problems with finterp

[Z-J42]

Hello,

I was following this post to help make movement smoother: How to make character rotation smoother? - #13 by NinjaRoot

I tried applying this to the default third person character blueprint so that the character doesn’t “snap” from one direction to another, so to speak. This is how I adapted it

(I duplicated ‘inputMovementAction iA_move’ to use it separately for the forward/backwards movement)

This didn’t seem to change much, and changing the interp speed doesn’t change anything either. What can I do to fix this? If this isn’t the best way to smooth out movement, is there an easier one? Thanks in advance

[dblzeero]

Have you tried these searching “Smooth” in the BP database. It should be under math.

[Z-J42]

I see several nodes, all beginning with “Dynamic weighted moving average ___.” which would be best to use here and how would you apply it to the nodes?

[dblzeero]

You can set it in character control BP, shown below, or you can set it/change it with a bp node.

[Z-J42]

Is the character controller component present in the 3rd Person template? I can’t find it in the BP_thirdPersonCharacter blueprint. Would I have to set up a character control BP manually?

[Everynone]

This is for camera rotation blending when the PC switches targets, it has nothing to do with player rotation.

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Rotation rate is governed by the character movement component:

Admittedly, it may not be smooth enough for some or you may want custom settings. Check this out, see if it helps:

Character Rotates When Jumping

The calculation for A seems to be incorrectly derived from Velocity and will probably equal zero in this case. Do note that jumping is also velocity! This would only work correctly when you’re moving in direction other than exclusive Z - as in jumping sideways / forward. Jumping in place will rotate you North, so to speak. is there a reason you’re making your own rInterp for the capsule? [image] Normally the above would be used, but you may want more / specific control, ofc. Just asking. i…

[dblzeero]

Sorry about that, was going off the BP he was using. Yeah, control rotation and Character rotation are two different things.

[Z-J42]

I managed to set that up successfully, and it does work quite well. However, if you orient your character one way and then move in the opposite direction, the character will immediately teleport to the other direction instead of turning around. Is there a fix we can implement to remedy this?

EDIT: I noticed the interp speed was still set to 0, increasing that fixes this, thanks! However, after that changing the value to something smaller doesn’t do much, and I still see that “snapping” between running forward to running diagonally

[Z-J42]

No problem, thanks for the help anyway.