How to get total power of controller stick?

[cardcraft]

Godot Version

v4.2.1.stable.mono.official [b09f793f5]

Question

How to get the combined power of left joy-stick?

I’m making an Animal Crossing Style movement system for my character and have keyboard and controller support working.

I would like to change the speed relative to the power of the left stick (keyboard should be max power)

Heres the relevant code:

// Get the input direction
var inputDir = Input.GetVector("ui_left", "ui_right", "ui_up", "ui_down");
var direction = (Transform.Basis * new Vector3(inputDir.X, 0, inputDir.Y)).Normalized();
var sum = direction * SPEED;
// Finally, Move.
MoveAndCollide(sum);

I know you can get the strength of one using Input.GetActionStrength("Whatever") But I need to get it total. I could just get them all and add them together but that feels… wrong

[cardcraft]

Oh, while we’re at it does anybody have code to rotate “this” in whatever direction the stick is going

[mrcdk]

Input.get_vector() already gives you the strength in both axis.

[Moreus]

You could consider remembering the highest absolute value to obtain the input speed. Normalize the vector to create a directional vector and multiply it by the speed, input speed, and delta.

code vith no godot lib

double x = 0.5;
double y = 0.5;

// Calculate the input speed
double inputSpeed = Math.Max(Math.Abs(x), Math.Abs(y));

// Calculate the magnitude of the vector
double c = Math.Sqrt(x * x + y * y);

// Normalize both x and y with respect to the magnitude c
x = x / c * inputSpeed;
y = y / c * inputSpeed;

[cardcraft]

Just got home, Looking at both your solutions now

[cardcraft]

So, I got rid of the multiplication, The player either moves at full speed or none, Is there a different function to move it that would allow for the slow movement?

[Moreus]

this why you needed inputSpeed. You needed know which axis is highest to determine speed.

[cardcraft]

Awesome! Thanks