Player doesn't move on timed function with AddMovementInput

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Hey guys.

I’m using the standard moving command to make the player walk left and right correctly and without any problem, has shone in the GIF bellow

Has you can see, when I arrive to the Prop, I press the button up (has shown in the widget), but for some reason even though I have the timer to execute continually and send the same 1.0 multiplier to make the character walk towards the Prop, the player only skids there very slowly.

Do you guys have any idea of how to solve this issue?? this code is being executed in my Custom Player Controller
here is the code that makes the player turn towards the prop and walk:

void AUserController::MoveCharacterAutomaticallyToProp(FVector StartMovePoint, FBox MeshCompBox)
{
	AActor* InteractiveActor = PlayerCharacter->GetInteractiveActor();
	if (InteractiveActor != nullptr && !InteractiveActor->IsPendingKill())
	{
		UStaticMeshComponent* PropMesh = Cast<UStaticMeshComponent>(InteractiveActor->GetRootComponent());
		if (PropMesh != nullptr && !PropMesh->IsPendingKill())
		{
			if (OriginalPlayerRotation == FRotator::ZeroRotator)
			{
				OriginalPlayerRotation = PlayerCharacter->GetActorRotation();
			}

			FVector CurrentPlayerLocation = PlayerCharacter->GetActorLocation();
			FVector PropLocation = PropMesh->GetComponentLocation();

			FVector PropDirection = (PropLocation - CurrentPlayerLocation);
			PropDirection = FVector(PropDirection.X, PropDirection.Y, 0.0f);
			PropDirection.Normalize();

			FRotator NewPlayerRotation = FMath::Lerp(PlayerCharacter->GetActorRotation(), PropDirection.Rotation(), 0.075);

			SetControlRotation(NewPlayerRotation);
			PlayerCharacter->AddMovementInput(PlayerCharacter->GetActorForwardVector(), 1.0);
		}
	}    
}

And this is the code that I use to make the player walk normally with the control pad:

void AUserController::MoveRight(float value)
{
	if (PlayerCharacter != nullptr && !PlayerCharacter->IsPendingKill())
	{
		PlayerCharacter->AddMovementInput(PlayerCharacter->GetActorForwardVector(), value);
	}
}

Has you can see it’s all the same, the only thing is that I change the value for the 1.0 multiplier.

2

Hi, yes the code is executing without any problem and here is a screenshot with the X, Y and Z values of the Forward Vector of the player.

3

Is the code getting executed till line 24??
Add a log to line 25 and see if it outputs correct vector

4

dont know where you are going wrong but i got the same thing working as in the image. hope it helps

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5

Thanks, yeah thats basically what I’m doing, just that not on tick but a timer, and the timer is calling the function correctly. But thanks.

6

So I was able to make him move and walk correctly by changing the code to look like this:

     void AUserController::MoveCharacterAutomaticallyToProp(FVector StartMovePoint, FBox MeshCompBox)
     {
         AActor* InteractiveActor = PlayerCharacter->GetInteractiveActor();
         if (InteractiveActor != nullptr && !InteractiveActor->IsPendingKill())
         {
             UStaticMeshComponent* PropMesh = Cast<UStaticMeshComponent>(InteractiveActor->GetRootComponent());
             if (PropMesh != nullptr && !PropMesh->IsPendingKill())
             {
                 if (OriginalPlayerRotation == FRotator::ZeroRotator)
                 {
                     OriginalPlayerRotation = PlayerCharacter->GetActorRotation();
                 }
     
                 FVector CurrentPlayerLocation = PlayerCharacter->GetActorLocation();
                 FVector PropLocation = PropMesh->GetComponentLocation();
     
                 FVector PropDirection = (PropLocation - CurrentPlayerLocation);
                 PropDirection = FVector(PropDirection.X, PropDirection.Y, 0.0f);
                 PropDirection.Normalize();
     
                 FRotator NewPlayerRotation = FMath::Lerp(PlayerCharacter->GetActorRotation(), PropDirection.Rotation(), 0.075);
     
                 SetControlRotation(NewPlayerRotation);
                 UCharacterMovementComponent* PM = PlayerCharacter->GetCharacterMovement();
		     PM->Velocity = PM->MaxWalkSpeed * PlayerForwadVector * 0.25;
             }
         }    
     }

It’s the only way I found that it worked correctly.