How to move cube in 3d Sceen.

quickmind2020

Ok So i know that this is going to be a really noobish question but How would I go about moving a cube by pressing the w key... I know how to map out the w key and call it by Input.is_activated("what_ever_i_called_it"). But how do i change the position...

danjo

This helped me a lot:http://codetuto.com/2016/01/godot-engine-movement-and-rotation-basics/

quickmind2020

Thank for the response. I understand about Vectors and stuff but just the lay out of the code is still confusing me. How do i tell the script what node I'm moving and just to make sure... the way to tell if the w key is pressed is like this right?[code]if Input.is_activated("move_forward"):    #move cube here.[/code]

danjo

[quote]How do i tell the script what node I'm moving[/quote]If the script is attached to the node you want to move, you can just c&p the examples from codetuto.If you want to move a different node, you first have to get that node and call the methods of that node, like this[code]func _process(delta):    var node_to_move = get_node("path/not/node")    var t = node_to_move.get_transform()    t.origin += Vector3(delta,0,0)    node_to_move.set_transform(t)[/code][quote]The way to tell if the w key is pressed is like this right?[/quote]I never heard of this method and it's not mentioned in the docs, did you mean [url=http://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/classes/class_input.html#class-input-is-action-pressed]Input.is_action_pressed()[/url]?That would be one way to check if the action "move_forward" is pressed, if this action is bound to the "w" key, that would mean that the "w" is pressed.Edit: Deleted stuff that made no sense.. Should get some sleep

quickmind2020

Lol well then that would be my first mistake... Input.is_action_pressed() not .is_activated() Look at the code again and now it makes sense...(I was tired XD )

danjo

It's fine to do it that way for movement (walking, running, flying) but it doesn't work well for jumping. You'll see if you try it out.[code]func process(delta):    if Input.is_action_pressed("move_forward"):        get_transform()        t.origin += Vector3(delta,0,0)        set_transform(t)[/code]You should also take a look at the [url=http://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/index.html]tutorials[/url] and [url=https://github.com/godotengine/godot-demo-projects]demos[/url] most of the tutorials are for 2D games but it's not that hard to apply that knowledge to 3D.Edit:Depending on the type of Node you are moveing you have different methods to move the node, e.g. for KinematicBody you could use .move() Edit2:A "real world" example of a 3rd person controller with fixed camera (i.e. for isometric 3d game)[code]extends KinematicBodyconst ACCEL= 2const DEACCEL= 4const MAX_SPEED = 10var vel = Vector3()onready var cam = get_node("cam")func ready(): set_fixed_process(true)func _fixed_process(delta): var dir = Vector3() # Where does the player intend to walk to var cam_xform = cam.get_global_transform() if Input.is_key_pressed(KEY_W): dir += -cam_xform.basis[2] if Input.is_key_pressed(KEY_S): dir += cam_xform.basis[2] if Input.is_key_pressed(KEY_A): dir += -cam_xform.basis[0] if Input.is_key_pressed(KEY_D): dir += cam_xform.basis[0] dir.y = 0 dir = dir.normalized() var hvel = vel hvel.y = 0 var target = dirMAX_SPEED var accel if (dir.dot(hvel) > 0): accel = ACCEL else: accel = DEACCEL hvel = hvel.linear_interpolate(target, acceldelta) vel.x = hvel.x vel.z = hvel.z move(vel*delta)[/code]

quickmind2020

That was what I was going to do... I know that transform is pretty much just "teleporting" a node in a 3d space... Im just starting out and getting to know the basics of this engine so I can try to use it... (try was a key word... I dont have much time to learn new software like i used to)