Godot 4: Create A Third Person Shooter Controller

Have you ever wanted to make a third person shooter in Godot?

It can be challenging to know how to get the actions to work smoothly with a control rig. A careful structure must be created to ensure that the animations do not cut of jump between each other.

This Course will show you how to make a third person controller in Godot from scratch. We’ll go from blank canvas, to capsule, to full control rig and finally a weapon controller. I will show you how and explain why I am making the decision I’m making. Because when you’re making such a complicated controller there isn’t one right way to do it. So I will tell you what I’m doing it and why, occasionally talk about alternatives and then we can move on. Nothing is skipped. Aside from collecting animations, I have included every single decision I made along the way.

NEW: Inverse Kinematics Updated for Godot 4.6

We will create:

• A Camera Controller.

  • Using Spring Arms, we will be able to rotate around our character, without clipping into walls.

  • Using Tweens, we will be able to switch which side we view the character from.

  • Using Tweens, we will be able to Zoom the camera to better aim our weapons.

  • We will also make sure all of these actions can happen smoothly.

• A Node Based Finite State Machine.

  • We Will Create a State machine which will ensure our actions are clearly defined and have clear rules about what can be triggered and when.

  • We have a state machine for both Combat and Non combat enabling you to design dynamic play modes depending on your desires.

• A Full Third Person Character Rig and Animations.

  • Using Blender and Mixamo we will create a rig with a complex set of animations.

  • We will discuss importing a rig into Godot.

  • How to use the Animation Tree Player.

  • Create a complex set of transitions and blends to ensure that each is smooth and seamless.

• A Weapon Manager.

  • Create a dynamic weapon manger.

  • using classes and components create a system that will allow a diverse number of different weapons and projectiles.

  • Picking up Ammo and Weapons.

  • Dropping Weapons.

• We Will also cover Inverse Kinematics

  • Updated For Godot 4.6

  • Ensure the player is always looking down camera

  • Adjust the weapon position to better suit the character pose

  • Make sure the left hand is always on the weapon

Thank you for checking out this course and I look forward to seeing work through this project and creating an amazing game.