Making the character controller jump

hi fellow unity3d users

I'm working on a 2d platformer game, but I ran into a little problem when I was working on the controller, I can't make it jump. I have never programmed character controllers before and I am still trying to learn how they work, but I can't find out what the best solution is.

here's my code untill now:

Code (csharp):

1. var Speed = 3.0;
2. var JumpSpeed = 3.0;
3.  
4. function Update () {
5.    
6.     var controller : CharacterController = GetComponent(CharacterController);
7.    
8.     //Movement in the x-axis
9.     var right = transform.TransformDirection(1, 0, 0);
10.     var CurSpeed = Speed * Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
11.     controller.SimpleMove(right * CurSpeed);
12.    
13.     //Jumping controlls
14.     //Check if the character controller is on the ground
15.     if (controller.isGrounded) {
16.         if (Input.GetButton ("Jump")) {
17.             //problem------->       what should I add here to make the character controller jump?
18.         }
19.     }
20. }
21.  
22. @script RequireComponent(CharacterController);

 

Hi Simi,

I got this from the Unity script reference at http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/ScriptReference/CharacterController.Move.html Here is the code example they provide. Hope you can use it.
Zaffer

Code (csharp):

1. /// This script moves the character controller forward
2. /// and sideways based on the arrow keys.
3. /// It also jumps when pressing space.
4. /// Make sure to attach a character controller to the same game object.
5. /// It is recommended that you make only one call to Move or SimpleMove per frame.
6.  
7. var speed : float = 6.0;
8. var jumpSpeed : float = 8.0;
9. var gravity : float = 20.0;
10.  
11. private var moveDirection : Vector3 = Vector3.zero;
12.  
13. function Update() {
14. var controller : CharacterController = GetComponent(CharacterController);
15. if (controller.isGrounded) {
16. // We are grounded, so recalculate
17. // move direction directly from axes
18. moveDirection = Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"), 0,
19. Input.GetAxis("Vertical"));
20. moveDirection = transform.TransformDirection(moveDirection);
21. moveDirection *= speed;
22.  
23. if (Input.GetButton ("Jump")) {
24. moveDirection.y = jumpSpeed;
25. }
26. }
27.  
28. // Apply gravity
29. moveDirection.y -= gravity * Time.deltaTime;
30.  
31. // Move the controller
32. controller.Move(moveDirection * Time.deltaTime);
33. }

 

thanks a lot
no idea how I didn't think of that