Tutorial: First Person Movement In Godot 4

[@justcnoon]

deg2rad() has been renamed to deg_to_rad() in Alpha 15, if anybody's having an error.

[@mustafamohamud5212]

thank you!

[@wordrc]

thanks!!

[@wellhellotherekyle]

You're a life saver!

[@LynnWinx]

Good. That 2 was cringey as hell :D

[@jameswashington4704]

@@LynnWinx no it wasnt u mf I will fight u

[@wellhellotherekyle]

So two things had changed since this video was published... 1. The _unhandled_input part, the code should read like this now: _unhandled_input(event): (All the stuff after on that line in Branwell's code is no longer necessary) 2. deg2rad() has been renamed to deg_to_rad() (Thank you to Andy Reed for pointing this one out) Thanks for the wonderful tutorial Bramwell!

[@mando1570]

thank you so much my guy your comment really helped me ❤

[@gustaafmilzink]

Thank you!

[@recker7017]

point 1 is invalid, typehints never were necessary

[@Micahtmusic]

maybe not necessary, but definitely polite

[@sechmascm]

The other stuff on that line improves performance by a huge margin. The engine doesn't have to guess what everyting is supposed to be and it runs those operations faster. If you want a good game, it is necessary.

[@erin1569]

Btw, if you want to have the same autocomplete as Bramwell at 11:47, you should go to Editor>Editor Settings>Text Editor>Completion>Add type hints

[@BobaBallz_the2nd]

TYSMMMMMMM

[@trxlly]

Thanks

[@mayodiff2245]

what a legend

[@Marandal]

Thank you.

[@Zetsu_Org]

Bro thanks alot I was scared that's I did wrong

[@alechussak3750]

set_mouse_mode() and get_mouse_mode() have been removed since this video was made. You can now get/set the Input.mouse_mode property directly: SET: Input.mouse_mode = Input.MOUSE_MODE_CAPTURED GET: if Input.mouse_mode == Input.MOUSE_MODE_CAPTURED:

[@gregoriodelimaalves6862]

how do I do this properly

[@StephenCodess]

thanks!

[@NerdWithABeard]

This, along with the tip for how to access the other command auto-fills, are much appreciated

[@351c4v71]

thanks, that was very helpful

[@351c4v71]

func _unhandled_input(event): if event is InputEventMouseButton: Input.mouse_mode = Input.MOUSE_MODE_CAPTURED@koolgabieboi2816

[@I_can-t_GAMING]

والله انا كنت واقف على ان الشخصية بتخترق الارض لكن دا اكتر فيديو فادني فشكرا جدا 💖💖💖💖❤❤ By God, I was standing on the fact that the character penetrates the ground, but this is the most useful video, so thank you very much

[@Drachenbauer]

i didn´t add a neck node, i rotate the whole character around y instead with the mouse, so i just didn´t get the problem of fixed forward direction, that´s described at 16:15. It feels just like a fully functional first person charecter.

[@sweetdog2398]

A cool thing you can do with this part: var input_dir := Input.get_vector("move_left", "move_right", "move_forward", "move_backwards") var direction = (neck.transform.basis * Vector3(input_dir.x, 0, input_dir.y)).normalized() if direction: if is_on_floor(): velocity.x = direction.x * SPEED velocity.z = direction.z * SPEED else: if is_on_floor(): velocity.x = move_toward(velocity.x, 0, SPEED) velocity.z = move_toward(velocity.z, 0, SPEED) is right before the velocity stuff you can add a if is_on_floor so that you cant change directions midair, or you can use an else comman so that you can but its less.

[@madphoenix9826]

Always nice to find a information dense tutorial for the specific thing you wanna do ^^ Thank you very much!

