How to launch the player a certain distance with button press?

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I'm trying to implement a mechanic where the player travels a certain distance in the direction of the first person camera by pressing the right mouse button. Currently, the player will only travel for one frame because I'm using GetButtonDown, so I want to extend the travel distance somehow. I've tried using a timer and a while loop to do that, but the player ends up teleporting, and doesn't travel smoothly like I want it to.

 private CharacterController _controller;
 public Transform camera;
 public float bounceSpeed = 5f;
 public bool bounceActive;

 void Start()
 {
     _controller = GetComponent<CharacterController>();
     bounceActive = false;
 }

 void Update()
 {
     Bounce();
 }

 private void Bounce()
 {
     Vector3 direction = new Vector3(camera.forward.x, camera.forward.y, camera.forward.z);

     if (Input.GetButtonDown("Fire2"))
     {
         _controller.Move(direction * bounceSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
         bounceActive = true;
     }
     else
     {
         bounceActive = false;
     }
 }

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Answer by Tejesh4678 · Aug 07, 2021 at 03:45 AM

If u want the player to move if right mouse button is held down then this link might be useful Do something while key is pressed and held down..

If u want the player to move a certain distance once u right-clicked, then remove the if statement in Bounce() and use boolean operator to execute Bounce() method. In update If the player right-clicked then set this boolean to true. If the boolean is true then execute the Bounce() method. Heres an example:

    bool moveCharacter=false;
     
    void Update()
     {
         if(Input.GetButtonDown("keycode"){
              moveCharacter=true;
         }   
         if(moveCharacter)
         { 
           Bounce() 
         }      
     }
 
 void Bounce() 
 {
     // your code
 
    if(player reached the distance you wanted then) 
     { 
        moveCharacter=false;
     }
 }

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