[#01] Third person character controller - Synty assets + Cinemachine

[@peevester9987]

I am definitely subscribing and going through this entire series. It's nice when you follow along with someone who, when something doesn't work, actually shows them fixing it instead of correcting something offscreen. I ran into every issue you did, and those problems (like the characters running drunkenly) actually teach you something when you see them and what fixes it. Plus you talk at just the right speed.

[@muhendisbibey]

You're a true legend dude. Still works fine after 2 years.

[@beano2009]

Most helpful unity tutorial out there for me. Every tutorial out there, everything works first time. With you bugs happened and you solved them without cutting that out. Subscribe, great content my guy!

[@user-mh2bh1tb8q]

Thank you so much for making these. I think you are my favorite tutorial creator because you KNOW what character and camera movement feels smooth and professional, and you explain things in a very approachable way.

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Hey, thanks! Glad you're enjoying the videos :)

[@The8BallADP]

This was great! I really liked how you didn't just blindly drag/drop assets but took time to explain why each component was necessary and what it did. I also found it helpful watching you debug live when things went wrong - I'm new to Unity and don't always know how to start debugging issues with assets that I'm importing.

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Thank you! And welcome to Unity :)

[@levantinedream3469]

Phenomenal video, can't wait to dig into this series. I love how instead of editing out any mistakes or complications, you explain your thought process through solving it. Cheers for the great work, it's appreciated

[@vending3022]

this animation rigging series you made are awesome

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Thank you!

[@YsKCreations]

Thank you for making these contents. Keep going. Good luck ❤️

[@ataz1522]

This was a much needed series, thanks

[@amirrezamahdian3923]

I downloaded this video 1 year ago and im watching it agian online now, im one of your first subscribers man💟

[@Kalo5k]

more than 2 days fighting with cinemachine T_T now with your tutorial just took me 15 minutes! thank you so much :D

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Great to hear! That's awesome! 💪

[@juanp4446]

incleible tutorial I don't care how long it is, I'll see the whole video, thanks for such a great contribution :D

[@itoroenang8266]

incredible first vid, 300+ likes, 0 dislikes

[@FoxApo]

Subscribe! This was the best tutorial how to easily implement 3rd person controller with Syntys! Keep up the good work :)

[@ianfarrell1182]

Thank you so much. Animation seemed impossible for me to implement until I watched this

[@hadieini]

Hey, amazing videos. I hope you finish every tutorial you start, and don't let them in the half! Just like other youtubers.. keep up the good work!

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Thank you, more videos to come!

[@trianguc8319]

Thanks a lot for the video man, I really need this tutorial, liked and subscribed

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Thank you!

[@br3leaseofficial127]

would be cool if you could share the code with us .. can't seem to get CineMachine with the character already build in it as a sample tho

[@Dr2quan]

Oh man thank you for the tutorial, and the collision so funny😂

[@stavsap]

hi great tutorial, i think its important to maintion that both characters should be set as Humanoid in the rig, because the game objects names in the skeletons are different and this can be an issue if they are not both on Humanoid rig type.

[@johneyre9493]

really useful thanks, I can confirm that this worked with the PolySci-Fi city assets from Synty in unity 2021.1.15. My robot guy looks pretty slick running around lol...subscribed.

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Awesomeee 👏

[@VamereDigitalCrafted]

This is absolutely AMAZING serie!!! I builld core of my game on this. Olny one thing i miss is swap between multiple characters. But is awesome!!!

[@ProdbearUK]

this is fantastic - looking to get more into how to create my own animation flows and edits to the movement without having to know all that Euler stuff ;-D

[@daartdev7615]

French dev over here; Thank you for this video, easy to follow/understand. Keep up the good work :)

[@techrhino1337]

Thanks Man, I want to like this video multiple times.

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Likewise to this comment!

[@thircidia7024]

Awesome tutorial. Watching till the episode 13

[@carloscuellargarcia1982]

Thank you so much for this series. I just started following them. If you have a patreon or some way I can support your content let me know!

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Much appreciated 😊

[@vending3022]

if you make one video about animation rigging and explain all it's possibilities that would be great

[@bonse2000]

i install the cinemachine but i dont have all those folder like u i cant find the 3rd person controller

Thank you for making this channel and this amazing content!

[@512Squared]

​ @TheKiwiCoder When you open the enum dropdown, just type L to bring up all options starting with L - it actually starts on the LeftShift option, as it happens.

[@Jamibi]

Hi Mate, This helped me a bunch, thanks for making this. Only real constructive feedback is you were a little quiet, but nothing turning the volume up can't fix. I've just moved over from a top-down point and click game and wanted to incorporate cinemachine into a third person controller. I didn't even know cinemachine had this example in their pack, so this helped loads to get started! Thanks again.

[@TheKiwiCoder]

No problem, glad it helped! I’ve just started using cinemachine and I’m loving it. Thanks for the feedback too, I’ll look into my mic levels going forward, cheers.

[@bdd740]

That was very good tutorial and easy to follow thanks.

