for diagonal movement
moveDirection = Vector3.ClampMagnitude(moveDirection, 1);
// is the controller on the ground?
if (controller.isGrounded)
{
//Multiply it by speed.
moveDirection *= speed;
//Jumping
if (Input.GetButton("Jump"))
{
// Store in the class field
Y = jumpSpeed;
}
else
{
// You might want to give this a minimum value at some point
// so you don't fall insanely fast when you walk off a cliff ;)
Y = -gravity;
}
}
else
{
//Multiply it by speed.
moveDirection *= midAirSpeed;
//Applying gravity to the class field over time
Y -= gravity * Time.deltaTime;
}
// Now use this Y changed over time
moveDirection.y = Y;
//Making the character move
controller.Move(moveDirection * Time.deltaTime);
}

How to make the player walk in the direction it is pointing?

I made a simple movement system in Unity 3D, but I don't know how to make it so that I move in the direction my player is pointing in.
using UnityEngine;
public class PlayerControler : MonoBehaviour
{
CharacterController characterController;
public float MovementSpeed = 1f;
public float Gravity = 9.8f;
private float velocity = 0f;
void Start()
{
characterController = GetComponent<CharacterController>();
}
void Update()
{
float horizontal = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * MovementSpeed;
float vertical = Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * MovementSpeed;
characterController.Move((Vector3.right * horizontal + Vector3.forward * vertical) * Time.deltaTime);
if (characterController.isGrounded)
{
velocity = 0;
}
else
{
velocity -= Gravity * Time.deltaTime;
characterController.Move(new Vector3(0, velocity, 0));
}
}
}
This is the player controller.
using UnityEngine;
public class MouseControl : MonoBehaviour
{
public float horizontalSpeed = 1f;
public float verticalSpeed = 1f;
private float xRotation = 0.0f;
private float yRotation = 0.0f;
private Camera cam;
void Start()
{
cam = Camera.main;
}
void Update()
{
float mouseX = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * horizontalSpeed;
float mouseY = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * verticalSpeed;
yRotation += mouseX;
xRotation -= mouseY;
xRotation = Mathf.Clamp(xRotation, -90f, 90f);
cam.transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(xRotation, yRotation, 0.0f);
}
}
This is the code that makes my character face where my cursor is.
Edit: This is a First-Person 3D game. The player has a CharacterControler component on it, and the Main Camera is a child of the player. The second piece of code changes the direction that the camera is facing when the cursor is moved. The first script is the movement script, and utilises the CharacterController component of the player to move. I want to make to that instead of going in four static directions every time I press a movement key, I want the player to move in proportion to the direction that the camera is facing (on the X axis). E.g: If I am facing West and I press “W” to go forwards, I want the character to go West instead of North.

Instead of the global vectors Vector3.forward and Vector3.right in
characterController.Move((Vector3.right * horizontal + Vector3.forward * vertical) * Time.deltaTime);
rather use your local direction vectors Transform.forward and Transform.right
characterController.Move((transform.right * horizontal + transform.forward * vertical) * Time.deltaTime);

#derHugo was right, but I forgot to update the angles in the player movement script, so it always thought that I was rotated 0,0,0.
using UnityEngine;
public class PlayerControler : MonoBehaviour
{
Vector3 angles;
CharacterController characterController;
MouseControl mouseControl;
public float MovementSpeed = 1f;
public float Gravity = 9.8f;
private float velocity = 0f;
void Start()
{
characterController = GetComponent<CharacterController>();
mouseControl = GetComponent<MouseControl>();
}
void Update()
{
angles = new Vector3(mouseControl.xRotation, mouseControl.yRotation, 0f);
transform.eulerAngles = angles;
float horizontal = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * MovementSpeed;
float vertical = Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * MovementSpeed;
characterController.Move((transform.right * horizontal + transform.forward * vertical) * Time.deltaTime);
if (characterController.isGrounded)
{
velocity = 0;
}
else
{
velocity -= Gravity * Time.deltaTime;
characterController.Move(new Vector3(0, velocity, 0));
}
}
}
Updated code
Note: I had to made the X and Y rotation variables public.
[HideInInspector]public float xRotation = 0.0f;
[HideInInspector]public float yRotation = 0.0f;

Stop my first person character controller going through the wall in Unity using C#?

