How do I make my player roll?

[Zuhyy]

Godot Version

Godot v4.3 Windows 11 64-bit
(2D game)

Question

How do I make the 2d sprite play the “roll” animation from the animationplayer when the S key is pressed?

[herrspaten]

Like this:

func _physics_process(delta):
    if Input.is_action_just_pressed("s"):
        $AnimationPlayer.play("roll")

Note that you need to add the Action “s” to the Input-Map in the Project settings and if you have other animations that are playing you have to make sure to not override this one

[Zuhyy]

I put the code you said in, but it still doesn’t work. I have added the action “Roll” into Input-map and set the input as “s” or “down arrow”. Maybe the other animations playing are overriding it, such as the Idle animation, but I don’t know how to stop that. Heres the player script code, could you check it out please?

[herrspaten]

Yes since you use an animatedsprite2d you have to call play on that node.
And yes your animation will get overriden, which is why you should take a look at state-machines (There are a bunch of tutorials on youtube). This allows you to easily manage animations and code

[Zuhyy]

Okay, I’ll check out state machines on youtube then. Thanks for the help!