[@YOZA.]

extends CharacterBody3D const SPEED = 5.0 const JUMP_VELOCITY = 4.5 # Get the gravity from the project settings to be synced with RigidDynamicBody nodes. var gravity: float = ProjectSettings.get_setting("physics/3d/default_gravity") @onready var neck := $Neck @onready var camera := $Neck/Camera3d func _unhandled_input(event: InputEvent) -> void: if event is InputEventMouseButton: Input.set_mouse_mode(Input.MOUSE_MODE_CAPTURED) elif event.is_action_pressed("ui_cancel"): Input.set_mouse_mode(Input.MOUSE_MODE_VISIBLE) if Input.get_mouse_mode() == Input.MOUSE_MODE_CAPTURED: if event is InputEventMouseMotion: neck.rotate_y(-event.relative.x * 0.01) camera.rotate_x(-event.relative.y * 0.01) camera.rotation.x = clamp(camera.rotation.x, deg_to_rad(-30), deg_to_rad(60)) func _physics_process(delta: float) -> void: # Add the gravity. if not is_on_floor(): velocity.y -= gravity * delta # Handle Jump. if Input.is_action_just_pressed("ui_accept") and is_on_floor(): velocity.y = JUMP_VELOCITY # Get the input direction and handle the movement/deceleration. # As good practice, you should replace UI actions with custom gameplay actions. var input_dir := Input.get_vector("left", "right", "forward", "back") var direction = (neck.transform.basis * Vector3(input_dir.x, 0, input_dir.y)).normalized() if direction: velocity.x = direction.x * SPEED velocity.z = direction.z * SPEED else: velocity.x = move_toward(velocity.x, 0, SPEED) velocity.z = move_t

[@tornstrashcontent]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I've been searching for a game engine to move up from scratch and eventually settled on Godot. This video taught me heaps and can't thank you enough.

[@kevindean8312]

I am complete noob to Godot and this tutorial was excellent. Easy to follow and loved how you actually explained everything. Thank you!

[@BlobFish-BlobFish]

This is the only tutorial that actually explains what each line of code means. Thank you, Bramwell!

[@petethorne5094]

This is absolutely brilliant! I just downloaded the Beta (woo!) and within a few mins I had a player running around my test scene. Bought your course a while back and now that things are getting more stable, I'm going to have to stop avoiding building a game!

[@kevindean8312]

So was Godot 3.x not very stable?

[@DEXA_Entertainment]

Very on point, short and helpful! Thank you for teaching not only me but a lot of people too. 😊👍

[@theaussieninja8176]

thank your Bramwell for these tutorials I love how you go into great depths on everything I wish more tutorials went into such depth

[@PanIsTrying]

Thank you kindly for your help in this tutorial. It made me a subscriber

[@emilyallen7912]

same

[@jwt77]

This helped me a lot to get started. Thank you!

[@studiophazer-zw7dd]

i looked at two tutorials and yours worked. liked

[@hayleypeterson7007]

This is still such a great tutorial, but I wanted to add that if anyone's gotten a bug when adding camera movement, the fix for me was this line to check MouseMotion was the event type: if Input.get_mouse_mode() == Input.MOUSE_MODE_CAPTURED and event is InputEventMouseMotion:

[@pisel5945]

thank you i had no idea how to do something in godot because there was always errors, i didnt think that i will succed following the first tutorial that i clicked on

[@harryudal3115]

Thank you so much for all the work you have done, this has given me so much help. And I thank you

[@anarchicpancake2840]

15:51 i got up to here with no errors but when i copied the code and ran the game the camera glitched, now it's constantly staring at the ground and i can't rotate it up

[@sailorkitty5853]

same, hope someone replies soon.

[@zirathar]

thank you bro really you help my life and you make me happy❤

[@apersimmon]

I applied this to a 3rd person player but it was very useful, thanks!!

[@aullvrch]

this made me subscribe! By far the most useful and educational vid on this topic I I have seen thus far, with the added bonus of being in godot 4!!

[@cultofape]

Love your tutorials! If I can make a request - 3rd person 3d with LMB click on ground movement and proper player rotation. I just can´t make it 100%right

[@BramwellWilliams]

I could do something like that for sure ^^ I've done something like that with gridmaps for tiles you can move to: twitter.com/bramreth/status/1453508866134663174

[@grarldbrown6812]

I'm just hoping to use LMB method for camera3D, similar as the way of tutorials does but classic rpg.

[@Dave-n5d]

12:22 Where did he get this string of code from i dont understand how he got it

[@kitsunemusicisfire]

copied and pasted it from a document he had on his pc, just retype all the code and it'll work fine

[@dairygecko]

thank you so much, i was watching another tutorial and it skipped the part in which the player was created, im a complete newbie, now i can continue the other tutorial (which was about creating a map)

[@footballCartoon91]

@7:46, the movement is quite buggy if you "move left" or "move right" because the CharacterBody3D should either strafing left or right OR the Camera3D should just yaw (i.e rotates around the y-axis) without moving the CharacterBody3D too.

