I am trying to create a first person zero-g environment. Using the FPS template I have it setup so that WASD is the normal movement, and Q and E move you up and down.
Mode is set to ‘flying’
This is working fine but the problem I have is that once my character moves up, I need it to be able to move in the direction it’s looking by pressing W - at the moment If I move up, and look towards the ground, pressing W does not move me towards the ground, it moves me forward as if still on the floor. (I hope this makes sense).
Is there some way of telling the W key to move in the direction that the mouse is pointing?
So I’ve been doing some reading today and I’ve read that Gravity is locked to the Z axis, which may cause a problem when trying to implement this kind of game (I don’t fully understand this, could anyone explain it?)
Am I going to have to disable gravity completely and then write my own gravity in c++? (not that I’d know how)
I’m unsure how to achieve this, but wonder if you could create a vector based on the look direction of the character relative to world space to determine your movement and use that to control the direction ?
I’ve worked out how to do it and yes forward vector the multiplied up depending on how you wish to do it (I am using a 360 pad at the moment as dual sticks are good for pitch/yaw/roll and with triggers it’s quite easy to control). I am working in Acelleration, deceleration and lateral and vertical thrusters now, so you can press a button to move side to side and up/down without having to face that way. Once I have it worked out I will post it up for people to use freely.
