Need help with hitbox position

Ridomiskar · May 22, 2025, 2:54pm

Hello i need help with making my hitbox flip to the direction by player is facing, because it is only working in the x(right) direction, i am a new developer and my godot version is 4.4.1 if that can help. Here’s my code and a screenshot of the hitbox:
`extends CharacterBody2D

var pitch_cooldown := 0.0
const GRAVITY = 200.0
const WALK_SPEED = 200
@export var SonicPitch = int(0)
var sonic_sound_playing = false
var coyote_time := 0.15 # Time allowed after leaving ground to still jump
var coyote_timer := 0.0

func _physics_process(delta):
pitch_cooldown -= delta
velocity.y += delta * GRAVITY

if is_on_floor():
	coyote_timer = coyote_time
else:
	coyote_timer -= delta

# Sonic Pitch Controls
if pitch_cooldown <= 0.0:
	if Input.is_physical_key_pressed(KEY_S) and Input.is_physical_key_pressed(KEY_A) and not Input.is_key_pressed(KEY_X):
		SonicPitch = 0
		pitch_cooldown = 1.0
	elif Input.is_physical_key_pressed(KEY_A) and SonicPitch < 5 and not Input.is_key_pressed(KEY_X):
		SonicPitch += 1
		pitch_cooldown = 1.0
	elif Input.is_physical_key_pressed(KEY_S) and SonicPitch > -5 and not Input.is_key_pressed(KEY_X):
		SonicPitch -= 1
		pitch_cooldown = 1.0

# Sonic Screwdriver Sound Handling
if Input.is_key_pressed(KEY_X) and coyote_timer > 0.0:
	if SonicPitch == 0.0:
		if not $Sprite2D/Sonicsounddef.is_playing():
			$Sprite2D/Sonicsounddef.play()
			sonic_sound_playing = true
	elif SonicPitch == 1.0:
		if not $Sprite2D/sonicsound1.is_playing():
			$Sprite2D/sonicsound1.play()
			sonic_sound_playing = true
	elif SonicPitch == 2.0:
		if not $Sprite2D/sonicsound2.is_playing():	
			$Sprite2D/sonicsound2.play()
			sonic_sound_playing = true
	elif SonicPitch == 3.0:
		if not $Sprite2D/sonicsound3.is_playing():
			$Sprite2D/sonicsound3.play()
			sonic_sound_playing = true
	elif SonicPitch == 4.0:
		if not $Sprite2D/sonicsound4.is_playing():
			$Sprite2D/sonicsound4.play()
			sonic_sound_playing = true
	elif SonicPitch == 5.0:
		if not $Sprite2D/sonicsound5.is_playing():
			$Sprite2D/sonicsound5.play()
			sonic_sound_playing = true
	elif SonicPitch == -1.0:
		if not $Sprite2D/"sonicsound-1".is_playing():
			$"Sprite2D/sonicsound-1".play()
			sonic_sound_playing = true
	elif SonicPitch == -2:
		if not $"Sprite2D/sonicsound-2".is_playing():
			$"Sprite2D/sonicsound-2".play()
			sonic_sound_playing = true
	elif SonicPitch == -3:
		if not $"Sprite2D/sonicsound-3".is_playing():
			$"Sprite2D/sonicsound-3".play()
			sonic_sound_playing = true
	elif SonicPitch == -4:
		if not $"Sprite2D/sonicsound-4".is_playing():
			$"Sprite2D/sonicsound-4".play()
			sonic_sound_playing = true
	elif SonicPitch == -5:
		if not $"Sprite2D/sonicsound-5".is_playing():
			$"Sprite2D/sonicsound-5".play()
			sonic_sound_playing = true

	# Stop movement when sonic sound is active
	velocity.x = 0
	$Sprite2D/AnimationPlayer.play("ScrewDriverhold")

# Stop Sonic Sound when X is released
elif not Input.is_key_pressed(KEY_X) and sonic_sound_playing:
	if SonicPitch == 0:
		$Sprite2D/Sonicsounddef.stop()
	elif SonicPitch == 1:	
		$Sprite2D/sonicsound1.stop()
	elif SonicPitch == 2:	
		$Sprite2D/sonicsound2.stop()
	elif SonicPitch == 3:	
		$Sprite2D/sonicsound3.stop()
	elif SonicPitch == 4:	
		$Sprite2D/sonicsound4.stop()
	elif SonicPitch == 5:	
		$Sprite2D/sonicsound5.stop()
	elif SonicPitch == -1:
		$"Sprite2D/sonicsound-1".stop()
	elif SonicPitch == -2:
		$"Sprite2D/sonicsound-2".stop()
	elif SonicPitch == -3:
		$"Sprite2D/sonicsound-3".stop()
	elif SonicPitch == -4:
		$"Sprite2D/sonicsound-4".stop()
	elif SonicPitch == -5:	
		$"Sprite2D/sonicsound-5".stop()
	sonic_sound_playing = false

