Move camera relative to where you're facing

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Most questions want to rotate an object around an axis. But I need to rotate all three axis accordingly around to the rotation of the camera. This is due to the fact I want to mimic most first person shooters: if you press the key to go forward, you go forward relative to where you're facing not the axis. For example, if I turn my camera to the left 90 degrees and I press the forward button (up arrow), the camera moves forward... as if it didn't turn at all.

 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using UnityEngine;
 
 public class CameraController : MonoBehaviour {
 
     public float speed;
     public GameObject projectile;
     public GameObject hit_object;
 
     // Use this for initialization
     void Start () {
         
     }
     
     // Update is called once per frame
     void Update () {
         if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightArrow))
         {
             transform.localPosition += Vector3.right * Time.deltaTime * speed;
         }
         if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftArrow))
         {
             transform.position += Vector3.left * Time.deltaTime * speed;
         }
         if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.DownArrow))
         {
             transform.position += Vector3.back * Time.deltaTime * speed;
         }
         if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.UpArrow))
         {
             transform.position += Vector3.forward * Time.deltaTime * speed;
         }
 
         if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.F))
         {
             GameObject bullet = Instantiate(projectile, transform.position, transform.rotation) as GameObject;
             bullet.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().AddRelativeForce(new Vector3(0, 0, 2000));
         }
 
         if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E))
         {
             var pos_x = transform.position.x + Random.Range(-500F, 500F);
             var pos_z = transform.position.z + Random.Range(-500F, 500F);
             Instantiate(hit_object, new Vector3(pos_x, 400, transform.position.z + pos_z), Quaternion.identity);
         }
 
         transform.Rotate(0f, Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * speed * Time.deltaTime, 0f, Space.World);
         transform.Rotate(-Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * speed * Time.deltaTime, 0f, 0f, Space.Self);
     }
 }

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In the above snippet, the camera is facing in the direction of the red arrow and thus expect it to move forward in that direction. Instead, it moves according the y-axis (blue arrow). How do I fix this problem?

Answer 1

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Answer by PythonMaster18 · Jul 12, 2017 at 08:50 PM

Now, I have solved my solution by using transform.right and transform.forward instead of Vector3. The relevant part of the code now looks likes this:

 if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightArrow))
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             transform.localPosition += transform.right * Time.deltaTime * speed;
         }
         if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftArrow))
         {
             transform.position += -transform.right * Time.deltaTime * speed;
         }
         if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.DownArrow))
         {
             transform.position += -transform.forward * Time.deltaTime * speed;
         }
         if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.UpArrow))
         {
             transform.position += transform.forward * Time.deltaTime * speed;
         }

I have gotten my solution here as the answerer explained the difference of using transform and Vector3.

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Answer 2

Vector3.forward moves your object in z = 0 direction, that's wrong script line. You want to move (direction.position - transform.position) Reference

 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using UnityEngine;
 
 public class CameraController : MonoBehaviour {
 
     public float speed;
     public GameObject projectile;
     public GameObject hit_object;
     private Vector3 moveDirection = Vector3.zero;
     public Vector3 movementMultiplier;
     // Use this for initialization
     void Start () {
 
     }
 
     // Update is called once per frame
     void Update () {
         moveDirection = new Vector3(movementMultiplier.x, movementMultiplier.y, movementMultiplier.z);
         moveDirection = transform.TransformDirection(moveDirection);
         moveDirection *= speed;
         if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightArrow))
         {
             movementMultiplier.x = 1;
             movementMultiplier.z = 0;
             transform.position += moveDirection * Time.deltaTime;
         }
         if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftArrow))
         {
             movementMultiplier.x = -1;
             movementMultiplier.z = 0;
             transform.position += moveDirection * Time.deltaTime;
         }
         if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.DownArrow))
         {
             movementMultiplier.x = 0;
             movementMultiplier.z = -1;
             transform.position += moveDirection * Time.deltaTime;
         }
         if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.UpArrow))
         {
             movementMultiplier.x = 0;
             movementMultiplier.z = 1;
             transform.position += moveDirection * Time.deltaTime;
         }
 
         if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.F))
         {
             GameObject bullet = Instantiate(projectile, transform.position, transform.rotation) as GameObject;
             bullet.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().AddRelativeForce(new Vector3(0, 0, 2000));
         }
 
         if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E))
         {
             var pos_x = transform.position.x + Random.Range(-500F, 500F);
             var pos_z = transform.position.z + Random.Range(-500F, 500F);
             Instantiate(hit_object, new Vector3(pos_x, 400, transform.position.z + pos_z), Quaternion.identity);
         }
     }
 }

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