How to create a fixed position for the player while attacking

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Godot Version

4.2.1

Question

Right now the player stands still while attacking which is fine and dandy. But the player can still swing from left to right rapidly. I want to change it so that when the player starts attacking they cant switch to the opposite direction

I am currently using a state machine for the player
In the player state code (used as the root for the player player states) there is a “can_move” variable that seems to stop all movement if true. But I can no longer find where it’s coded

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Parent code for states:

class_name Player_State
extends Node



@export var can_move: bool = true

@onready var character = $"."
#used to call travel.playback (switches between animations in animationtree)
var playback : AnimationNodeStateMachinePlayback
var next_state : Player_State


#void functions 
func state_process(_delta):
	pass

func state_input(_event : InputEvent):
	pass

#use inside the state that was just entered
func on_enter():
	pass


func on_exit():
	pass