Hi All, I'm hoping some kind person may be able to help me or point me in the right direction. I started learning Unity a few weeks back before I got the Rift. I decided to try and do a 'moon based' demo as I thought the change in gravity would be fun and it's a good environment for me to experiment with while I learn.I had it working beautifully before the Rift arrived, able to walk and jump around the lunar landscaper. Since getting the Rift I removed the my old control type (from the 'standard assets' that ship with Unity) and added the Oculus Controller. This works fine apart from I now have no jump function and I've tried a variety of things to get it back with no success. As my lunar environment requires jumping and low gravity, it's proving a bit of a nightmare.I am a newbie, and I'm sure that the answer is pretty simple so if someone could at least point me in the right direction I would be eternally grateful.Thanks in advance.

Here's what worked for me, written in baby steps for beginners (because I'm a beginner and some people here speak like if everybody knew what we were doing but nooo, some of us we have baby level programming skills, so hopefully this helps newbies like me go step by step).- STEP 1On Unity hierarchy (left pane) click on OVRPlayerController- STEP 2On the right pane search OVR Player Controller (Script) and right click > Edit Script- STEP 3On the script go to where it says public virtual void UpdateMovement(){- STEP 4Click the weird parentheses { and your editor should highlight the corresponding closing weird parentheses }. This is so that you know where to write. Anywhere inside the { and the corresponding closing } of the function UpdateMovement() write the below:if (Input.GetKeyDown("x") || OVRInput.GetDown(OVRInput.Button.One)) Jump();This means if you click x on your keyboard (after you click play in Unity) or the button A on the Oculus controller (after build) you jump. If you don't want the A button, find whichever controller button by Googling unity-ovrinput and search where it says 'Example Usage'.- STEP 5Also ensure that JUMP is activated. It should look like this:/// <summary> /// Jump! Must be enabled manually. /// </summary> public bool Jump() { if (!Controller.isGrounded) return false; MoveThrottle += new Vector3(0, transform.lossyScale.y * JumpForce, 0); return true; }If you see /// in other lines, delete (that comments the lines out, which we don't want, except for the first three lines above).This will let you jump but lamely (yes, lamely, I invented that word to mean of a lame nature... then I Googled and it means something different :o but I will use it here for "a lame thing"). So you jump lamely because if you are walking forward and you jump it will just jump up (but not keep going forward, and nobody jumps like that except Boston Dynamics' Alpha Dog and other robots bue we want a HUMAN jump). To fix the lameliness of the jump, comment - meaning add /// - to the "No positional movement in air" in that same script. It should look like this:// No positional movement if we are in the air //if (!Controller.isGrounded) // MoveScale = 0.0f;You could also delete instead of comment out but I prefer commenting because whenever I delete lines or files from my computer I feel that I might need them in the future and I will regret deleting and then it will be a catastrophe but in reality I never do so I have files that I created in 2012 that I had never opened but that's a subject for another day. Short story long, delete or comment it, whatever you prefer.Now you should be able to jump up AND forward/sideways at the same time, like a proper human.- STEP 6Go to your game and jump and then find out another problem and search the internet for an answer. Rinse and repeat endlessly.

This thread is pretty old, is this still the best way to add jumping? I've done what Cyber suggests and the jumping is insanely fast. I adjust the gravity and it slows the descent, but he still shoots upwards like a bullet. Any ideas?

"cybereality" wrote:The Jump function is in there, it's just disabled since it's usually not a comfortable experience.You can enable it by adding this to the end of UpdateMovement() in OVRPlayerController.cs:if (Input.GetKey (KeyCode.F)) Jump ();In the inspector for OVRPlayerController, you can mess with Jump Force and Gravity Modifer.Think it is more comfortable if you also // out the positional movement stop if not grounded (so you keep momentum on running jumps and such). So, in OVRPlayerController:// No positional movement if we are in the air if (!Controller.isGrounded) MoveScale = 0.0f;becomes:// No positional movement if we are in the air //if (!Controller.isGrounded) // MoveScale = 0.0f;Using Space is more natural for a jump too (for me at least), can reassign F (or desired key) to the menu right in the inspector. Add in a a bit more code to avoid continuous "hopping", a few other little changes and it fares decently I think.

