Made character direction change more smooth and less binary

Free rotating camera

Assets/Scenes/Test Scene.unity

@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ Transform:
   m_PrefabAsset: {fileID: 0}
   m_GameObject: {fileID: 150911451}
   m_LocalRotation: {x: 0, y: 0, z: 0, w: 1}
-  m_LocalPosition: {x: 0, y: 0.5, z: 0.5}
-  m_LocalScale: {x: 0.5, y: 0.5, z: 0.5}
+  m_LocalPosition: {x: 0, y: 0.5, z: 0}
+  m_LocalScale: {x: 0.25, y: 0.5, z: 1.5}
   m_Children: []
   m_Father: {fileID: 741217456}
   m_RootOrder: 0
@@ -538,6 +538,9 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   speed: 20
   jumpSpeed: 20
   gravity: 5
+  rotationSpeed: 20
+  pivot: {fileID: 1402695046}
+  playerModel: {fileID: 150911451}
 --- !u!143 &741217458
 CharacterController:
   m_ObjectHideFlags: 0

Assets/Scripts/CameraController.cs

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class CameraController : MonoBehaviour
         }
 
         pivot.position = player.position;
-        pivot.parent = player.transform;
+        pivot.parent = null;
 
         Cursor.visible = !Cursor.visible;
         Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class CameraController : MonoBehaviour
 
     void LateUpdate(){
         float camX = Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse X") * rotateSpeed;
-        player.Rotate(0, camX, 0);
+        pivot.Rotate(0, camX, 0);
 
         float camY = Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse Y") * rotateSpeed;
         if (invertY){
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ public class CameraController : MonoBehaviour
             pivot.Rotate(-camY, 0, 0);
         }
 
+        if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift))
+        {
+        	player.Rotate(0, camX, 0);
+        	pivot.Rotate(0, 0, 0);
+    	}
+
         if(pivot.rotation.eulerAngles.x > maxViewAngle && pivot.rotation.eulerAngles.x < 180f)
         {
             pivot.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(maxViewAngle, 0, 0);
@@ -47,18 +53,21 @@ public class CameraController : MonoBehaviour
         }
 
         float camZ = Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse ScrollWheel");
-
+        float angleY = pivot.eulerAngles.y;
         float angleX = pivot.eulerAngles.x;
-        float angleY = player.eulerAngles.y;
-        float cameraAngle = transform.eulerAngles.y;
 
-        //if (Mathf.Abs(cameraAngle - angleY) <= 45){ Potential start for camera following similar to banjo/mario64
+        /* Code to force the camera behind the player
+        if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift))
+        {
+        	angleY = player.eulerAngles.y;
+        	angleX = player.eulerAngles.x;
+    	} */
+
+    	float cameraAngle = transform.eulerAngles.y;
 
         Quaternion rotation = Quaternion.Euler(angleX, angleY, 0);
         transform.position = player.position - (rotation * offset);
 
-        //}
-
         if(transform.position.y < player.position.y){
             transform.position = new Vector3(transform.position.x, player.position.y - 0.5f, transform.position.z);
         }

Assets/Scripts/PlayerController.cs

@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
 {
     CharacterController characterController;
 
-    public float speed = 20.0f;
-    public float jumpSpeed = 15.0f;
-    public float gravity = 5.0f;
-    public float rotationSpeed = 150.0f;
+    public float speed;
+    public float jumpSpeed;
+    public float gravity;
+    public float rotationSpeed;
+    public Transform pivot;
+    public GameObject playerModel;
 
     private bool extraJump = true;
     private Vector3 moveDirection;
@@ -28,10 +30,8 @@ public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
     {
 
         float yStore = moveDirection.y;
-        moveDirection = (transform.forward * Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical")) + (transform.right * Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal"));
-
-        //Player rotation
-        transform.Rotate(0, Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * Time.deltaTime * rotationSpeed, 0);
+        //Need to switch to 'raw' when using keyboard
+        moveDirection = (transform.forward * Input.GetAxis("Vertical")) + (transform.right * Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"));
 
         if (extraJump == true)
         {
@@ -73,5 +73,15 @@ public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
 
         // Move the controller
         characterController.Move(moveDirection * Time.deltaTime);
+
+        //Move the player in different directions based on camera look direction
+        //Need to switch to 'raw' when using keyboard
+        if(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") != 0 || Input.GetAxis("Vertical") != 0)
+        {
+            transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0f, pivot.rotation.eulerAngles.y, 0f);
+            Quaternion newRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(new Vector3(moveDirection.x, 0f, moveDirection.z));
+            playerModel.transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(playerModel.transform.rotation, newRotation, rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
+        }
+
     }
 }

ProjectSettings/ProjectVersion.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-m_EditorVersion: 2019.2.8f1
-m_EditorVersionWithRevision: 2019.2.8f1 (ff5b465c8d13)
+m_EditorVersion: 2019.2.11f1
+m_EditorVersionWithRevision: 2019.2.11f1 (5f859a4cfee5)