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I am new to coding and using godot and I wanted to make a game with multiple characters that you can swap between by pressing a key. It is a 2d top down game and I have movement and animation for the two sprites im going to use.
Sorry, I should have been more clear. I have tried using a tutorial for split-screen, using variables to move the characters, because I couldn’t move them by just having two sets of inputs for two different characters. This is the video I watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkBgYD0R8R4&t=200s . My main problem is updating the code from the older version of godot, and figuring out the switching part because I know nothing about GD script and I was just wondering if you could help me. Thanks.
This is how I did that for a 3D game: I just used the same script for all the characters, and then created buttons to switch between them all. They all had an is_player value, and if it was true, player input affected them (and I moved the camera to them.)
func _on_test_tools_gui_knight_selected():
$Barbarian.is_player = false
$Mage.is_player = false
$Knight.is_player = true
$Knight.get_node("FollowCamera/Camera3D").set_current(true)
func _on_test_tools_gui_mage_selected():
$Barbarian.is_player = false
$Knight.is_player = false
$Mage.is_player = true
$Mage.get_node("FollowCamera/Camera3D").set_current(true)
func _on_test_tools_gui_barbarian_selected():
$Knight.is_player = false
$Mage.is_player = false
$Barbarian.is_player = true
$Barbarian.get_node("FollowCamera/Camera3D").set_current(true)
func _physics_process(delta):
# Add the gravity.
if not is_on_floor():
velocity.y -= gravity * delta
# Get movement
if is_player:
get_move_input(delta)
# Apply Movement
# The character can't move when blocking or attacking,
# but it can move while dodging.
if (!blocking and !is_attacking()) or is_dodging() or jumping:
move_and_slide()
# Player Facing
if is_player:
##Line the player up with the camera
if velocity.length() > 1.0:
model.rotation.y = lerp_angle(model.rotation.y, spring_arm.rotation.y, rotation_speed * delta)
func get_move_input(delta):
# Handle jump.
if Input.is_action_just_pressed("jump") and is_on_floor():
velocity.y = jump_velocity
do_action("jump")
# We just hit the floor after being in the air
if is_on_floor() and not grounded:
do_action("land")
grounded = is_on_floor()
# Falling (We're in the air, but we didn't jump)
if not is_on_floor() and not jumping:
do_action("fall")
#Combination Attacks
if Input.is_action_pressed("attack") and Input.is_action_pressed("forward"):
do_action("attack_stab")
if Input.is_action_pressed("attack") and Input.is_action_pressed("back"):
do_action("attack_chop")
if Input.is_action_pressed("attack") and Input.is_action_pressed("left"):
do_action("attack_slice_horizontal")
if Input.is_action_pressed("attack") and Input.is_action_pressed("right"):
do_action("attack_slice_horizontal")
# Walking/Running
var input_dir = Input.get_vector("left", "right", "forward", "back")
var direction = Vector3(input_dir.x, 0, input_dir.y).rotated(Vector3.UP, spring_arm.rotation.y)
if direction:
velocity.x = direction.x * speed
velocity.z = direction.z * speed
else:
velocity.x = move_toward(velocity.x, 0, speed)
velocity.z = move_toward(velocity.z, 0, speed)
#Determine Walk/Run Animation
velocity = lerp(velocity, direction * speed, acceleration * delta)
var vl = velocity * model.transform.basis
anim_tree.set("parameters/IWR/blend_position", Vector2(vl.x, -vl.z) / speed)
func _unhandled_input(event):
if is_player:
if event is InputEventMouseMotion:
spring_arm.rotation.x -= event.relative.y * mouse_sensitivity
spring_arm.rotation_degrees.x = clamp(spring_arm.rotation_degrees.x, -90.0, 30.0)
spring_arm.rotation.y -= event.relative.x * mouse_sensitivity
do_action(Actions.get_action(event))
how does the character movement work? did you use variables instead of inputs?
Do you mean for the non-active characters?
For both, when I code the character’s movements, I use the inputs from the input map, and when you have two sets of movements (at least for me), the movement doesn’t work.
Edit: omg I’m stupid sorry it works fine thank you! I still dont know how to turn off the second characters movements when its not selected though. also did you use the same WASD for all of the characters?
Another Edit: I figured it out thank you so much!
Glad I could help! It’s nice when your code is useful to other people.