Godot 3.1: Creating a Simple 3D Game: Part 2 (Programming 101: Character Movement)

Thanks for watching! In this Godot Game Engine tutorial I cover:
- How to create a player character object as a separate scene in Godot, and create an instance of it in our main game Level.
- How to add a script to an object
- Basic of Coding / Programming in GDScript: Program flow, functions and methods, variables, constants and data types, if statements (conditional statements), else if (elif), and else.
- How to program a character to move when the player presses arrow keys on the keyboard
- How to use the lerp() method to allow a character to slow down
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[@floriangrundner83]

So as far as i understood, for those using the 4.01 GDOT version: - 31:48

[@ricksblender4991]

In godot 4 you need to use layer and layer mask to interact between characterbody3d and rigidbody3d like this: set floor layer to 1, player to layer2 with mask to layer1(floor) and then set the rigidbodies3d collision to layer 4 and mask to 1,2 and 4 This work well my friend

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[@explainmydrawing8986]

I don't get wdym by the word "velocity" inside the "move_and_slide()" -brackets won't be needed anymore.

[@Colten133]

For anyone in 2023, this is how mine looks: extends CharacterBody3D var playerVelocity = Vector3(0,0,0) const playerSpeed = 0.05 func _ready(): pass func _physics_process(delta): if Input.is_action_pressed("moveRight") and Input.is_action_pressed("moveLeft"): playerVelocity.x = 0 elif Input.is_action_pressed("moveRight"): playerVelocity.x = playerSpeed elif Input.is_action_pressed("moveLeft"): playerVelocity.x = -playerSpeed else: playerVelocity.x = lerp(velocity.x,0.0,0.1) if Input.is_action_pressed("moveUp") and Input.is_action_pressed("moveDown"): playerVelocity.z = 0 elif Input.is_action_pressed("moveUp"): playerVelocity.z = -playerSpeed elif Input.is_action_pressed("moveDown"): playerVelocity.z = playerSpeed else: playerVelocity.z = lerp(velocity.x,0.0,0.1) move_and_collide(playerVelocity)

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I'm only here to learn Godot + Game Design and I'm long beyond progamming 101, but everything is explained so calmly, it's a pleasure to watch.

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Same, though I wish he gave a time stamp.

[@addylenwest8536]

I hate that they always explain programming 101 in these kinds of things like who starts out with godot? literally just recommend someone go watch a different gdscript tutorial if they haven't programmed before and stop wasting my time

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@@addylenwest8536 edgy

[@matthewgarner6621]

@@addylenwest8536 and btw, people like me actually DO start out with godot because it's a lot more simplified than other commercial game engines. So the majority of people actually appreciate a tutorial that explains what they're doing and why they're doing it.

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@@matthewgarner6621 A, that's not edgy, and B, yeah it's pretty simple compared to unreal but it's really best to start with a programming language and not an engine, you gotta walk before you can run. Like I remember being a baby programmer some 8 years ago and struggling with an engine before I even really understood what loops were

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[@BornCG]

Thanks!

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Thanks!

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For godot 4 use move_and_collide instead of move_and_slide

[@explainmydrawing8986]

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I used to program in other game engines and Godot caught my eye but all the tutorials on GDscript gave me a headache. However, this one explains everything really well! I get the language now and I'm excited to look more into the documentation! Thank you! also that bit with ctrl at 20:24 is absolutely priceless

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[@BornCG]

My pleasure, thank you for watching! Expect about 1x per week.

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I always had a little brain struggle to understand elif and else functions, Now I get it a little better, elif is the anti-condition, meaning, what to do if the first if boolean is false. Finally I got it. This is so nice you explain along with Godot functions( like _physics_process etc...) but also overall programming principles. You do not take anything for granted with us. Those understandings are very hard to find in manuals. or they are stretched on too many pages to be digestable... You give the fruit, without the peel :)

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[@BornCG]

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Done 2 lessons, loving it! Already got a playable 3d game, great for a beginner like me.

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This was so satisfying, had too much fun increasing the SPEED higher and higher and trying to smash the box off the platform haha ^_^. Loving this series!