[@Baelidrom]

Weird grid on your FREE LOOK CAMERA? I had this problem and found that you have to uncheck Game Window Guides in the free look cam component. Kiwi dude's was already unchecked when he created it. Nice video btw, thank you for your work.

[@drr1867]

Outstanding tutorial. please keep up the good work and your channel will explode! Best tutorials I've found - most people leave us half way through so we can't finish anything - please don't do that to us.

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Thank you! More videos coming soon so stay tuned!

[@robosergTV]

@ 6:32 they way to navigate this enum is by using the new input system ;)

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Haha yes I suppose that fixes it :)

[@hanrossworthy6007]

thank you for marvelous videos

[@viktorhyper]

6:24 Amazing lifehack, thanks a lot bro!

[@TomCAT_Character_Art]

I am new to Unity and love your teaching clarity and pacing. I make some rigged characters for unity. If you want to use them for your videos, or just to check out, let me know. I have a bunch of videos showing the models. Thanks again for the series. I've been searching for exactly this!👏

[@dineXtion]

Thank you for making this stuff. I learned a few new things! Can you make a toturial about the Animation Rigging System, where you explain the Two Bone IT Constraint. I have seen on Unity that you can place animations on a specific game object that serves as a target. However, I haven't gotten 100% through that yet!

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Hey, checkout the rest of this series I cover a bit of that stuff 😉

[@sammuelbrittain5234]

Hmm had to install the new input system to get rid of a ton of errors. Must have something to do with the Standard asset download. I'll try just pulling out the anim's.

[@cengizgorencom4251]

Thanks bro ..youre the first to show me how do it the right way.. with those SYNTI CHARACTERS.. can you make a third person shooter tutorial with SYNTI ASSET GANG WARFARE ?

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Thanks 😊 I’ll keep that in mind, cheers for the suggestion!

[@snakeplisken4278]

I would love to see a bow and arrow third person setup, swopping to sword and zooming on aim using cinemachine. Also show how to setup an enemy that can kill the player by throwing a spear at him perhaps and use a club when close? You can use Erika Character from Mixamo for some nice bow anims. I tested them already. Just set them to original pose and humanoid. Thanks.

[@盘子脸]

我要对你说三个字, “我爱你”

[@robosergTV]

thank you for this series!

[@jerryzhang7124]

This is amazing. If you could just kinda of go in more details on animator modes. That would be great

[@durgam_sumerian7815]

Thank God I got lags animation the same as yours :D, otherwise, I probably lost following the tutorial.

[@ishmhorastudios3300]

I have been protoyping with the Synty Assets. These videos are awesome! I am not an animator and I am having a lot of issues trying to figure out how to make some simple animations to interact with props using the synty prefabs. It would be amazing if you could do some videos for extending the animations and customizing them in those asset packs.

[@ishmhorastudios3300]

To get specific I have been working with the simple synty series for prototyping.

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Hey, thanks! I have a couple of videos showing how to hold a weapon, and animate it. There is also this video which shows how to pickup a coffee cup from a table: drive.google.com/file/d/1ZEBzcFU8N1pl3LOQGZqLciXbXrQXzm3S/view I'll get some more videos up on this topic as soon as I can :)

[@ishmhorastudios3300]

@@TheKiwiCoder That would be fantastic! Thank you for the video pointer. I have been searching and searching but there are special little hurdles using a purchased asset. These are some of the first videos with Synty assets that I have seen which surprises me a lot. I just can't for the life of me figure how to use the Unity Animations with the synty prefabs. I'm certain its just some super simple checkbox I'm not clicking in the right order lol.

[@ishmhorastudios3300]

@@TheKiwiCoder Dude this video is awesome. Is this part of some course?

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Ishmhora Studios Here’s the original link: github.com/ciro-unity/AnimationRigging-AdvancedSetups/blob/master/README.md

[@snakeplisken4278]

I noticed Cinemachine 2.6.3 comes with a sample 3rdPersonWithAimMode already.

[@GreymoonTV]

great videos! im learning quite a lot

[@jbtuts0520]

This is helpful for me because im just starting in game dev so thank you so much for this.. XD

[@ohalohuntero]

Awesome tutorial dude, I'm going to work through the series. Only criticism I would have is that I don't know how useful it's going to be to make this project without delving into the c# code for the controller and stuff. It would be cool to learn how to set up a proper character with state machines and stuff eventually. Super good though keep it up and thanks

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Stay tuned 🙂

[@AdityaSinghAsia]

Hi KiwiCoder, can you please tell how can we convert this controller for android ?

[@timestrafer]

Great tutorial!

[@tejasbele1456]

You are AWESOME mannnnnn

[@CarpathianWasteGroup]

Can you cover in this series a cover system and climbing/using environment maybe? I would love those 😄

[@suryanshjadhav9226]

Hey, if i make this, is there any way to convert this into a first person rig instead of third person?

[@abdoulraoufgambo]

hello ! i very like your videos so cool so interesting i learn a lot of new thing !!!

