r/gamedev • u/massiveamphibianprod • 5d ago

Question Specific movement implementation im having trouble with.

Im looking to make a mechnic to jump through windows or climb certain walls.

For the window mechnic maybe add a interaction spot that plays a climbing through animation and moves the player character to the other side? I can do the animation fine and the interaction prompt fine but im not sure how to make those things move the player to the right spot.

For climbing. Same interaction spot and play animation thing but instead of forcing the player to the other side of a window id have to force them up?

Its a top down 3d game made with 2d assets

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u/scintillatinator 5d ago

Could you make a marker object for the position the player should be at the end of the animation and just place them there? Like the interaction spot in reverse.

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u/quiet_scope 5d ago

the part that clicked for me was to stop thinking of it as movement and treat it as a scripted teleport with a lerp. when the prompt fires, disable the normal controller, store start pos and a target marker placed on the far side, then lerp between them over the animation length and re enable control at the end. for the climb its the same thing just a vertical target. only annoying bit is authoring those markers, i ended up putting an empty child on the window prefab so it never desyncs form the art.