Simple Movement -- Blender 3D Game Engine





Tutorial Index

Steps 1-3
Steps 4-6
Steps 7-9
Steps 10-11
Steps 12-14 
Steps 15-17 

starting blend 
finished blend 2.49

finished blend 2.6





1
Player Object Type -- Dynamic

Note:
Movement.py uses the player's positive Y-axis for forward.  Negative Y-axis for back.  Positive X-axis for right.  Negative X-axis for left.  Positive Z-axis for up.  Negative Z-axis for down.

Select Player (Cube)
Buttons Window menu >> Logic (F4)
Object Type:  Dynamic


2
Add a Keyboard sensor for forward movement

Note:
The Keyboard Sensor must be named forward.  Can't be named Fred or Forward or anything else.  The python code looks for a keyboard sensor attached to the controller named forward.

Note:
For this tutorial, I'm using the W Key for forward movement

Buttons Window menu >> Logic (F4)
Sensors Add
Keyboard Sensor
Name: forward
Key: W key

 

3
Add a Keyboard sensor for backwards movement

Note:
The Keyboard Sensor must be named back.  Can't be named Fred or Back or anything else.  The python code looks for a keyboard sensor attached to the controller named back.

Note:
For this tutorial, I'm using the S Key for backward movment

Buttons Window menu >> Logic (F4)
Sensors Add
Keyboard Sensor
Name: back
Key: S key



  




 
The Blender 3D and game engine tutorials were created as a series of step by step instructions and help you create computer games. Use the tutorials to make casual video games, First Person Shooter games, role playing games, racing simulation games and more. Use the tutorials as a self paced learning tool to model and program your own three-dimensional world and then play on your computer.