btKinematicCharacter Diagonal Movement

[Random#9001]

Here is a question I cant seem to find the answer too yet, how do I incorporate diagonal movement into my kinematic character?

My current code sets a target velocity and uses the vector3's interpolation to reach it. However I set it and that means only one command will get through making it only up, back, left or right. Do I just have to make extra commands for diagonals and test for w and a for example? or is there some math I can utilize to make the character move diagonally? Ive had trouble with this in the past, and any help would be appreciated.

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void PlayerObject::addToSpeedForward(float yaw, float speed) {
	if (character->onGround()){
		goalVelocity->setX(-(speed * sin(toRadians(yaw))));
		goalVelocity->setZ((speed * cos(toRadians(yaw))));
	}
}

void PlayerObject::addToSpeedBackWards(float yaw, float speed) {
	if (character->onGround()){
		goalVelocity->setX((speed * sin(toRadians(yaw))));
		goalVelocity->setZ(-(speed * cos(toRadians(yaw))));
	}
}

[drleviathan]

The KinematicCharacter just takes a velocity, which means that if you supply a diagonal velocity then the controller will go that way. The solution lies in changing your own code that captures the "commands".

BTW I notice that your functions are incorrectly named. PlayerObject::addToSpeedForward(yaw, speed) doesn't actually add velocity -- it slams the X and Z components.