As seen in the video here: https://i.gyazo.com/ad45ef9e231fd2f9ec6d4cf76889aece.mp4
My code:
MouseLook.cs:
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
public class MouseLook : MonoBehaviour
{
public enum RotationAxes { MouseXAndY = 0, MouseX = 1, MouseY = 2 }
public RotationAxes axes = RotationAxes.MouseXAndY;
public float sensitivityX = 3F;
public float sensitivityY = 3F;
public Camera playerCamera;
public float minimumX = -360F;
public float maximumX = 360F;
public float minimumY = -60F;
public float maximumY = 60F;
private float rotationX = 0F;
private float rotationY = 0F;
private Quaternion originalRotation;
void Update()
{
if (axes == RotationAxes.MouseXAndY)
{
rotationX += Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * sensitivityX;
rotationY += Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * sensitivityY;
rotationX = ClampAngle(rotationX, minimumX, maximumX);
rotationY = ClampAngle(rotationY, minimumY, maximumY);
Quaternion xQuaternion = Quaternion.AngleAxis(rotationX, Vector3.up);
Quaternion yQuaternion = Quaternion.AngleAxis(rotationY, -Vector3.right);
transform.localRotation = originalRotation * xQuaternion * yQuaternion;
}
if (axes == RotationAxes.MouseX)
{
rotationX += Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * sensitivityX;
rotationX = ClampAngle(rotationX, minimumX, maximumX);
Quaternion xQuaternion = Quaternion.AngleAxis(rotationX, Vector3.up);
transform.localRotation = originalRotation * xQuaternion;
}
if (axes == RotationAxes.MouseY || playerCamera != null)
{
rotationY += Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * sensitivityY;
rotationY = ClampAngle(rotationY, minimumY, maximumY);
Quaternion yQuaternion = Quaternion.AngleAxis(-rotationY, Vector3.right);
if (playerCamera != null)
{
playerCamera.transform.localRotation = originalRotation * yQuaternion;
}
else
{
transform.localRotation = originalRotation * yQuaternion;
}
}
}
void Start()
{
/*
if (gameObject.GetComponent<Rigidbody>())
{
gameObject.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().freezeRotation = true;
}
*/
originalRotation = transform.localRotation;
}
public static float ClampAngle(float angle, float min, float max)
{
if (angle < -360F)
{
angle += 360F;
}
if (angle > 360F)
{
angle -= 360F;
}
return Mathf.Clamp(angle, min, max);
}
}
FirstPersonController.cs:
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UIElements;
using Cursor = UnityEngine.Cursor;
public class FirstPersonController : MonoBehaviour
{
private float speed = 5;
private float jumpPower = 4;
Rigidbody rb;
CapsuleCollider col;
public GameObject crossHair;
bool isActive;
float HorizontalInput;
float VerticalInput;
void Start()
{
Cursor.visible = false;
Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
col = GetComponent<CapsuleCollider>();
crossHair = GameObject.FindWithTag("CrossHair");
}
void Update()
{
HorizontalInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
VerticalInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");
if (Input.GetKeyDown("escape"))
{
Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.None;
}
if (Input.GetButtonDown("Sprint"))
{
speed = 15;
}
if (Input.GetButtonUp("Sprint"))
{
speed = 5;
}
if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.H))
{
isActive = !isActive;
}
if (isActive)
{
crossHair.SetActive(true);
}
else
{
crossHair.SetActive(false);
}
}
void FixedUpdate()
{
Vector3 xMovement = transform.right * speed * HorizontalInput * Time.deltaTime;
Vector3 zMovement = transform.forward * speed * VerticalInput * Time.deltaTime;
rb.velocity = new Vector3(HorizontalInput, 0, VerticalInput) * speed;
if (isGrounded() && Input.GetButtonDown("Jump"))
{
rb.AddForce(Vector3.up * jumpPower, ForceMode.Impulse);
}
}
private bool isGrounded()
{
return Physics.Raycast(transform.position, Vector3.down, col.bounds.extents.y + 0.1f);
}
}
Is there anything wrong I am doing in this code, if so how do I fix it?
Entire project can be downloaded here: https://github.com/Some-T/FirstPersonController-CSharp
Project has relevant colliders and rigidbodies set up!
Someone has advised me to use shapecast, but I believe that may incorrect? I can't see how that would work as my player does not have character controller component added to it?
Overall how do I stop my first person character controller going through the wall like in the initial video specified above?
Upon further research I have discovered the following:
The answer is to use:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody.AddForce.html as a quick fix.
But definitively for flawlessness use:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody-velocity.html
As to how in C# I am not so sure, but here is a screen shot I did in bolt asset.
Currently I have movmement working with velocity but it does not work properly, not sure as to why? So overall my question now is how do I get movement working using velocity? I added a line in FirstPersonController.cs that moves the character using velocity of rb.velocity = new Vector3(HorizontalInput, 0, VerticalInput) * speed; so my only question and issue now is my player does not move in the direction the camera on my player is facing so I am not sure how to fix this specific thing overall?

