How can I make my sprite continually move when holding down the button?
Every guide I find online has it when you press the move button, it only moves 1 tile and then you have to release and press it again to move it again 1 tile, I want to have it so when holding down the movement button, the character continually moves tiles and only stops when you release the button.
extends Area2D
@onready var ray = $RayCast2D
var tile_size = 32
var inputs = {
"right": Vector2.RIGHT,
"left": Vector2.LEFT,
"up": Vector2.UP,
"down": Vector2.DOWN}
func _ready():
position = position.snapped(Vector2.ONE * tile_size)
position += Vector2.ONE * tile_size/2
func _unhandled_input(event):
for dir in inputs.keys():
if event.is_action_pressed(dir):
move(dir)
func move(dir):
ray.position += inputs[dir] * tile_size
ray.force_raycast_update()
if !ray.is_colliding():
position += inputs[dir] * tile_size
^ this is the code I have now which only makes the character move 1 tile when the button get pressed.
You need something ro call the move again. Your best bet is probably a timer- Timer — Godot Engine (stable) documentation in English
You’d want to save the key press to a var for the move to use, and might want to add a key up so you can stop.
extends Area2D
var tile_size = 32
var inputs = {
"ui_right": Vector2.RIGHT,
"ui_left": Vector2.LEFT,
"ui_up": Vector2.UP,
"ui_down": Vector2.DOWN}
var hold={
"ui_right": false,
"ui_left": false,
"ui_up": false,
"ui_down": false}
var moving={
"ui_right": false,
"ui_left": false,
"ui_up": false,
"ui_down": false}
const MOVE_DELAY:float=1.0
func _ready():
position = position.snapped(Vector2.ONE * tile_size)
position += Vector2.ONE * tile_size/2
func _unhandled_input(event):
for dir in inputs.keys():
if event.is_action_pressed(dir):
hold[dir]=true
move(dir)
if event.is_action_released(dir):
hold[dir]=false
func move(dir):
if moving[dir]:
return
if not moving[dir]:
moving[dir]=true
while hold[dir]:
position += inputs[dir] * tile_size
await get_tree().create_timer(MOVE_DELAY).timeout
if not hold[dir]:
break
moving[dir]=false
this one i tried without raycast detection, issue found such like if you hold left and right at the same time, it will exactly move left and right every 1 second. at least, this give you an idea how to handle hold input
