Moving a character with KeyCombo

I've been really stuck trying to script in C# moving a character. I want him to move right using the left and right arrow keys but only one after another. Eg: < > < > < > <> or <><><><><> not >>< >><<><>.

Any help is appreciated, thanks

 

The commands are going to depend on whether or not you're using a Character Controller or a rigidbody to move the character.

If you're using a character controller, just grab the direction of movement with the Input.GetAxis() commands and then transfer the info for that into a movement command.

//declare variables
CharacterController controller;
public float playerSpeed = 10f; //get how fast player moves

//put this in your Start or Awake function
controller = GetComponent<CharacterController>(); //fetch Character Controller component data

//put this in your Update function

//get user input
float horizontalMovement = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
float verticalMovement = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");

//transfer user input into a Vector3
Vector3 moveDirection = new Vector3(horizontalMovement, 0.0f, verticalMovement);

//use charactercontroller.move to move player
controller.Move(moveDirection *Time.deltaTime * playerSpeed);

Of course, if you're only worried about left and right movements then you can ditch the verticalMovement variables and stick with just your horizontalMovement in your moveDirection like this:

Vector3 moveDirection = new Vector3(horizontalMovement, 0.0f, 0.0f);


The thing is that you have to make sure your project Input settings match the string values used in the //get user input section.

 

if i understand you correct, you want that your player needs to push the left button before he can move right?

eg: player wants to go right
presses: <-; ->

eg: player wants to go left
presses: ->; <-

if thats what you want the only thing you have to do is save pastInput and compare it with currentInput

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. float currentInput = 0;
3. float pastInput = 0;
4. Vector2 moveDirection;
5. Rigidbody2D myRigidbody;
6.  
7. void Awake()
8. {
9.     myRigidbody = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
10. }
11.  
12. void Update()
13. {
14.   if(pastInput == 0)
15.   {
16.       pastInput= ReadInput();
17.       return;
18.   }
19.  
20.   currentInput = ReadInput();
21. }
22.  
23. void FixedUpdate()
24. {
25.   if ( pastInput *-1 == currentInput )
26.      moveDirection = currentInput;
27.   else
28.      moveDirection = 0;
29.  
30.     moveDirection.y = myRigidbody.velocity.y;
31.     myRigidbody.velocity = moveDirection;
32. }
33.  
34.  

Edit: you have todo:
+ cache Input in Update()
+ move Player in FixedUpdate()

Comment:
- no player is that fast.... add a realistic timeSpan between input reading

Edit 2:

output of Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") needs to get transformed to -1, 0 and +1 values, nothing else!

Code (CSharp):

1. float ReadInput()
2. {
3.      float rawInput = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
4.      if( rawInput < 0)
5.           return -1;
6.      else if( rawInput > 0)
7.           return 1;
8.      else
9.            return 0;
10.  
11. }

 

I probably should've mentioned that this is in 2D. I only want him to move right by pressing LEFT ARROW and then RIGHT ARROW one after another. I'm also using rigidbody.

 

then my code suits perfectly. take a look.

Edit: please change the thread title to a better name
something like Moving Character with KeyCombo

Code (CSharp):

1. float currentInput = 0f;
2. float pastInput = 0f;
3. Vector2 moveDirection;
4. Rigidbody2D myRigidbody;
5.  
6. void Awake()
7. {
8.     myRigidbody = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
9. }
10.  
11. void Update()
12. {
13.   if(pastInput == 0f)
14.   {
15.       pastInput= ReadInput();
16.       return;
17.   }
18.   currentInput = ReadInput();
19. }
20.  
21. void FixedUpdate()
22. {
23.   if ( pastInput *-1f == currentInput )
24.      moveDirection.x = currentInput;
25.   else
26.      moveDirection = Vector.zero;
27.   moveDirection.y = myRigidbody.velocity.y;
28.   myRigidbody.velocity = moveDirection;
29. }
30.  

Code (CSharp):

1. float ReadInput()
2. {
3.      float rawInput = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
4.      if( rawInput < 0f)
5.           return -1f;
6.      else if( rawInput > 0f)
7.           return 1f;
8.      else
9.            return 0f;
10.  
11. }

 

Compiler error can't convert int or float to Vector2.

 

check Edit!

this error you could find yourself!

a = 0; // 0 == integer
a= 0f; //0f == float