getting_started/first_3d_game/02.player_input

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getting_started/first_3d_game/02.player_input

In the next two lessons, we will design the player scene, register custom input actions, and code player movement. By the end, you'll have a playable character that moves in eight directions. Creat...

https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/getting_started/first_3d_game/02.player_input.html

[bandinopla]

My character for some reasons ends up hovering the floor by a lot but the collider is set as instructed... why could this be?

[bandinopla]

found the issue, it was my mistake, when they said to move the floor down to see the grid, I selected the floor in the viewport, which selected the box mesh, not the Node3D Ground, so the mesh looked 2 units down in the Y but everything else was at 0 so the player was hitting the collider at 0 making it look like it was floating... so I moved the mesh back to 0 and then moved the main ground node 2 units down... :D

[noikoinoi]

I'm still new to godot and game development in general, but can someone tell me why this tutorial uses the Pivot(Node3D) node?
I've noticed that I achieve the same result by setting the direction on the Character (Node3D) node.

[bandinopla]

it is usually good to wrap things in "empty" objects to have better control over them or add more things in the future, etc... if you think in abstract terms, the "charater" is an empty thing and you give life to it by filling it with stuff... Like, you are not just your bones, you are your organs too etc... so you in 3D starts with an empty Node3D and fill in the rest. We are all empty 3d nodes at the begining...

[asperkraken]

Note: Blender must be installed before you can import the files. Also the extension is now .blend.

In addition, the imported model is washed out. I had to click it to "editable children" and move the light. Working in Compatibility mode.

[asperkraken]

Second note: This is blender 4.2 version, I noticed the editor mentions Blender 3. However, not sure this is it - the Mob model is just fine on import. Maybe the player model just needs some tweaking due to version changes.

[Calinou]

Blender is not required, as the demo project already includes glTF files which Godot can import directly. You can disable .blend import if you see the Blender import dialog pop up. (Blender import can be disabled in the project settings if you ant to get rid of the dialog for this project.)

[potentialnull]

I think it would be nice to instruct on how to make a simple prototype player model instead of (or as an alternative to) using a pre-made asset.

[Calinou]

Making a 3D asset is out of scope for a game engine tutorial, as it requires external software. It's also a rather complicated process as you'd also need to create animations for it, which is notoriously time-consuming.

[potentialnull]

It actually doesn't require external software because the prototype character doesn't need to be anything special. You can make a CollisionShape3D and MeshInstance3D as children of a CharacterBody3D. I made mine a capsule following the "Learn Godot by Making Minecraft" video on youtube, and shaded it #468CBF to give it some pizzazz. I'll call it Captain Capsule and I will love it because it is mine and I made it.

Mr Lovato already covers animation in part 9 of this tutorial.

[ComposerLOST]

In the Input Map, I don't have a "Manual Input" tab--it shows the manual menu under the "listening for input" and "filter inputs" boxes so you can still select the axes, though. (v4.3.stable.official)

[RedBreadFrog]

Why use a sphere over, say, a Cylinder? Is there a strong reason that a sphere is preferred? Or does it not matter too much for this tutorial, and you'd use whatever worked best in future projects?

[Justin-Archmagus]

I wondered this too, I agree with your insinuation that a cylinder is probably a better match for the model shape unless we will be learning something about the benefits of spheres later.

[Calinou]

Sphere collision is faster and has fewer bugs than cylinder collision (when using GodotPhysics, that is).

JoltPhysics in 4.4 should deal with cylinder collision much more reliably, but it's still slower than sphere collision.

[Justin-Archmagus]

Good to know, thanks! The way the sphere collision was used to figure out whether the player was above the mob led to some logic bugs depending on the angle of the collision normal but that can be fixed with either placement tweaking or changing the relative height detection logic.

[tammai]

How to map touch screen actions like swipe and tap?

[matyasgyimesi]

Dragging player.glb onto Pivot doesn't work. I'm using Godot 4.3 in Windows 11. I have the node selceted and try to drag onto it and nothing happens.

[matyasgyimesi]

Restarting Godot fixed the issue

[oguzun1]

E 0:00:16:496 player.gd:25 @ _physics_process(): Node not found: "Pivot" (relative to "/root/main/player").
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