To be honest I don't have a lot of experience working with the OVRPlayerController, but I believe it does support jumping (with a configurable jump force applied when you jump). The key point being, when using Oculus' Unity integration, you generally have to decide between using an OVRPlayerController or an OVRCameraController. OVRPlayerController is basically the OVRCameraController PLUS FPS-style control, kinda like the FirstPersonController standard asset from Unity. The player controller isn't always a good fit depending on what you're trying to do but it's good for quick and dirty stuff. Does that help?

In OVRPlayerController.cs in the function UpdateMovement(), you can add the following:if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.F)) Jump();This will let you press the F key to jump. You may also want to edit the properties in Unity to get a better feel to the jump. In the OVRPlayerController script properties there is the Motor->Jump Force. And Physics->Gravity Modifier.Hope that helps.

Help needed to add jump function to OVR Player Controller?

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drash
Heroic Explorer
12 years ago
To be honest I don't have a lot of experience working with the OVRPlayerController, but I believe it does support jumping (with a configurable jump force applied when you jump). The key point being, when using Oculus' Unity integration, you generally have to decide between using an OVRPlayerController or an OVRCameraController. OVRPlayerController is basically the OVRCameraController PLUS FPS-style control, kinda like the FirstPersonController standard asset from Unity. The player controller isn't always a good fit depending on what you're trying to do but it's good for quick and dirty stuff.

Does that help?
cybereality
Grand Champion
12 years ago
In OVRPlayerController.cs in the function UpdateMovement(), you can add the following:

if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.F)) Jump();

This will let you press the F key to jump. You may also want to edit the properties in Unity to get a better feel to the jump. In the OVRPlayerController script properties there is the Motor->Jump Force. And Physics->Gravity Modifier.

Hope that helps.
peteclarkelondon
Honored Guest
12 years ago
Thank-you for the responses guys, that's exactly what I wanted...now at least I know what direction to look in. Much appreciated.
Boff
Explorer
12 years ago
"cybereality" wrote:
In OVRPlayerController.cs in the function UpdateMovement(), you can add the following:

if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.F)) Jump();

This will let you press the F key to jump. You may also want to edit the properties in Unity to get a better feel to the jump. In the OVRPlayerController script properties there is the Motor->Jump Force. And Physics->Gravity Modifier.

Hope that helps.

Hi Cyber, thanks to your advice I've added jumping to the Tuscany demo, but I can't see 'Jump Force' in the Inspector for OVRPlayerController (under the 'OVRPlayer Controller (Script)' section). 'Gravity Modifier' is there, amongst others.

I've checked OVRPlayerController.cs and 'JumpForce' is a Public Float so shouldn't it be exposed in the Inspector?

Cheers
Boff
cybereality
Grand Champion
12 years ago
It's in OVRPlayerController under motor (you need to click the down arrow).
Boff
Explorer
12 years ago
I've tried removing and re-adding OVRPlayerController.cs to the OVRPlayerController GameObject, and also removing the OVRPlayerController GameObject and adding it back in to the Tuscany demo, but it makes no difference.

I've attached a screenshot for convenience:

See what I mean?

Cheers
Boff
cybereality
Grand Champion
12 years ago
Well I was looking at an old build. With the most recent SDK I am seeing the same as you are seeing. This is strange to me since, "JumpForce" is public. I even tried adding new public variables and they don't show up either. Give me a second to get to the bottom of this.
Boff
Explorer
12 years ago
OK, and thanks for having a look at this.
petergiokaris
Protege
12 years ago
All,

There is a special editor script called OVRPlayerControllerEditor.cs in the Editor folder for custom Inspector layouts. You must edit this as well in order to view public variables. Please have a look at this file to see how to add Jump into PlayerController.
Boff
Explorer
12 years ago
Yes the variable is appearing in the editor now. Thanks to the both of you!

Just out of interest, was it not showing BECAUSE of the custom Inspector layout? E.g. if I deleted that editor script and forced a default Inspector layout would all the public variables show (albeit without the sliders)?

Edit: Thought it would be quicker to try it and see. And the answer is 'Yes'.

Thanks again,
Boff