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[@ChrisLaupama]

Wow this tutorial is AMAZING! I learnt SOOOOO MUCH and it's only day two for me! I have JS experience so picking up data types, variables, else if etc was pretty intuitive, however, the way you explained it is excellent for new comers! One thing I would recommend for future videos ( I know you have a tonne more videos so maybe you have started doing this ) but is to write commented out pseudo code and then the code underneath it, so we are writing out own notes within our project to refer back to. I'm doing it myself and it will be huge for me when I come back to the project. For example... # if the ui_right and ui_left inputs are pressed at the same time change the velocity x to zero (so the x motion stops) if Input.is_action_pressed("ui_right") and Input.is_action_pressed("ui_left"): velocity.x = 0 # if both ui_right and ui_left aren't pressed, but right is then move velocity x by the value of the SPEED const elif Input.is_action_pressed("ui_right"): velocity.x = SPEED # if both ui_right and ui_left or ui_right on it's own aren't pressed, but left is then move velocity x by the negative (opposite) value of the SPEED const elif Input.is_action_pressed("ui_left"): velocity.x = -SPEED # if ui_right and ui_left in any combination are not pressed then get the current value of velocity x and bring it down to 0 by an incriment of 0.1 every frame else: velocity.x = lerp(velocity.x, 0, 0.1)

[@arg3882]

After watching this I can move a character and also learn some basic programming thankyou so much for this great tutorial😭😭

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[@tobychadderton4209]

for the movement: func _physics_process(delta): if Input.is_action_pressed("ui_right"): velocity.x += SPEED if Input.is_action_pressed("ui_left"): velocity.x += -SPEED if Input.is_action_pressed("ui_up"): velocity.z += -SPEED if Input.is_action_pressed("ui_down"): velocity.z += SPEED move_and_slide(velocity) velocity.x = lerp(velocity.x, 0, 0.1) velocity.z = lerp(velocity.z, 0, 0.1) is more efficient as it is simply quicker to write and godot isnt constantly having to assess logic

[@Betegfos]

Thanks. This version works better for me. For some reason with the original code my character moves in a diagonal direction when I press left or right. Up and down works as intended however. Any ideas why?

[@ezakael3040]

Check in your code else: velocity.x is x at the end in the first one

[@totallynothyper964]

I would recommend using math instead of else and ifs, what makes the code more optimized. here's the code if somebody wants: func _physics_process(delta): var xDir = Input.get_action_strength("ui_right") - Input.get_action_strength("ui_left") var zDir = Input.get_action_strength("ui_down") - Input.get_action_strength("ui_up") velocity = Vector3(xDir, 0.0, zDir) move_and_slide(movVec * SPEED)

[@user-ul5wq3kv4p]

@@totallynothyper964 Can you explain your code ?

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I love how they added elif to the gdscript it's a life saver

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Really good video might be making my own indie studio once I'm finished college so this will definitely help me, thanks :)

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Verry helpfull. You are so good at this so keep doing.

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After that initial hiccup this worked perfectly! I really feel like I'm learning it conceptually, and not just parroting code I don't understand the logic behind

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im so glad i made movement thanks :)

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Thank You Very Much !!!

[@Calvinxc1]

Thanks for making this! After this video, and doing some of my own research, I made the ball move around based on where the mouse pointer is pointing to (on an XZ plane) using a PID controller: Camera.gd: extends Camera var dropPlane = Plane(0, 1, 0, 1.5) var mousePos = Vector3(0, 0, 0) func _physics_process(delta): mousePos = dropPlane.intersects_ray( self.project_ray_origin(get_viewport().get_mouse_position()), self.project_ray_normal(get_viewport().get_mouse_position()) ) Character.gd: extends KinematicBody var position = Vector3(0, 0, 0) var velocity = Vector3(0, 0, 0) var accel = Vector3(0, 0, 0) var position_target = Vector3(0, 0, 0) var velocity_target = Vector3(0, 0, 0) var accel_target = Vector3(0, 0, 0) const POS_GAIN = 1 const VEL_GAIN = .5 const ACC_GAIN = 1 var position_gain = Vector3(POS_GAIN, POS_GAIN, POS_GAIN) var velocity_gain = Vector3(VEL_GAIN, VEL_GAIN, VEL_GAIN) var accel_gain = Vector3(ACC_GAIN, ACC_GAIN, ACC_GAIN) func _physics_process(delta): position = self.translation position_target = get_parent().get_node('Camera').mousePos accel = -( ((position - position_target) * position_gain) + ((velocity - velocity_target) * velocity_gain) + ((accel - accel_target) * accel_gain) ) velocity = velocity + (accel * delta) move_and_slide(velocity) It gets a bit quirky when it gets really close to the mouse, but that's something I think I can figure out with enough time (-:

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you got yourself a new subscriber :) we need a new intermediate/advanced godot 3d project base series

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Thanks for the video

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Gooooooooood. Thanks one more time!

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Excellent tutorial! +1