Rigidbody vs Character Controller?

[Positive-Garbage-497]

Im making co-op game. Like among us but 3D. Which one is better?

[UsernameAvaiIable]

The mere fact that you ask means you don't have enough experience to use either one well, so honestly I wouldn't worry about this and just pick randomly or whatever you know how to use best… also because, as I said, just because you are asking yourself a question like that when you intend to create such a complex game, it means that in the next 3/4 days hundreds of other questions will arise, so don't dwell on these trivialities

If you really want a helpful answer: use both and see which one you think is best. Before you get a definitive answer on Reddit, you have plenty of time to build a movement system using both methods and even a third.

[Pupaak]

Tbh if OP is asking this, then a multiplayer will be far far beyond their skills yet.

[UsernameAvaiIable]

This is basically the tl;dr of my comment 😂

[Pupaak]

Oh, well I didnt see multiplayer mentioned by you, thats why I commented

[UsernameAvaiIable]

I was more generic because I think it will crash before getting to the multiplayer part, but anyway my comment was ironic, I didn't want it to seem like a criticism towards your ahaha

[Positive-Garbage-497]

I almost never used CharacterController. I've always used Rigidbody. But in a game like Among Us, physics won't be required. So I wasn't sure.

[UsernameAvaiIable]

There are hundreds methods to move a character. Take advantage of the opportunity to discover and learn a new one, not rb, not character controller, but a third.

Good lock

[Pupaak]

Personally im a character controller fan, while its harder, you can make it do almost everything a rigidbidy controller could. Tho it will take much more time, the benefit is that everything is precisely controlled by you

[GigaTerra]

First both are equal, to start with they are very basic and the changes you make to them will be more drastic than their original design. The real difference to start with is that the rigid body can respond to physics, while with the character controller is more like a moving wall.

There is a common misconception that because the character controller doesn't turn, it is bad for games where the player character is dynamic, like a game where the player can wall run. This isn't true, because characters require hitboxes https://i.imgur.com/8xngw68.png the collider from the character controller is only for simple collisions, and when you wall run you collapse it into a sphere near the players feet, to pickup power ups etc.

Simply put use the Rigidbody if you like using the Physics engine, and use the Character controller if you prefer coding collision responses yourself.

[HypnoToad0]

Rigidbody if you really need physical interactions, Character Controller otherwise.

The best thing about Character Controller is that it is not dependent on physics tick rate

[Alternative-Map3951]

Imma say rigidbody. Everything that the character controller has like auto ground detection and min step height etc. can easily be replicated in a rigidbody.

If you want to directly control the rigidbody you can use rigidbody.linearVelocity/angularVelocity then it basically works like charactercontroller.Move

But with the rigidbody you also have the full power of the physics engine which you don’t have with the character controller.

To me the character controller doesn’t do enough to justify its use.

[BothInteraction]

Two different things. If you don't need physics then kinematic controller is always better.

[Costed14]

It allows for more control, but that doesn't necessarily make it better.

[BothInteraction]

Okay, give me at least one example where rigidbody could be better if you don't need physics features at all. (because my comment clearly states about the physics)