Movement and Animation while Locking Target

Hello Everyone

I'm trying to make a Tennis Game, where the camera is fixed and the character is ALWAYS facing the ball.
For that reason, I need him to animate correctly according to which direction he is facing. Since the camera is fixed, pressing D should make him go to the RIGHT. IF he is in the blue line, he needs to make a strafe animation. If he is in the red line, he should make the animation of going forward or backward.



Here is a video for better understanding and showing my progress:

I am using a blend tree and sending the rigidbody velocity (X and Z) as parameters.

Code (CSharp):

1.     private void FixedUpdate()
2.     {
3.         //MOVE PLAYER
4.         rb.AddForce(direction * speed * 500 * Time.deltaTime);
5.         rb.velocity = Vector3.ClampMagnitude(rb.velocity, maxAcceleration);
6.  
7.         //SET ANIMATOR PARAMETERS
8.         Vector3 animTree = new Vector3(rb.velocity.x, 0, rb.velocity.z);
9.         anim.SetFloat("X", animTree.x);
10.         anim.SetFloat("Y", animTree.z);
11.  
12.  
13.     }
14.  
15.     private void LateUpdate()
16.     {
17.         //ROTATE OBJECT FO BALL DIRECTION
18.         if (ball)
19.         {
20.             var lookPos = BallDirection();
21.             lookPos.y = 0;
22.             var rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(lookPos);
23.             rb.MoveRotation(Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation, rotation, Time.deltaTime * angularDamp));
24.         }
25.     }

Does anyone have an Idea on how to make it? Maybe there is a way of getting the right Vector out of all of this to send to the Animator. Or maybe some math that I don't know about it?

 

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. Vector3 adjustedTargetPosition = target.transform.position;
3. Vector3 rot = adjustedTargetPosition - this.transform.position;
4. Quaternion newRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(rot);
5. rb.rotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(transform.rotation, newRotation, 1500f);
6. Vector3 vel = cam.transform.forward * Input.GetAxis("Vertical") + cam.transform.right * Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
7. Vector3 localVel = this.transform.InverseTransformDirection(vel);
8. thisAnimator.SetFloat("LocalVelZ", localVel.z, .1f, Time.deltaTime);
9. thisAnimator.SetFloat("LocalVelX", localVel.x, .1f, Time.deltaTime);

i dunno, maybe something like this? you'll probably have to play around with it.

 

Hey Anthony, thanks for the tip. I will try to use this code somehow. Do some experiments.

I'll be back soon with the results.

 

have you already solved this problem? I have struggled with this problem too.