[@cyphfrix1620]

thanks so much bro, your tutorial is very easy to follow and quick

[@jasmanDhaliwal-k4r]

Thank you bro. I am a boy who need these types of tutorials. LOVE FROM PUNJAB

[@JohnFenlon]

Just started using Godot, very helpful video to get up & running quickly, many thanks 👍

[@wolcamophone4783]

I wish there was a video that really explained how to better understand movement functions tied to kinematic bodies so that you could know exactly what kind of bhopping or air strafing glitches to put in movement fps controllers.

[@ezzie_baby]

thank you so much!! this was extremely helpful.

[@Phryj]

This was a big help, thank you!

[@VGV0]

thanks, great video! You explained every step. Much appreciated!

[@Snakemaster11235]

tysm Bramwell this helped me alot

[@swedishgamedev]

Thank you for this very clear tutorial! It helped a bunch!

[@daniyarm2922]

why complicate, it is enough to add in the _input (event) function: func _input(e): (well i shorten the EVENT like this :)) ) if e is InputEventMouseMotion: rotation.y -= e.relative.x * 0.005 head.rotation.x = clamp(head.rotation.x - e.relative.y * 0.005, -1.4, 1.4) You can change the numbers however you like. He is only responsible for speed and limit.

[@chrisfritz7545]

Just wanted to say thanks for sharing your knowledge. Keep making these videos. You have a great way of explaining what you are doing.

[@AdamHerger]

Great tutorial Bramwell! I was just wondering if the camera rotation adjusts to the framerate of the user since it's not in the _physics_process(delta) function?

[@acedefective2220]

thank you, this tutorial was very accessible and helpful

[@Guy67890]

how did you get that alongated equal sign on 13:34

[@One-bh9ii]

It's just a double equal sign. if Input.get_mouse_mode() == Input.MOUSE_MODE_CAPTURED:

[@MurkyJeep]

Thank you! Explained well and straight to the point.

[@sogimarvaz]

Very nice video, thank you so much Bramwell.

[@PAPRPL8]

Thanks for the tutorial; found it quite helpful and moved at a pace I found keep up with as a beginner.

[@sgaming3174]

Thanks for the tutorial

[@riisezz0]

Hey, man. I'm new to Godot and you've really been helping in the transition to Godot 4. I really appreciate you!

[@mr.e4327]

Great tutorial, thanks mate!

[@ViralShorts8303]

Hey man thank you so much its working very good and i am very happy!! you just got a Subscriber😉

[@RealJesus]

help everytime i look down/right the poc starts spinning and it's uncontrollable

[@pacobrian7547]

you are a genius, you solved my problem of collisions

[@bluecheese1066]

Very nice intro to some 3D player basics. Thank you very much!

[@darkBuster2002]

there is a problem for me Line 17:Assignment is not allowed inside an expression.Line 18:Assignment is not allowed inside an expression.

[@foldysnootmack]

I’m having the same issue. Have you figured out how to fix it?

[@nezbro2011]

@@foldysnootmack Double equals so type ==

[@P134-i3p]

@@nezbro2011 Bloody hell really??? DOUBLE EQUALS??? God damn. Good thing I check the comments for answers... Fucking double equals...

[@nezbro2011]

@@P134-i3p Yeah not really obvious at first considering there isn't a gap in between the two.

[@darkBuster2002]

@@foldysnootmack No

[@wukerplank]

Very interesting, thank you for putting this together!

[@piimae]

Exceptionally well done tutorial, straight to the point and just the right amount of explaining of the details of the mechanics. Thank you!

[@idk-gq8tw]

Can someone help, i started the scene and when i try to rotate is freezes and it says kennedy.gd 10 @ _ready(): node not found: "neck/camera3d" (relative to "/root/node3d/characterbody3d").

[@meteroy17]

Is there a way to add other functions like interact, running, crouching, and all that?

[@sethwhite4635]

Awesome, thanks for the video!

[@Betegfos]

Nice tutorial. Very useful. How do I change the movement speed depending on the direction of the movement?

