How to stop player movement while shooting?

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Hello!

I have made a simple ray character control script, where when I use the left mouse button, the character follows the mouse point and wants to reach the destination.

Here's the simple code:

 public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
 {
     NavMeshAgent agent;
 
     // Start is called before the first frame update
     void Start()
     {
         agent = GetComponent<NavMeshAgent> ();
     }
 
     // Update is called once per frame
     void Update()
     {
         if (Input.GetMouseButton(0))
         {
             RaycastHit hit;
             Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
 
             if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, Mathf.Infinity))
             {
                 agent.SetDestination(hit.point);
             }
         }
     }
 }

Now I want to enhance my character, so that when I use my right mouse button the character no longer want's to reach the previous destination, locks in one place (except rotates to the mouse pointer), while casting a spell/shoot/hit etc.

Right now I can shoot a fireball, but the character continuously rotates to my mouse and if I shoot, the character won't stop, until it reaches the previous destination.

I'm looking for a general answer, what should I check or where should I begin, what kind of scripts do I need.

Thank you!

Ps.: It's an isometric 3d game, if it matters.

Answer 1

Answer by vilemuse · Nov 09, 2020 at 03:41 AM

Did you ever find a solution? I'm having the exact same issue with my shooting as well.

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Answer 2

Answer by Rosinal · Nov 09, 2020 at 12:56 PM

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Answer 3

Having a variable to keep track of your player states might help. When you want it to stop moving, just set agent.isStopped = true;

I've put together a basic skeleton that you could reference in this, just bundle the various things that the player should do into separate methods that would change depending on the player's actions

     enum PlayerState {Moving, Stopped, Shooting}
     PlayerState currentState = PlayerState.Stopped; 
 
     bool isShooting = false; //Variable to prevent spam 
 
     void Update()
     {
         if(Input.GetMouseButton(0))
         {
             Move();
         }
 
 
         //If you hold right click, you aim 
         if(Input.GetMouseButton(1))
         {
             Aim();
         }
 
         //I'm assuming your system is hold down and release, so upon releasing you can do the shooting here 
         if(Input.GetMouseButtonUp(1))
         {
             Shoot();
 
         }
 
         if(currentState == PlayerState.Stopped || currentState == PlayerState.Shooting)
         {
             agent.isStopped = true; 
         }
              
     }
 
     void Shoot(){
         
         //Since this is called in update you should make sure it's called one at a time
         if(isShooting)
         {
             return;
         }
 
         isShooting = true;
         StartCoroutine("ShootCo");
     }
 
     //How I would do it is a coroutine so there is a delay before your character moves again
     IEnumerator ShootCo()
     {
         //Do the shooting 
         currentState = PlayerState.Shooting; 
         yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f);
         currentState = PlayerState.Stopped; //You're back to stopped state and awaiting further action
     }
 
 
 
 
     void Aim(){
         currentState = PlayerState.Stopped; 
         //Do the aiming stuff here
     }
 
     void Move()
     {
         RaycastHit hit;
         Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
         if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, Mathf.Infinity))
         {
 
             agent.isStopped = false; //If the player was stopped before make it continue
             agent.SetDestination(hit.point);
             currentState = PlayerState.Moving; //Mark player as moving  
             
         }
  }

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