Move player to target point / destination

I know this question has been asked many times before, but I never seem to find a complete answer in the searches I've done (just "hints" or "clues" about general functions to call)

I am trying to move the main player/character to a target selected on the ground/floor plane. I'd like to have the player character do an animated walk over there at constant speed (ie. continue walking at that speed until destination reached.) I don't want the rules of physics/collisions to disappear in the process, so this is why I am not simply lerping or moving transform to location... seems like I need to use CharacterController?

So, I have a few questions:
1) Do I need to go through the CharacterMotor to do this? Or can I bypass that script and access the CharacterController directly?
2) How? Obviously I'd really only be moving along two axes (not all 3; otherwise, the character would be going down into the floor at the selected point)

Is there anybody who has a completed script that does this? I haven't found one, but it seems like a pretty common game task/feature....

 

Never mind, I found correct solution... I just didn't realize that my Update scripting was preventing it from sort of running as a while loop. I just had to set a boolean flag to ignore the rest of the Update script until destination reached, and it worked fine:

Code (CSharp):

1. void MoveTowardsTarget(Vector3 target) {
2.         var offset = target - playerController.transform.position;
3.         //Get the difference.
4.         if (offset.magnitude > 0.1f) {
5.             //If we're further away than .1 unit, move towards the target.
6.             //The minimum allowable tolerance varies with the speed of the object and the framerate.
7.             // 2 * tolerance must be >= moveSpeed / framerate or the object will jump right over the stop.
8.             offset = offset.normalized * 5.0f;
9.             //normalize it and account for movement speed.
10.             playerController.Move (offset * Time.deltaTime);
11.             //actually move the character.
12.         } else {
13.             moving = false;
14.             timer = 2.5f; // reset timer
15.         }
16.     } // end MoveTowardsTarget

 

One of those moments we all have when we smack ourselves in the head.

 

7 years on, and you saved me