[@payton.a.elliott]

After tinkering around for a while the only way I could get it to work is to put another if statement inside the "if direction:" statement. I replaced the default SPEED const with the walk_speed var. I simply check if move direction is towards positive 1 (which is backwards for the character body), then half walk_speed if they are moving backwards. Otherwise, walk_speed is normal. # If moving backwards move at half speed. if direction.z > 0: velocity.z = direction.z * walk_speed / 2 else: velocity.z = direction.z * walk_speed

[@petethorne5094]

Might be a bug here, if you rotate the Player node in the editor the movement keys are not mapped to the camera any more...

[@petethorne5094]

My hacky fix here is to rotation the basis by the player rotation: var direction = ((neck as Node3D).transform.basis.rotated(Vector3.UP, rotation.y) * Vector3(input_dir.x, 0, input_dir.y)).normalized()

[@jessepinkeye2339]

I tried doing that but the keys are still not following the camera when I rotate the Player

[@pkk11x90]

i have a bug in line 17. can someone help? here is script: func _unhandled_input(event: InputEvent) -> void: if event is InputEventMouseButton: Input.set_mouse_mode(Input.MOUSE_MODE_CAPTURED) elif event.is_action_pressed("ui_cancel"): Input.set_mouse_mode(Input.MOUSE_MODE_VISIBLE) if Input.get_mouse_mode() == Input.MOUSE_MODE_CAPTURED: if event is InputEventMouseMotion: neck.rotate_y(-event.relative.x * 0.01) camera.rotate_x(-event.relative.y * 0.01) camera.rotation.x = clamp(camera.rotation.x, deg_to_rad(-30), deg_to_rad(60))

[@imreallynotcoolatall]

i have the same problem! i don't know how to solve it

[@BlobFishIsNotABot]

The -> void idnt needed in godot 4

[@auzz4455]

func _unhandled_input(event): if event is InputEventMouseButton: Input.mouse_mode = Input.MOUSE_MODE_CAPTURED elif event.is_action_pressed("ui_cancel"): Input.mouse_mode = Input.MOUSE_MODE_VISIBLE if Input.mouse_mode == Input.MOUSE_MODE_CAPTURED: if event is InputEventMouseMotion: neck.rotate_y(-event.relative.x * 0.01) camera.rotate_x(-event.relative.y * 0.01) camera.rotation.x = clamp(camera.rotation.x, deg_to_rad(-30), deg_to_rad(60))

[@auzz4455]

i think godot have made changes since this video, so its a little tricky finding the correct terminology

[@Fadam_red]

I get a error at camera.rotate_x(-event.relative.y * 0.01) Identificer "camera" not declared in current scope

[@randomdamian]

15:45 deg2rad() was renamed to deg_to_rad()

[@18_leafclover]

I'm getting an error on lines 20, 21 Identifier camera not declared in the current scope

[@Lacinycoryp285]

I every time I try to use the camera it crashes the game

[@KhaoticSanctum69]

I have an issue on line 17 of the code that says "assignment is not allowed inside an expression" and idk what's wrong :( can someone please help

[@Ren-vo8jj]

its 2 equal to signs "=="

[@PlasmaGhost303]

the tutorial was great! thank you

[@recker7017]

a rigidbody fps controller tutorial would be really good

[@casualtyxy_x6761]

When I try to look up or down past the specified clamps, moving the mouse up or down then causes the camera to rotate on every axis at the same time. Not sure if I stopped watching early and there was a fix for this, but it doesn't seem so. Anyone else having this issue?

[@Kingofther3gion]

16:00 this is all good but does the player body rotate with the neck? so that the head doesn't just spin around while the body is not. So the body is facing the same way we are looking

[@RedCatGD]

Thanks a lot ! Helped me out a tone ❤

[@Mrfluffneow]

Can someone help me becuse that arrow in the script 11:52 does not exist on my keyboard

[@BramwellWilliams]

It should just be a hiphen and greater than symbol -> (back in that version of Godot the "code contextual ligatures" editor setting was enabled by default to get extra symbols)

[@Mrfluffneow]

@@BramwellWilliams ok

[@devinpeck6664]

Love this! Thank you so much.

[@itokuun]

Awesome video man

[@The24thFret]

I am getting an error on the line : 20 camera.rotate_x(-event.relative.y * 0.01) error reads: Attempt to call function 'rotate.x' in base 'null instance' on a null instance. I copy and pasted the entirety of the code from the github page and the problem still did not resolve, there are no other errors in the code

[@billyboiisaredneck8965]

I had a question but how do i remove my cursor from the screen?

