Unity Script Generated by ScripterAI

"a script where characters can be added to a list through a public method where the characters follow the player at a defined distance and speed where their sprites changed based on their direction of movement using a script to define which character"

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class CharacterFollow : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject player;
    public float followDistance = 2f;
    public float followSpeed = 3f;

private List<GameObject> characters = new List<GameObject>();
    private Dictionary<GameObject, Vector3> previousPositions = new Dictionary<GameObject, Vector3>();

void Update()
    {
        foreach (GameObject character in characters)
        {
            Vector3 targetPosition = player.transform.position - (player.transform.forward * followDistance);
            character.transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(character.transform.position, targetPosition, Time.deltaTime * followSpeed);

Vector3 direction = character.transform.position - previousPositions[character];

if (direction != Vector3.zero)
            {
                character.transform.rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(direction);
                UpdateSprite(character, direction);
            }

previousPositions[character] = character.transform.position;
        }
    }

public void AddCharacter(GameObject character)
    {
        characters.Add(character);
        previousPositions.Add(character, character.transform.position);
    }

private void UpdateSprite(GameObject character, Vector3 direction)
    {
        // Assuming the character has a script called "CharacterController" with a method "UpdateSpriteDirection"
        CharacterController characterController = character.GetComponent<CharacterController>();
        if (characterController != null)
        {
            characterController.UpdateSpriteDirection(direction);
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.LogError("CharacterController script not found on the character");
        }
    }
}