Unity: Throwable Objects

Able to throw objects that have been picked up

Assets/Movement.cs

@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ using UnityEngine;
 public class Movement : MonoBehaviour
 {
     public float speed = 5.0f;
+    public float turnSpeed; 
     public float sprintSpeed = 10.0f;
     public float jumpForce;
     public float gravity = 9.8f;
+    public PickUpObject throwForce;
 
     private CharacterController controller;
     private Vector3 moveDirection = Vector3.zero;
@@ -21,13 +23,28 @@ public class Movement : MonoBehaviour
     {
         if (controller.isGrounded)
         {
-            moveDirection = new Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"), 0.0f, Input.GetAxis("Vertical"));
+            // Change the direction the player is facing based on the direction they are moving
-            moveDirection = transform.TransformDirection(moveDirection);
+            if (Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") != 0 || Input.GetAxis("Vertical") != 0)
+            {
+                Quaternion ToRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(new Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"), 0, Input.GetAxis("Vertical")));
+                throwForce.throwForce = 7.5f;
+                transform.rotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(transform.rotation, ToRotation, turnSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
+            }
+
+            moveDirection = new Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"), 0, Input.GetAxis("Vertical"));
 
             if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift))
             {
                 moveDirection *= sprintSpeed;
                 jumpForce = 4.0f;
+                if(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") != 0 || Input.GetAxis("Vertical") != 0)
+                {
+                    throwForce.throwForce = 20.0f;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    throwForce.throwForce = 5.0f;
+                }
             }
             else
             {

Assets/PickUpObject.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Unity.VisualScripting;
 using UnityEngine;
 using UnityEngine.UIElements;
 
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ public class PickUpObject : MonoBehaviour
     public bool insideTrigger = false;
     public bool carrying = false;
     public GameObject carriableObject;
+    public float throwForce;
     // Start is called before the first frame update
     void Start()
     {
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ public class PickUpObject : MonoBehaviour
         {
             carrying = false;
             carriableObject.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().isKinematic = false;
+            // Drop the object in the direction the player is moving and add a force to it depending on speed
+            carriableObject.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().AddForce(transform.forward * throwForce, ForceMode.Impulse);
         }
 
         if(carrying)
@@ -38,7 +42,7 @@ public class PickUpObject : MonoBehaviour
 
     void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
     {
-        if(other.gameObject.tag == "PickupObject" && !carrying)
+        if(other.gameObject.tag == "PickupObject")
         {
             carriableObject = other.gameObject;
             // If player presses D while inside the trigger, pick up the object

Assets/Scenes/Character.unity

@@ -478,9 +478,11 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   m_Name: 
   m_EditorClassIdentifier: 
   speed: 5
+  turnSpeed: 720
   sprintSpeed: 10
   jumpForce: 2.5
   gravity: 9.8
+  throwForce: {fileID: 765999536}
 --- !u!114 &765999536
 MonoBehaviour:
   m_ObjectHideFlags: 0
@@ -497,6 +499,7 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   insideTrigger: 0
   carrying: 0
   carriableObject: {fileID: 0}
+  throwForce: 5
 --- !u!1 &876529135
 GameObject:
   m_ObjectHideFlags: 0
@@ -702,7 +705,7 @@ Transform:
   m_PrefabAsset: {fileID: 0}
   m_GameObject: {fileID: 963194225}
   m_LocalRotation: {x: 0.6870241, y: 0, z: 0, w: 0.7266347}
-  m_LocalPosition: {x: 0, y: 31.77, z: -1.56}
+  m_LocalPosition: {x: 0, y: 35.9, z: -1.56}
   m_LocalScale: {x: 1, y: 1, z: 1}
   m_ConstrainProportionsScale: 0
   m_Children: []