I want to make an FPS controller that feels realistic, like when you move you really feel that your character has mass. In Unity I would've done that with RigidBody, but how do I do that in Godot 4.3.1 with CharacterBody3D? I know that RigidBody3D is not suitable for character controllers. May anyone show me the direction in which I shall dig?
Who told you rigid body isn't suitable for characters? If you're comfortable with the concepts of a physics engine and don't mind using impulses, force integrators and other physics-driven locomotion, I see no reason to avoid a RB character.
For most use cases, rigidbody just a bigger challenge to get simple things "working right", and the precise control a kinematic body provides tends to be favorable.
I've been using a Rigidbody just fine so far.
There's nothing stopping you from making your player a RigidBody3D if that's what you're going for, it's just CharacterBody3D is more common. You would apply forces and impulses on the player to move them around. You could use a CharacterBody3D but then you might want to program your own calculations for inertia and things like that which change their velocity.
lukky has a nice series for this, if you haven't already you should check it out.
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