How to do 3rd Person Swimming / Diving (3D)

Hi Thank you for response. Yes I have done FPS and few other player control (CodeWithTom, Garbaj, GDQuest..)

But I'm not at the level to make game right now. I asked because there is nothing to guide me through coding to do a character swim or fly, which I think is kinda fundamental for player controls

I've seen a lot of answers such as "it's easy just make it like flying" or "try make a press that push swim forward" or "let's do 2d but 3d is the same" That doesn't help me at all. (If you were to look at my past threads you'd understand what it takes to help me lol)

Also some demos are too advanced to be usable for specific thing (There is one Mario64 demo made from here long ago) when all I want to learn is how to add swim to this basic character

This question is vague now but I know I'll be asking stuffs I listed so I thought is better to put all in one thread so ppl get the overall picture, I don't know. (unless it is preferable start new thread on each point then that's fine too)

Thank you for your guidance, at least I know which way should be heading.

Maybe I should make this my little project like jbskks(?) suggest and ask bits of code problem later instead. Maybe move this thread to Project section? then I will update as I figure them out

As for 5) Underwater effect, I found same answer with simple instructions overhere. It is quite "hidden" when you're not on twitter or a game developer I guess :#

Gotta keep grinding :s

1) Switch to swim control mode

I've found the code similar to what's twigleg suggest. I tried to apply it to my player but there is a problem: I could not made my player switch to swim state.

var state = SWIM
var onwater = false
enum {
	MOVE,
	SWIM
}
	
func _physics_process(delta):
	match state:
		MOVE:
			move_state(delta)
		SWIM:
			swim_state(delta)
	
func move_state(delta):
	if onwater == true:
		state = SWIM
		print("onwater")
	else:
		var direction = Vector3.ZERO

		if Input.is_action_pressed("left"):
			direction.x += 1
		if Input.is_action_pressed("right"):
			direction.x -= 1
		
		velocity.x = direction.x * speed
		if direction != Vector3.ZERO:
			direction = direction.normalized()
			$Pivot.look_at(translation + direction, Vector3.UP)
		if onwater == true:
			state = SWIM
			print("onwater")
		velocity = move_and_slide(velocity, Vector3.UP)
		

func swim_state(delta):
	if onwater == false:
		state = MOVE
	else:
		var direction = Vector3.ZERO
		if Input.is_action_pressed("left"):
			direction.x += 1
		print("onwater")


func _on_Area_body_entered(body):
	var onwater = true
	print("truewater")

func _on_Area_body_exited(body):
	var onwater = false
	print("falsewater")

On_body Signals are working But there is no "onwater" from either move or swim_state . Does anyone know what's wrong with my code?

oh no..look at where I got this code from link

I know I don't have coding in me but this is just beyond that :s

Thank you

Hi , I'm now at Floating on water

I got the player to float up and down but I face problems with the code

var time = 0
var state = MOVE
var onwater = false
enum {
	MOVE,
	SWIM
}
	
func _physics_process(delta):
	match state:
		MOVE:
			move_state(delta)
		SWIM:
			swim_state(delta)
	
func move_state(delta):
	if onwater == true:
		state = SWIM
	else:
		var direction = Vector3.ZERO

		#Movement Codes Here		
	
		velocity.x = direction.x * speed
		velocity.y -= fall_acceleration * delta
		
		if onwater == true:
			state = SWIM
		velocity = move_and_slide(velocity, Vector3.UP)
		
func swim_state(delta):
	if onwater == false:
		state = MOVE
	else:
		var freq = 1
		var amplitude = 1
		var direction = Vector3.ZERO
		time += delta

		#Movement Codes Here
		
		velocity.x = direction.x * speed
		#Floating code
		velocity.y = sin(time*freq*amplitude)
		
		if onwater == false:
			state = MOVE
		velocity = move_and_slide(velocity, Vector3.UP)

func _on_Area_body_entered(body):
	onwater = true
func _on_Area_body_exited(body):
	onwater = false

? The player is "onwater" at start even though I initiate state to MOVE and onwater to FALSE (Player has not enter the water body)

? Is it possible to make this bobbling code to slowly go upwards as well

velocity.y = sin(time*freq*amplitude)

? The player is "onwater" at start even though I initiate state to MOVE and onwater to FALSE (Player has not enter the water body)

After 3-4 days of trying everything on the code I found out it's the FLOOR collision that was inside the water cube body collision all this time, which triggered my player SWIM state at the start. (Moving the water body up off the floor fixes it) :/

? Is it possible to make this bobbling code to slowly go upwards as well

Probably just gonna make player floating up (velocity.y = gravity * delta) and try to make it bobbling only at the surface somehow

Will move on to 3) with character swimming. Hopefully don't get stuck on something silly again