Question Scripting a Mouse-driven Spaceship Controller

I want to control a 3D spaceship as it travels through space by using the mouse cursor's XY position across the game screen.

When the scene starts, the ship is at a complete stop facing the Z forward direction before accelerating up to its top thrustSpeed.

The ship's turning, banking, and pitching angles would automatically rotate allowing the ship to change its heading to follow the cursor's current position as it moves.

I also want the ship to roll to the left when the Q key is pressed and to roll to the right when the E key is pressed. And, the ship would decelerate when the Spacebar is pressed until it comes to a complete stop. When the Spacebar is released, the ship would accelerate again up to the ship's maximum thrustSpeed.

Does anyone know of a tutorial that covers this functionality?

I have watched a lot of YouTube spaceship controller videos but I have not found any that cover this type of functionality.

Thank you for your help.

 

Kurt had a good post on a similar issue a couple days ago:
https://forum.unity.com/threads/til...ing-to-a-new-direcition.1469360/#post-9197354

And a few posts above that one, he also gave a 2D spaceship example as well, if you wanted to look into that.

 

Thank you for the lead! I'll look them over.

 

I'm still looking for a tutorial that effectively creates this functionality.

 

You probably won't find one.

Here's a good starting point for this... take it away!

Code (csharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2.  
3. // @kurtdekker - simple 3D spaceship controller
4. // To use:
5. //    - Slap this on your main camera
6. //    - Press Play
7. //    - Wiggle mouse to steer
8. //    - Go where no human has gone before
9. //    - Enjoy
10. // Barf bag located in the seat pocket in front of you.
11.  
12. public class Demo3DSpacecraftPlayer : MonoBehaviour
13. {
14.     // increase if you feel the need
15.     float speed = 5;
16.  
17.     void Update ()
18.     {
19.         float pitch = Input.GetAxis( "Mouse Y");
20.         float roll = Input.GetAxis( "Mouse X");
21.  
22.         // increase to make things sportier
23.         pitch *= 20;
24.         roll *= 20;
25.  
26.         transform.Rotate( Vector3.forward * roll);
27.         transform.Rotate( Vector3.right * pitch);
28.  
29.         transform.position += transform.forward * speed * Time.deltaTime;
30.     }
31. }

Try this guy's approach to changing things one tiny step at a time:

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