In your project code is different from one that you provided here.
Try to enable rigidbody`s rotation constraint - freeze X and Z rotation, leave only Y. When you rotate your capsule collider (as it works in your project), it can "climb" on a wall.
Do the isGrounded check when you move, and lock movement, if not grounded.
Try to increase Collider.contactOffset
If above does not helps, try to use Rigidbody.velocity instead of Rigidbody.MovePosition.
You can also reduce Rigidbody.drag
In general, pretty good technique is to use NavMesh for movement - in this way, you able to explicitly lock player from movement outside of navmesh surface. But, of course, it doesn`t fit to many gameplays.
Hope, it helps.
upd
You move your player like this:
void FixedUpdate()
{
Vector3 xMovement = transform.right * speed * HorizontalInput * Time.deltaTime;
Vector3 zMovement = transform.forward * speed * VerticalInput * Time.deltaTime;
}
Note, that you not even apply it to rigidbody;
But you get your input this way:
float HorizontalInput = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
float VerticalInput = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");
in Update, so input just stays inside Update, and does not applied at all. You declared your variables twice, once on class top, another in Update().

Unity 5 fpscontroller weird error

I made this script for my Player object. It has to child, 1 camera and 1 model.
They problem is whenever i move my mouse the player moves down. and the cam goes up.
Script:
public GameObject cam;
public float sensitivity = 2f;
public float walk_speed = 2f;
public float run_speed = 2f;
CharacterController player_CC;
float speed;
float moveFB;
float moveLR;
float rotX;
float rotY;
bool canMove;
void Start () {
canMove = true;
player_CC = GetComponent<CharacterController>();
speed = walk_speed;
}
void Update () {
if (canMove)
{
moveFB = Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * speed;
moveLR = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * speed;
rotX = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * sensitivity;
rotY = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * sensitivity;
Vector3 movement = new Vector3(moveLR, 0, moveFB);
transform.Rotate(0, rotX, 0);
cam.transform.Rotate(rotY, 0, 0);
movement = transform.rotation * movement;
player_CC.Move(movement * Time.deltaTime);
}
if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift))
{
speed = run_speed;
} else
{
speed = walk_speed;
}
}

movement = transform.rotation * movement;
You're multiplying your transforms rotation by your movement vector. Separate the logic.

I know what caused it. But i dont know why it did it. But i used a charachtercontroller and a rigidbody on the same object. Sorry for wasting your time :/