[@gameinglizard6984]

OK SO WHEN I AM TOUCHING THE GROUND ITS LAGGY AND WEIRD, it MIGHT BE CLIPIONG idk how do I fix that.

[@reduxek]

I have this problem too

[@Rebel_MC2355]

at 12:21 how do you get those lines of code? im typing them in rn and its very annoying

[@NarekAvetisyan]

Very nice! Can you also make a simple tutorial like this for a Age of Empires style camera?

[@MrJasonSnell]

found a couple code fixes for clamping the vertical view camera.rotation.x = clamp(camera.rotation.x, -(PI/4), PI/4) or camera.rotation.x = clamp(camera.rotation.x, deg_to_rad(-30), deg_to_rad(60))

[@eliyahumedia]

how would clamp the horizontal view? like this?: camera.rotation.y = clamp(camera.rotation.y, -(PI/4), PI/4)

[@toxslix]

Thanks alot very useful video much love to ya mate

[@BramwellWilliams]

Glad it helped!

[@S.Johannesson]

Thank you for this!

[@RivenbladeS]

why doesnt godot have buttons to instantiate cube plane culinder etc like unity and you have to set the mesh instance yourself?

[@Mrtubb158]

How do you get the star icon thing at 13:23

[@MP-pv4eb]

thanks for this tutorial! I found for me the camera was very twitchy. I'm not sure if there are better solutions for this, but this is what I ended up doing: var x_mov = event.relative.x / 1.7 var y_mov = event.relative.y / 1.7 neck.rotate_y(-x_mov * 0.01) camera.rotate_x(-y_mov * 0.01) you might be able to do it in-line (so, neck.rotate_y((event.relative.x / 1.7) * 0.01) for example), but the variables help my readability. Also, change 1.7 to whatever value is comfortable. Larger value will be slower, "smoother" motion.

[@pommefrites]

Hey, kind of semi-related but this video helped me fix a long-standing issue with the stair catcher in my character controller being offset if my character starts the level rotated at all, which is fine if the player always starts in the same direction with 0,0,0 rotation, but not great if they do, which is most often the case. It has to do with the lines you highlighted around 17:17 and I used a very similar block to calculate the position of the stair catcher ray cast to swing around in the direction of player movement. I then just had to offset it vertically from the neck height to be near the floor and now it works perfectly no matter which direction the player starts in. Anyway, it had been bugging the hell out of me for a whiiiiile, so thanks for your help!

[@EMDthe1]

Where should I add the jump animation

[@Mineblox-33333]

Where do I put the deg_to_rad() at so then there will be no error?

[@radugabrielbiclineru9610]

Why did you make an auxiliar node for the neck Yes, it is more ordered but couldn't you just make the nides child of the camera an do all the rotation for the camera The only reason i see using a neck node is becouse it's easier doing movement this way(you have succesfully separated the rotation axis)

[@BramwellWilliams]

axis ordering issues can make rotating one node difficult, so I find it easier to only rotate a node on one axis at a time

[@radugabrielbiclineru9610]

On my game i fixed it by adding a second neck node and hamdeling rotation for each one. Thanks any way. Very good tutorial

[@Mrtubb158]

7:44 i had a problem with being able to move because whenever i pressed the arrow keys it wouldnt do anything so idk what i did wrong Edit:I figured it out

[@zoolanderbestmovie2]

cool good job easy to learn continue the hard work

[@sakoliketaco]

when I added velocity.y it says velocity has not been declared yet

[@BramwellWilliams]

As of Godot 4 velocity is a member variable of the CharacterBody3D is the script definitely extending that? -> Also the velocity should already be there as part of the template Godot created when you created the script which makes me suspicous something may have already gone awry

[@Poshmurf83]

Same please help.with the issue

[@S4nrioKuromiLover]

for func input it doesnt say inputevent void? im on version 4.1

[@olmrgreen1904]

Awesome video!

[@hectora.3220]

This is great. Short and usefull.

[@matturner6890]

Won't work :/ "Error at (17, 33): assignment is not allowed inside an expression" I have it copied perfectly, not sure what's wrong.

[@JorgeRosa]

Very cool!

[@badmusicproducer_offical]

HOW DO I MAKE THE CAMERA EVEN LESS FAST?

[@trueblue97]

This is all cool and good, but how do I make camera controls with the right stick on a controller instead of the mouse?