Ultimate Character Controller

The Ultimate Character Controller is a professional, kinematic character system refined through more than a decade of real-world use.

Designed to serve as a stable foundation for first and third person games, it handles the hard problems of character control - movement, animation, interaction, perspective switching, and extensibility - so you can focus on building gameplay.

Whether you’re developing a shooter, melee brawler, RPG, or open-world adventure, the Ultimate Character Controller provides the flexibility and polish required for long-term projects.

📦This package includes UFPS and the Third Person Controller.

🎮 Demo | 📚 Documentation | 🎥 Videos | 💬 Discussions | 🌐 Discord

✨Highlights

• Seamlessly switch between first and third person perspectives
• Modular item system for weapons, tools, and abilities
• Full body awareness with advanced IK
• Procedural spring-based animation for fluid motion
• Character & Item Builder for rapid setup
• Supports Unity 2022.3 through Unity 6
• Compatible with Built-in RP, URP, and HDRP

🧠Why the Ultimate Character Controller?

Built for Reliability

• Kinematic controller designed for precise movement
• Stable behavior across diverse gameplay scenarios
• Handles complex interactions and edge cases

Modular by Design

• Ability-based character actions
• Highly extensible item and movement systems
• Clean separation of systems for customization

Production-Ready Features

• Dynamic gravity in any direction
• Per-character time scaling
• Runtime character model switching
• Moving platform and split-screen support

🧑‍🚀For All Skill Levels

Get Started Quickly

• Character & Item Builder
• Demo scenes and walkthrough videos
• 300+ pages of documentation

For Advanced Developers

• Clean, extensible codebase
• Designed for deep system integration
• Ideal for large or long-running projects

🧠Character Features

• Kinematic Controller
• First & Third Person Support
• Dynamic Gravity
• Character Model Switching
• Moving Platform Support
• Full Body Awareness
• Procedural Animation
• Inverse Kinematics (IK)
• Ragdoll Support
• Split-Screen Support
• Real-Time Character Switching

🛠️Item Overview

• Fully Modular Design
• Shooter, Melee, Magic, Throwable, Flashlight
• Parry, Block, Recoil, Jump Attacks, Special Attacks
• Visible Trajectories
• Pickups & Object Pooling
• Build Items in Seconds

🏃‍♂️Abilities

• Align to Ground
• Align to Gravity Zone
• Damage Visualization
• Die
• Drive
• Fall
• Follow 2.5D Path
• Generic
• Height Change
• Idle
• Interact
• Item Equip Verifier
• Item Pullback
• Jump
• Lean
• Look At
• Move Towards
• NavMesh Movement
• Pickup Item
• Quick Start
• Quick Stop
• Quick Turn
• Ragdoll
• Restrict Position
• Restrict Rotation
• Revive
• Ride
• Rideable
• Rotate Towards
• Slide
• Speed Change
• Stop Movement Animation
• Target Orbit

🧭Movement Types

• First Person Combat / Free Look
• Third Person Adventure / Combat / RPG
• 2.5D / Top-Down / Point & Click

🤝Integrations

• A* Pathfinding Project
• Adventure Creator
• Behavior Designer
• Behavior Designer Pro
• Cinemachine
• Control Freak
• Dialogue System for Unity
• Edy's Vehicle Physics
• Feel
• Final IK
• FMOD
• FPS Mesh Tool
• High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP)
• InControl
• Input System
• Interactor
• Juicy Actions
• Master Audio
• NWH Vehicle Physics
• Omni Animation - Core Locomotion Pack
• Omni Animation - Knife Pack
• Omni Animation - Pistol Pack
• PlayMaker
• Quest Machine
• RayFire
• Realistic Car Controller
• Realistic Car Controller Pro
• Rewired
• State Designer
• Tactical Pack for Behavior Designer Pro
• UMA
• Ultimate Inventory System
• Universal Render Pipeline (URP)

📦Add-ons (Sold Separately)

• Agility Pack
• Climbing Pack
• Deathmatch AI Kit
• Helicopter System
• PUN Multiplayer Add-On
• Save System
• Swimming Pack
• Ultimate Multiplayer - MP Game Modes
• Ultimate Seating Controller

🧑‍🤝‍🧑Join the Community

Used in thousands of projects across every genre, Opsive’s character controllers are backed by continuous updates, extensive documentation, and an active developer community.

Build on a controller designed to grow with your project, not fight it.