Dynamic Switching from Player to Companion Issue

[magique]

I've written some code to allow the player to press a key and have the current player controlled object become a companion AI and to have a companion AI become the player. I actually have 2 companions to make up a party of 3 characters. However, something isn't quite working and I'm wondering if I could get some advice.


Everything works except once the AI is switched to the player it won't actually move. It acts like something is blocking it from moving. It animates, jumps, rotates, etc. But it just won't go forward. My switching algorithm consists of a script attached to each player/companion object and some auxiliary code to perform the switches. Here is the main script:


public class AIToPlayer : MonoBehaviour

{

   public vMeleeCombatInput meleeCombatInput;

   public vThirdPersonController thirdPersonController;

   public UnityEngine.AI.NavMeshAgent navMeshAgent;

   public v_AICompanion aiCompanion;

   public GameObject aiSphereSensor;



   public void SwitchToPlayer()

   {

       aiCompanion.StopAllCoroutines();

       aiCompanion.enabled = false;

       navMeshAgent.isStopped = true;

       navMeshAgent.enabled = false;

       gameObject.tag = "Player";

       gameObject.layer = LayerMask.NameToLayer("Player");

       thirdPersonController.enabled = true;

       meleeCombatInput.enabled = true;

       aiSphereSensor.SetActive(false);

   } // SwitchToPlayer()



   public void SwitchToAI()

   {

       meleeCombatInput.StopAllCoroutines();

       meleeCombatInput.enabled = false;

       thirdPersonController.StopAllCoroutines();

       thirdPersonController.enabled = false;

       gameObject.tag = "CompanionAI";

       gameObject.layer = LayerMask.NameToLayer("CompanionAI");

       navMeshAgent.enabled = true;

       aiCompanion.enabled = true;

       aiSphereSensor.SetActive(true);

   } // SwitchToAI()

} // class AIToPlayer
And here is the code to call those functions:


   // Cycle to next available player to make them the primary

   public void CyclePlayer()

   {

       ++_currentPlayer;

       if (_currentPlayer >= _playerObjects.Count)

       {

           _currentPlayer = 0;

       } // if



       // Make current player a CompanionAI

       AIToPlayer obj = _playerObj.GetComponent<AIToPlayer>();

       obj.SwitchToAI();



       // Make next player the current one

       obj = _playerObjects[_currentPlayer].GetComponent<AIToPlayer>();

       obj.SwitchToPlayer();



       _playerObj = _playerObjects[_currentPlayer];



       // Switch camera target

       _playerCamera.GetComponent<vThirdPersonCamera>().SetMainTarget(_playerObj.transform);



   } // CyclePlayer()


I am guessing there is some code somewhere that needs to be reinitialized or something like that, but I just haven't been able to find it.

[cursedereaper]

All Playable Characters need a Controller Input and you need to lock the Input for the not active players.

I'm working on something similar and I can tell you, your character switcher needs to include a lot more.



First of all many things that become doubles need to get arround the Instancing system that each type only exists once. E.g. InventoryUi will onlybe loaded from Prefabs for one character.

First of all if all Characters have a Inventory each need to get its own InventoryUi which you need to lock for the non active Players.
(My Script didn't manage to lock the Inventory on start which caused problems).
And for that you need to use an actual Inventory in the scene instead of loading the Inventory from the Prefabs.


For the Camera you need to add a new Function that switches the Camera state depending on what Character you use otherwise you run into trouble if you switch from Character A Crouch into Character B Crouch.


invector.proboards.com/thread/2203/player-companion-switch-controller?page=1&scrollTo=17047

I think I already explained the part what I did to the Camera script somewhere on this post.


I'm sorry I don't have time to read over your code and look into what causing your problem.
But I can Update my code from the palyer-comapanion-switch-controller post without explaining what what does.

You might also need to deactivate the Input of your character switch while being in the Inventory with the OpenCloseInventory Event on the InventoryUI.

I'm currently working towards a deadline so giving your those advices is all I can do. I hope it somehow solves your Problem.

[magique]

Thanks for the help, but I'm no longer using this feature in my game. I may need it for a future game, though, so I'll keep all you said in mind. Thanks again.