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Adding Jump Functionality to Your Unity Character Controller

Today, we will enhance our Unity character controller by implementing a simple jump functionality. By following these steps, you can easily integrate jumping capabilities into your game.

Setting Up Jump Action in Unity

  1. Open Unity and navigate to the Input Actions set up in the initial episode.
  2. Create a new action named "Jump" by clicking on the plus sign next to Actions.
  3. Set the type of the jump action to "button" and bind it to the space bar.
  4. Save the asset and proceed to the PlayerController script.

Implementing Jump Method

  1. Create a method for jumping in the PlayerController script.
  2. Even though we are checking for the space bar press, we consider all three properties: Started, Performed, and Canceled.
  3. To execute the jump method only when the key is pressed, use the following code snippet: 
    if (!context.started) return;
  4. Define a serialized float variable named "jumpPower" to control the jump force.

Ensuring Grounded State

  1. Check if the character controller is grounded to prevent infinite jumping.
  2. Move the grounding check to a separate method like "IsGrounded()" for better code organization. 
    private bool IsGrounded() => _characterController.isGrounded;
  3. Update the ApplyGravity method and Jump method to utilize the IsGrounded() method efficiently.

Enabling Character Jump

  1. In the Jump method, validate if the character is grounded before initiating the jump action. 
    if (!IsGrounded()) return;
  2. Increase the character's velocity by the jump power to execute the jump: 
    velocity += jumpPower;

Testing the Jump in Unity

  1. In Unity, select the PlayerInput object in the Hierarchy.
  2. Navigate to Events, Gameplay, and assign the Jump function to the PlayerController script attached to your Character object.
  3. Set the initial jump power value (e.g., 4) and adjust Gravity Multiplier as needed.
  4. Play the game to ensure the successful implementation of the jump functionality.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully added jump functionality to your Unity character controller. Play around with the jump power and gravity settings to optimize your game experience. Stay tuned for the next video, where we might explore double jumping!

If you encounter any issues or have specific requests, feel free to reach out. The updated code for this project can be found on GitHub. Thank you for following along, and see you in the next episode!

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Keywords: Unity character controller, jump functionality, Unity game development, PlayerController script, game mechanics, Unity tutorial, double jumping

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