Using the Character Controller Body's Tag Property

[Alic]

Specifically, the CollisionInformation.Tag property. Is there any way to use the CharacterController but still be able to use the body's tag property for tying together game logic? I was just trying to substitute in the CharacterController for the old SimpleCharacterController I've been using, and it seemed like it was going to work until I ran into this issue (my problem is that I'm already using the CollisionInformation.Tag property in event handlers all over the place).

Thanks for reading Norbo,

Alex.

[Spankenstein]

The .Tag property can be any class you desire.

This means that you can have the original properties in there plus the new properties you wish to have.

By creating a class that contains both original and new properties your problem should be solved.

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class MyNewClass
{
       // Original CharacterController.Tag parameters
       public float OldCharacterControllerTagProperty;

       // Your new parameters
       public float MyNewInformation;
}

// Create an instance for the .Tag
MyNewClass m = new MyNewClass

// Assign original CharacterController parameters and new parameters
m.MyNewInformation = 1f;

// Assign the class to the .Tag
CollisionInformation.Tag = m;

[Norbo]

In addition to the general solution above, the CharacterController systems expect a Tag that implements ICharacterTag. If you implement ICharacterTag on your tag object, the character can use it without modifications to other character systems.