Setting Up a Third Person Controller Using Visual Scripting in Unity: Part 1

Unity game development has become increasingly accessible with tools like Bolt visual scripting. In this tutorial series, we'll guide you through creating a third-person controller using visual scripting with Bolt in Unity. This first part focuses on setting up the animator and basic movements.

Setting Up the Animator:

To begin, drop the player character into the scene and make the camera its child. Ensure you have animations from mixam.com or the provided project file. Let's start by creating a new animator controller and setting up base connections for walking in different directions.

Download Animations: Animations can be downloaded from mixam.com or the project file link.
Create Animator Controller: Double click to open, right click, create a new blend tree, and add motion fields.
Add Animations: Populate motion fields with animations for walking forward, backward, right, and left.
Test Blend Tree: Ensure animations are correctly mapped by testing movements within the blend tree.

Adding Player Movement with Visual Scripting:

Now, let's enable player movement through visual scripting using Bolt.

Import Bolt Package: Import Bolt from the Asset Store or Package Manager.
Set Up Bolt Flow Macro: Add a Bolt Flow Macro component to enable scripting.
Create Variables: Define scene variables for horizontal and vertical movement.
Scripting Movements: Use Bolt nodes to get input axis values and map them to player movement.
Testing Movement: Test the script by pressing keys like W, S, A, D to move the player character.

Conclusion:

By following this tutorial, you have successfully set up the animator and basic movement controls for your third-person controller in Unity using Bolt visual scripting. In the next part, we will further enhance player movement with animations and rotations.

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Meta description: Learn how to create a third-person controller using visual scripting with Bolt in Unity. This tutorial covers setting up the animator and basic movements for your game.

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