# Player Movement and Animation
elif Input.is_action_pressed("ui_left") and Input.is_key_pressed(KEY_Z):
	if coyote_timer > 0.0:
		$Sprite2D/AnimationPlayer.play("Jump_Animation")
		await 1
		velocity.y = -GRAVITY
		velocity.x = -WALK_SPEED
	else:
		velocity.x = -WALK_SPEED

elif Input.is_action_pressed("ui_right") and Input.is_key_pressed(KEY_Z):
	if coyote_timer > 0.0:
		$Sprite2D/AnimationPlayer.play("Jump_Animation")
		await 0.5
		velocity.y = -GRAVITY
		velocity.x = WALK_SPEED
	else:
		velocity.x = WALK_SPEED

elif Input.is_action_pressed("ui_right") and Input.is_action_pressed("ui_left"):
	velocity.x = 0
	$Sprite2D/AnimationPlayer.play("Idle_Animation")

elif Input.is_action_pressed("ui_left"):
	velocity.x = -WALK_SPEED
	$Sprite2D/AnimationPlayer.play("Walk_Animation")
elif Input.is_action_pressed("ui_right"):
	velocity.x =  WALK_SPEED
	$Sprite2D/AnimationPlayer.play("Walk_Animation")
elif Input.is_key_pressed(KEY_Z):
	if coyote_timer > 0.0:
		$Sprite2D/AnimationPlayer.play("Jump_Animation")
		await 0.5
		velocity.y = -GRAVITY
	else:
		pass

# Default Idle State
else:
	velocity.x = 0
	$Sprite2D/AnimationPlayer.play("Idle_Animation")

# Flip sprite direction based on velocity
if velocity.x:
	$Sprite2D.flip_h = velocity.x < 0
	$Sprite2D/Area2D.flip_h = velocity.x < 0

# Fall Animation when not on the floor
if not is_on_floor():
	$Sprite2D/AnimationPlayer.play("Fall_Animation")

# Move player
move_and_slide()

func _on_area_2d_body_entered(body: StaticBody2D) → void:
if body.is_in_group(“Mechanic”):
if body.SonicPitch_req == SonicPitch:
if body.has_method(“Breaking”):
body.Breaking()
else:
pass
else:
pass`

(idk if the screenshot is loaded and also i’m bad with english, so sorry for grammar)

gertkeno · May 22, 2025, 3:30pm

You could use flip the area’s relative position, assuming it’s collision shape is positioned at 0,0, with these two functions:

absf takes the absolute value (removes sign from position)
signf takes the sign of a value: -1 or 1

if velocity.x:
	$Sprite2D.flip_h = velocity.x < 0
	$Sprite2D/Area2D.position.x = absf($Sprite2D/Area2D.position.x) * signf(velocity.x)

Another thing i notice is comparing equality in floats, I’d highly recommend comparing by ints here, like you do with the other statements.

if SonicPitch == 0.0:
    # etc..
elif SonicPitch == 1.0:
    # etc..
elif SonicPitch == 2.0:
    # etc..
elif SonicPitch == 3.0:
    # etc..
elif SonicPitch == 4.0:
    # etc..
elif SonicPitch == 5.0:
    # etc..
elif SonicPitch == -1.0:
    # etc..

Or better yet reduce all of these checks into one string formatter

if Input.is_key_pressed(KEY_X) and coyote_timer > 0.0:
	# rename "Sonicsounddef" to "sonicsound0" for consistency
	var sonic_name: String = "Sprite2D/sonicsound%d" % SonicPitch
	var sonic_node: AudioStreamPlayer = get_node(sonic_name)
	if not sonic_node.is_playing():
		sonic_node.play()
		sonic_sound_playing = true

	# Stop movement when sonic sound is active
	velocity.x = 0
	$Sprite2D/AnimationPlayer.play("ScrewDriverhold")

elif not Input.is_key_pressed(KEY_X) and sonic_sound_playing:
	var sonic_name: String = "Sprite2D/sonicsound%d" % SonicPitch
	var sonic_node: AudioStreamPlayer = get_node(sonic_name)
	sonic_node.stop()

Ridomiskar · May 22, 2025, 7:44pm

Hello, so when i tried to put your code for hitbox mirroring/repositioning, it just froze the game when i moved

It says something is wrong with the absf

gertkeno · May 22, 2025, 7:45pm

My bad, should be using position.x instead of the whole Vector2 position

Ridomiskar · May 22, 2025, 7:51pm

I’m still kind of confused with how do i fix this code, can you please give me the line of code so i can understand better what you’re saying?

gertkeno · May 22, 2025, 7:54pm

The error states it cannot convert the first argument ($Sprite2D/Area2D.position) from a Vector2 (stores a X and Y component) to a float (a single decimal value). You need to give absf a single value instead of two, it’s likely you want to give it just the x component.

With just absf solved you may get another error about a Vector2 assignment, since we are assigning position (a Vector2) to a single value. Again we only want to assign to the x component. So the final line using only x components is as follows.

$Sprite2D/Area2D.position.x = absf($Sprite2D/Area2D.position.x) * signf(velocity.x)

Ridomiskar · May 22, 2025, 8:00pm

So maybe there can be a problem here because the Area2D is attached to CollisionShape2D, and i could’ve showed the video of how this works for me(it stopped the freezing but still the hitbox doesn’t change the position), but this website doesn’t allow new users to upload files/attachments

gertkeno · May 22, 2025, 8:05pm

I’m guessing by “the Area2D is attached to CollisionShape2D” you mean the collision shape was moved instead of the Area when setting up this character. As a fix you can reset the CollisionShape2D’s position and move the Area2D to a similar place

Ridomiskar · May 22, 2025, 8:05pm

Oh yeah i just changed the $Sprite2D/Area2D to $Sprite2D/Area2D/CollisionShape2D, i’m a little slow. And also i’m really thank you for the help, i am genuinely amazed by how quick people here respond, and i’ll try your code optimisation idea too. So i can finally move on onto making the enemies and levels in my game, so if you like doctor who i’ll be uploading the game on itch.io