hi I’m new to Godot coding and I want to make my character leap in the direction I’m facing when I press space (I’m using the default caracterbody2D movement code) I cant get it to change the x position (it needs to leap forward and upwards at the same time)
Can you show the code you have tried so far?
CharacterBody2D is a physics object so it is better to try using velocity and it’s move_and_slide or move_and_collide function. If you are using the characterbody template you’ll see similar functions and altering velocity.
extends CharacterBody2D
@onready var animated_sprite = $AnimatedSprite2D #flips player
const SPEED = 150.0
const JUMP_VELOCITY = -250.0
const JUMP_VELOCITY2 = -350.0
const Fling = 200.0
var dashing = false
# Get the gravity from the project settings to be synced with RigidBody nodes.
var gravity = ProjectSettings.get_setting("physics/2d/default_gravity")
func _physics_process(delta):# gives gravity
# Add the gravity.
if not is_on_floor():
velocity.y += gravity * delta
# Handle jump.
if Input.is_action_just_pressed("jump") and is_on_floor() and Input.is_action_pressed("right"): #jump
velocity.y = JUMP_VELOCITY
if Input.is_action_just_pressed("jump") and is_on_floor() and Input.is_action_pressed("left"):
velocity.y = JUMP_VELOCITY
if Input.is_action_just_pressed("jump2") and is_on_floor() and Input.is_action_pressed("right"):#leap
velocity.y = JUMP_VELOCITY2
if Input.is_action_just_pressed("jump2") and is_on_floor() and Input.is_action_pressed("left"):
velocity.y = JUMP_VELOCITY2
if Input.is_action_just_pressed("jump2") and is_on_floor():#Dash
dashing = true
$dashtimer.start()
# Get the input direction and handle the movement/deceleration.
# As good practice, you should replace UI actions with custom gameplay actions.
var direction = Input.get_axis("left", "right")
if direction > 0:
animated_sprite.flip_h = false
if direction < 0:
animated_sprite.flip_h = true
#play animation
if is_on_floor():
if direction == 0:
animated_sprite.play("idle")
else:
animated_sprite.play("run")
else:
animated_sprite.play("jump")
if direction:
if dashing:
velocity.x = direction * Fling
else:
velocity.x = direction * SPEED
else:
velocity.x = move_toward(velocity.x, 0, SPEED)
move_and_slide()
# fling cooldown
func _on_dashtimer_timeout():
dashing = false
sorry I’m fairly new so I don’t know hat to show
This seems great, can you go into further detail about what isn’t working? What do you expect to happen vs what really happens?
so I’m making a game about a cat getting revenge on another cat (its like my dream game{bit silly})but when I press space I need the cat to lunge in the direction I’m running. I want to make the cat lunge in the direction I’m running to stop me from just stopping mid air but as I said I’m new and I can’t get the cat to lunge on its own without me holding A or D to change my X position . so it needs to change the Y position (which it already does) and change the X position on its own.
Someone else could probably answer this better than me but I think you nailed the issue in the last line.
Your jump is only adding to your Y vector so try adding to X at the same time. Try something like this:
Handle jump.
if Input.is_action_just_pressed(“jump”) and is_on_floor() and Input.is_action_pressed(“right”): #jump
velocity.y = JUMP_VELOCITY
Velocity.x += JUMP_VELOCITY * 2 #positive for right movement
if Input.is_action_just_pressed("jump") and is_on_floor() and Input.is_action_pressed("left"):
velocity.y = JUMP_VELOCITY
velocity.x += JUMP_VELOCITY * -2 #negative for left movement. You might need to write it (-2) if you get an error
I’m using the += operator because it should add to your current moment and maybe feel a bit better than just =
So this problem is relevant to these lines of code
if direction:
if dashing:
velocity.x = direction * Fling
else:
velocity.x = direction * SPEED
else:
velocity.x = move_toward(velocity.x, 0, SPEED)
If they aren’t holding any keys down the direction moves toward zero. I propose one way to change this would be swapping the if around a little
if dashing:
velocity.x = direction * Fling
else:
if direction:
velocity.x = direction * SPEED
else:
velocity.x = move_toward(velocity.x, 0, SPEED)
This could still change direction when flinging, but at max speed. @BrutalDevon has a great recommendation for setting the X speed when the dash starts, but it doesn’t take into account direction.
I feel like dashing shouldn’t be able to change direction, so I will post code for that as well. With comments pointing out changes
extends CharacterBody2D
@onready var animated_sprite = $AnimatedSprite2D
const SPEED = 150.0
const JUMP_VELOCITY = -250.0
const JUMP_VELOCITY2 = -350.0
const Fling = 200.0
var dashing = false
var gravity = ProjectSettings.get_setting("physics/2d/default_gravity")
func _physics_process(delta):
if not is_on_floor():
velocity.y += gravity * delta
if Input.is_action_just_pressed("jump") and is_on_floor(): #jump
# reduced jump conditions
velocity.y = JUMP_VELOCITY
# direction must be earlier for leap
var direction = Input.get_axis("left", "right")
if Input.is_action_just_pressed("jump2") and is_on_floor():#leap
# handle *all* leap velocities in one place
velocity.y = JUMP_VELOCITY2
velocity.x = direction * Fling
dashing = true
$dashtimer.start()
if direction > 0:
animated_sprite.flip_h = false
elif direction < 0:
animated_sprite.flip_h = true
if is_on_floor():
if direction == 0:
animated_sprite.play("idle")
else:
animated_sprite.play("run")
else:
animated_sprite.play("jump")
# only change X when not dashing
if not dashing:
if direction:
velocity.x = direction * SPEED
else:
velocity.x = move_toward(velocity.x, 0, SPEED)
move_and_slide()
# fling cooldown
func _on_dashtimer_timeout():
dashing = false
sorry for replying so late. It works great but the only problem is now when the cat lands it keeps sliding in the direction I jumped (the dash timer is used to stop the player from dashing constantly so it acts like an cooldown for dashing