[@53_harshkamble36]

is the project a built in render pipeline or an urp ,hdrp

[@ThePixelitomedia]

Cool thank you!

[@ErrorXTech]

Nice Tutorial

[@Basseloob]

thank you SIR

[@sammuelbrittain5234]

Were you using new input system at the time of this video?

[@TheKiwiCoder]

No It’s the old one. I haven’t needed the new one for anything yet

[@priyanshusahu8024]

Can you make video on character controller + cinemachine

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Check this one out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqqXgot7hdOenbs

[@tiagomartins5487]

where do i get this folder of examples from cinemachine?

[@TheKiwiCoder]

You can import the cinemachine examples from package manager :)

[@tiagomartins5487]

@@TheKiwiCoder thanks!

[@robosergTV]

Hmm, why not using Mixamo for a free library of cool realistic character models?

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Yes mixamo is awesome. I didn’t know it existed when this video was made.

[@PotetoBlocks]

hello I need help every time I change the animations in the blend tree, the character doesn't move to its place.

[@dripyman6146]

Becouse you probably forgot to press play if you still have that idsue even tho it was 2 months ago

[@kamach5242]

Hey! It's freaking good stuff! But do you know maybe how to fix: when I move my mouse quickly, camera don't go as this same speed as my mouse sensitivity, but when I move my mouse slowly it's good. Thanks in advance.

[@Mozzumz]

same problem here!

[@TheKiwiCoder]

There is a max speed property on cinemachine, try increasing that.

[@kamach5242]

Ok, little fixed. In cinemachine brain on your camera, change "Update method" to "fixed update". It's not perfect but better than earlier.

[@aciem]

Is possible to use a character controller instead of rigidbody with this cinemachine setup?

[@workshopoleg5661]

Awesome

[@ghassanbushar278]

Thank you bro. Keep going. Good luck ❤️ and sub

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Thank you!

[@satria_137p]

thank you

[@madhusudhanan2674]

Hi nice video dude... Step 1: Unpack both the 3rd Person and SM_Character Step 2: Delete the Body and Skeleton on 3rd Person Step 3: Just copy Root and Character_Female_Face_01 from SM_Character Step 4: Simply paste it under the 3rd Person Gameobject and reset the tranforms of -> (Root and Character_Female_Face_01) Step 5: Change the animator avatar to CharactersAvatar. These steps will help u for fast progress ;->

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Thanks for this!

[@sajjadkhan2858]

Can you make landing and parachute system from aeroplane in unity like PUBG I request you to make tutorials olz

[@nouvelair2022]

Thanks a lot ..

[@djsaurabhsfp304]

this is a URP project Or Core project ????

[@gabrieldeoliveirabelarmino7461]

I love the vídeo i just need a help to make the camera more soft

[@reubencf]

is it possible to make first person using cinemachine ??

[@hankthetank162534]

I could be missing something really simple, but when I test my game, the animation tree works but my player runs in place. Do you have any idea of what could be causing that?

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Enable the root motion option on the animator component

[@hankthetank162534]

@@TheKiwiCoder Thanks for the quick response! I'm pretty sure, since I created my character in blender and used free Mixamo animations, there is no root bone, so I am going to have to go back and fix that.

[@bonse2000]

where did u find the controller?

[@chromiqa]

how did you even install the cinemachine? it is not visible in my assets folder

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Oh I think it’s built into Unity now? It’s been a while..

[@FusionnZGamer]

@@TheKiwiCoderWhere did you go?

[@ajithraj1206]

Thanks You!

[@seremix774]

where I can get the cinemachine character controllers?

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Install it from package manager, and import into the samples into your project. There’s a bunch of scenes to checkout

[@MystMagie]

@@TheKiwiCoder Nop, there s no scene, nor 3rd person controller script when you download from the package manager, at least 2.6.3 doesnt have, i checked every single file

[@ashwinj9879]

@@TheKiwiCoder even i don't see cinematics example scenes in any version 🤔 , Edit: i missed export example scene in package manger

[@saddygamer1584]

Do you know why the character model have light passing through it in the shadow? Cause this thing is happening with me everytime

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Yeah you need to change the shadow bias/normal settings. I was surprised too that the default unity settings look so bad.

[@ck77vn42]

Can you add enemy AI that the main character can shoot at and they can die. And also the enemies can attack back

[@TheKiwiCoder]

It’s coming soon!

[@ck77vn42]

@@TheKiwiCoder Thank you very much

[@ck77vn42]

cool

[@ninjacodertech]

comment 100 lol

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Nailed it!

[@ninjacodertech]

@@TheKiwiCoder wait nailed what

[@TheKiwiCoder]

@@ninjacodertech comment 100

[@ninjacodertech]

@@TheKiwiCoder yay

[@ninjacodertech]

@@TheKiwiCoder also i just joined your discord and subbed

[@muhammadahmadyousaf2824]

you are showing how to copy paste stuff.. shame

[@TheKiwiCoder]

I thought that’s how everyone coded? 😅

[@VJoK3R]

Thank you for the series!