Invalid operands 'Vector2' and 'float'

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Godot Version

4.4.1.stable

Question

Invalid operands ‘Vector2’ and ‘float’ in operator ‘+’
I am getting the error when I press the dash button

if Input.is_action_pressed(“dash”) and can_dash:
can_dash = false
dash_direction = direction.normalized()
velocity = dash_direction * dash_speed
velocity += 1.0 - (friction * delta) ← error on this line
$Dashcooldown.start()

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The error is showing because you’re trying to add a float to velocity, which is a Vector2.
So instead of writing:

velocity += 1.0 - (friction * delta) ← error on this line

Try this:

velocity += dash_direction * (1.0 - (friction * delta))  # Fix: scale by direction to stay as Vector2
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Try just switching the + to a * ?

velocity *= 1.0 - (friction * delta)

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it doesn’t crash anymore, but it doesn’t do anything, i have set up var dash_speed = speed * 2, but it doesn’t change when I press dash button

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Did you used move_and_slide function to move the player, after setting the velocity?

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Not sure if I understand, I have move_and_slide after dash code

if Input.is_action_pressed("dash") and can_dash:
		can_dash = false
		dash_direction = direction.normalized()
		velocity = dash_direction * dash_speed
		velocity += dash_direction * (1.0 - (friction * delta))
		$Dashcooldown.start()
 
 
move_and_slide()

and this is my movement code

func get_input():
	var vertical = Input.get_axis("up", "down")
	var horizontal = Input.get_axis("left", "right")
	return Vector2(horizontal, vertical)

if direction.length() > 0:
		velocity = velocity.lerp(direction.normalized() * speed, acceleration)
	else:
		velocity = velocity.lerp(Vector2.ZERO, friction)
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You had:

I’d suggest:

if Input.is_action_pressed("dash") && can_dash:
    can_dash = false
    dash_direction = direction.normalized()
    var cur_vel = dash_speed + 1.0 - (friction * delta) # sum velocity here
    velocity = dash_direction * cur_vel
    $Dashcooldown.start()

That is, calculate the whole velocity term before scaling by it.

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Hey, please can you paste your codes as preformatted text here?
Like this

``` I used these symbols for the code area, similar copy and paste your codes within this format ```
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