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Game Development How to Make a Video Game Player Input and Cameras Move the Player with Animation

Angus Eliott
Angus Eliott
3,793 Points
Posted by Angus Eliott
Angus Eliott
3,793 Points

float: Get or Set?

I was told to type out the following code:

    void FixedUpdate() {
        if(movement != Vector3.zero) {
            playerAnimator.SetFloat("speed, 3f");
        }
        else {
            playerAnimator.SetFloat("speed, 0f");

        }

Microsoft Visual Studio said that playerAnimator.SetFloat did not exist. and when I rendered the game in Unity, it told me that it could not be rendered because of a scripting error. Microsoft Visual Studio suggested I use playerAnimator.GetFloat instead. but when I rendered it in Unity again, the frog just didn't move.

2 Answers

J.D. Sandifer
J.D. Sandifer
18,813 Points
J.D. Sandifer
J.D. Sandifer
18,813 Points

Ted's on the right track here - there are a couple subtle errors. I believe you want those lines do read more like this:

playerAnimator.SetFloat("Speed", 3f);

Notice the capital 'S' in speed and the second quotation mark goes before the comma. You want two arguments - a String ("Speed") and a Float (3f) - not one String ("Speed, 3f").

Just make the same type of correction to both those lines and you should be good.

Ted Dunn
Ted Dunn
43,783 Points
Ted Dunn
Ted Dunn
43,783 Points

I'm not actually taking this course, but when I looked at the video the first argument in both SetFloat methods is "Speed" with a capital S, rather than the lower case s you have in your script. Perhaps that is causing the problem.