private void MoveCharacterBasedOnInput()
{
var moveY = _inputProvider.ProvideMoveInputY();
var moveX = _inputProvider.ProvideMoveInputX();
var forwardsMovement = transform.forward * moveY;
var sidewaysMovement = transform.right * moveX;
var unifiedMovement = (forwardsMovement + sidewaysMovement);
var clampedMovementMagnitude = Mathf.Clamp01(unifiedMovement.magnitude) * GetMovementSpeed();
/*
* If we don't multiply by the clamped movement magnitude, we will lose
* the "smooth"/analog input, and will get janky movement.
*
* We also need to normalize the movement, otherwise our player will move
* faster while going diagonally because of the addition of vectors.
*/
var normalizedMovement = unifiedMovement.normalized * clampedMovementMagnitude;
_characterController.SimpleMove(normalizedMovement);
}
