Help with sphere controls (Complex issue)

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#1

Hi, I was scripting the controls for a sphere character and I’ve ran into an issue. The controls only work as intented when you look one axis relative to HumanoidRootPart.

If you face your camera opposite of the the sphere, the controls are reversed and forwards is now backwards, left is now right, e.t.c…

This is because i update the body mover, BodyVelocity of the HumanoidRootPart using X, Y, Z which is relative to the cube.

My intended behaviour is that the controls are relative to where the camera is facing (Forward will always go towards where you’re looking, no matter where you look.)

My attempts are the following:

  • Modify the CFrame of the HumanoidRootPart relative to the camera (Didn’t work).

  • Modify the Orientation property of the HumanoidRootPart, so that it face the way the camera is facing (Moved a bit then moved back to it’s original orientation).

  • Modify the BallSocketConstraint's properties to see if it helps (Didn’t work).

My last option was to ask on here so any help is appreciated.

Information:

Client Control Script 
-- Services --
local ContextActionService = game:GetService("ContextActionService")
local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local Workspace = game:GetService("Workspace")

-- Variables --
local Character = script.Parent
local Humanoid = Character.Humanoid 
local HumanoidRootPart = Character.HumanoidRootPart
local BodyVelocity = HumanoidRootPart.BodyVelocity
local Camera = Workspace.CurrentCamera

local WalkSpeed = Humanoid.WalkSpeed
local JumpPower = Humanoid.JumpPower
local Force = 50

local ForwardApplied = 0
local BackwardsApplied = 0
local RightApplied = 0
local LeftApplied = 0

local KeyMap = {
	Forwards = {Enum.KeyCode.W};
	Backwards = {Enum.KeyCode.S};
	Right = {Enum.KeyCode.D};
	Left = {Enum.KeyCode.A};
}

-- Functions --
local function ForwardInput(Action, State, Object)
	if Action == "Forwards" then
		if State == Enum.UserInputState.Begin then
			ForwardApplied = -(WalkSpeed * Force)
			BodyVelocity.Velocity += Vector3.new(0, 0, ForwardApplied)
		elseif State == Enum.UserInputState.End then
			BodyVelocity.Velocity -= Vector3.new(0, 0, ForwardApplied)
		end
	end
end

local function BackwardsInput(Action, State, Object)
	if Action == "Backwards" then
		if State == Enum.UserInputState.Begin then
			BackwardsApplied = (WalkSpeed * Force)
			BodyVelocity.Velocity += Vector3.new(0, 0, BackwardsApplied)
		elseif State == Enum.UserInputState.End then
			BodyVelocity.Velocity -= Vector3.new(0, 0, BackwardsApplied)
		end
	end
end

local function RightInput(Action, State, Object)
	if Action == "Right" then
		if State == Enum.UserInputState.Begin then
			RightApplied = (WalkSpeed * Force)
			BodyVelocity.Velocity += Vector3.new(RightApplied, 0, 0)
		elseif State == Enum.UserInputState.End then
			BodyVelocity.Velocity -= Vector3.new(RightApplied, 0, 0)
		end
	end
end

local function LeftInput(Action, State, Object)
	if Action == "Left" then
		if State == Enum.UserInputState.Begin then
			LeftApplied = -(WalkSpeed * Force)
			BodyVelocity.Velocity += Vector3.new(LeftApplied, 0, 0)
		elseif State == Enum.UserInputState.End then
			BodyVelocity.Velocity -= Vector3.new(LeftApplied, 0, 0)
		end
	end
end

-- Events --
RunService.RenderStepped:Connect(function(Delta)
	--TODO: Update HumanoidRootPart so that it faces the same way the camera is.
end)

Humanoid.Changed:Connect(function(Property)
	if Property == "WalkSpeed" then
		WalkSpeed = Humanoid.WalkSpeed
	elseif Property == "JumpPower" then
		JumpPower = Humanoid.JumpPower
	end
end)

-- Binds --
ContextActionService:BindActionAtPriority("Forwards", ForwardInput, false, 2000, unpack(KeyMap.Forwards))
ContextActionService:BindActionAtPriority("Backwards", BackwardsInput, false, 2000, unpack(KeyMap.Backwards))
ContextActionService:BindActionAtPriority("Right", RightInput, false, 2000, unpack(KeyMap.Right))
ContextActionService:BindActionAtPriority("Left", LeftInput, false, 2000, unpack(KeyMap.Left))
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Intended behaviour

Unintended behaviour


(Notice how the controls are inverted when I look behind me)

I know what the issue is, I’m just unsure how to fix it.

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#2

Have you tried to use Camera’s normals to move the sphere relative to the camera’s rotation?

Example with Forward and Left:

local Camera = workspace.CurrentCamera

local function ForwardInput(Action, State, Object)
	if Action == "Forwards" then
		if State == Enum.UserInputState.Begin then
			ForwardApplied = -(WalkSpeed * Force)
			BodyVelocity.Velocity += (Camera.CFrame.LookVector * ForwardApplied)
		elseif State == Enum.UserInputState.End then
			BodyVelocity.Velocity -= (Camera.CFrame.LookVector * ForwardApplied)
		end
	end
end

local function LeftInput(Action, State, Object)
	if Action == "Left" then
		if State == Enum.UserInputState.Begin then
			LeftApplied = -(WalkSpeed * Force)
			BodyVelocity.Velocity += (-Camera.CFrame.RightVector * LeftApplied)
		elseif State == Enum.UserInputState.End then
			BodyVelocity.Velocity -= (-Camera.CFrame.RightVector * LeftApplied)
		end
	end
end
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#3

This doesn’t work unfortunately because the number is applied to a BodyVelocity.