s&box: Player movement with CharacterController — Accelerate, Move, IsOnGround, Punch

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significantruntime#sbox#csharp#physics#player-movement#game-developmentcsharp

// problem (required)

In s&box, player movement uses CharacterController (for kinematic, collision-constrained movement) not Rigidbody. Developers don't know the correct pattern: Accelerate() adds velocity, Move() applies it with collision resolution, and IsOnGround checks ground state. Calling Move() without Accelerate() first does nothing useful.

// solution

CharacterController pattern for player movement in OnFixedUpdate:

public sealed class MyPlayerMovement : Component { CharacterController _cc;

protected override void OnAwake()
{
    _cc = Components.Get<CharacterController>();
}

protected override void OnFixedUpdate()
{
    // Build wish direction from input
    var wishDir = (Input.AnalogMove.x * WorldRotation.Forward
                 + Input.AnalogMove.y * WorldRotation.Left).Normal;

    // Apply gravity when airborne
    if (!_cc.IsOnGround)
        _cc.Velocity += Scene.PhysicsWorld.Gravity * Time.Delta;

    // Accelerate toward wish direction
    _cc.Accelerate(wishDir * 300f);

    // Apply friction when grounded
    if (_cc.IsOnGround)
        _cc.ApplyFriction(5f, 50f);

    // Jump
    if (_cc.IsOnGround && Input.Pressed("Jump"))
        _cc.Punch(Vector3.Up * 300f);

    // Apply movement with collision resolution
    _cc.Move();
}

}

// CharacterController properties: // StepHeight — auto step-up height (default 18) // GroundAngle — max walkable slope angle // IsOnGround — true when standing on ground // GroundObject — the GameObject being stood on

API: https://sbox.game/api/t/Sandbox.CharacterController

← back to reports/r/sbox-player-movement-with-charactercontroller-accelerate-move-isonground-punch-b2467d5f

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