ZionTPS – Modular Third Person Controller & Locomotion System

ZionTPS is a modular third-person controller and locomotion system for Unity 6.

It gives you a clean, extendable foundation for building playable third-person characters without creating movement, camera handling, input setup, crouch, rolling, jumping, animation wiring, and editor tooling from scratch.

ZionTPS is designed for developers who want a polished starting point that is easy to configure, test, and build on. Use it as a fast prototype foundation, a vertical-slice controller, or the core locomotion layer of a larger third-person project.

WHY ZIONTPS?

Building a dependable third person controller can take days or weeks of iteration. ZionTPS provides the core systems needed to get a character moving quickly while keeping the setup modular and understandable.

Instead of beginning with an empty scene, you get:

• Third-person locomotion

• Camera-relative movement

• Camera profiles and collision handling

• Unity Input System support

• Animation-driven character setup

• Setup Wizard generation tools

• Diagnostics and validation support

• Optional Foot IK

• A polished demo environment for testing core features

The controller is intentionally focused on locomotion. It is designed to work as a strong base for your own combat, interaction, inventory, quest, AI, or RPG systems.

KEY FEATURES

• Unity 6 third-person controller

• Walk, run, sprint, jump, crouch, and roll

• CharacterController-based movement

• Camera-relative movement and rotation

• Smooth third-person camera rig

• Default, Combat, and Aim camera profiles

• Runtime camera profile switching

• Camera recenter support

• Camera collision handling and smooth recovery

• Sprint FOV support

• Crouch and roll camera behaviour

• Adjustable camera distance, pitch limits, follow response, and input smoothing

• Unity Input System support for keyboard, mouse, and gamepad

• Optional Foot IK for uneven ground, ramps, and stairs

• Animation-driven locomotion, jump, fall, land, crouch, and roll states

• Setup Wizard for player, camera, animator, input, and profile generation

• Model validation and safe generated-player setup

• Diagnostics tools for common player, camera, animator, and input issues

• Modular runtime structure designed for extension

• Demo environment for movement, slope, crouch, roll, jump, and camera testing

• Documentation, setup guidance, and tutorial video support

ZIONTPS 1.2 HIGHLIGHTS

Version 1.2 focuses on camera quality, movement reliability, setup safety, and demo-scene polish.

Camera improvements:

• Distinct Default, Combat, and Aim camera profiles

• Improved camera framing and collision behaviour

• Camera recentering

• Sprint FOV support

• Better camera behaviour while crouching and rolling

• Improved profile defaults generated by the Setup Wizard

• Clearer camera setup guidance for follow targets, pitch limits, and shoulder offsets

Movement and reliability improvements:

• Improved crouch behaviour with physical CharacterController resizing

• Safer low-ceiling handling that prevents standing into overhead geometry

• Cleaner jump take-off and grounded behaviour

• Adjustable air control

• Improved roll handling and roll exit behaviour

• Movement-feel tuning support for acceleration, deceleration, rotation, and air control

• Improved setup and generated-player reliability

SETUP WIZARD

ZionTPS includes a five-step Setup Wizard to reduce manual setup time.

The wizard can:

• Validate a humanoid model prefab or FBX

• Check for common model issues such as colliders, rigidbodies, invalid avatars, root motion, and scale problems

• Generate a player prefab and camera rig prefab

• Create CharacterDefinition and AnimationDefinition assets

• Generate an Animator Controller when required

• Generate Default, Combat, and Aim camera profile assets

• Configure camera, input, animation, and optional modules

• Optionally install Foot IK

• Optionally instantiate the generated setup into the current scene

• Create a clean starting point for testing in Play Mode or a standalone build

For best results, use a visual-only humanoid model with a valid Humanoid Avatar. The generated player root contains the gameplay components, while the model remains separate as the visual character.

CAMERA PROFILES

ZionTPS includes three practical camera modes:

Default

A balanced third-person gameplay camera for general exploration and movement.

Combat

A tighter, more responsive camera intended for combat-oriented gameplay.

Aim

A close over-the-shoulder camera profile for aiming or focused interaction.

Camera profiles are editable ScriptableObject assets, allowing you to tune distance, follow response, orbit speed, pitch limits, field of view, collision behaviour, and shoulder framing for your project.

WHO IS THIS FOR?

ZionTPS is suitable for:

• Solo developers

• Indie teams

• Students and learning projects

• Prototypers

• Game jam projects

• Third person action games

• Adventure games

• Exploration games

• Shooter prototypes

• RPG prototypes

• Vertical slices

• Developers building their own gameplay systems on top of a locomotion foundation

WHAT ZIONTPS IS NOT

ZionTPS is a focused locomotion and controller package. It does not include:

• A full combat framework

• Inventory systems

• Quest systems

• Dialogue systems

• AI systems

• Multiplayer networking

• Complete RPG frameworks

• Ready-made game content

Those systems can be added separately on top of the ZionTPS movement and camera foundation.