How to change CollisionShape2D position to match character movement

dealchill

Hi everyone!

I'm new to game making and Godot, as well as programming.

So I'm trying to make the position CollisionShape2D matches my character's movement when moving left or right. I tried making the codes for it but it kept on changing everytime I press left (I know because of the *= -1). Is there another way to do this?

if Input.is_action_pressed("ui_right"):
		velocity.x = speed
		$AnimatedSprite.flip_h = false
		$CollisionShape2D.position.x *= 1
		$Area2D/CollisionShape2D.position.x *= 1
elif Input.is_action_pressed("ui_left"):
		velocity.x = -speed
		$AnimatedSprite.flip_h = true
		$CollisionShape2D.position.x *= -1
		$Area2D/CollisionShape2D.position.x *= -1

Here are some pictures:

Any help would be really appreciated!

p/s Sprites ownership from Segel

cybereality

You shouldn't put it in the movement code like that, or it will just flicker left and right constantly as you hold down the button. Also, you don't want to use "value *= 1" as that does nothing (one times anything is just the original number).

What you can do is save the original positions and then set them after the if/else clause.

var shape_pos
var area_pos

func _ready():
        shape_pos = $CollisionShape2D.position.x
        area_pos = $Area2D/CollisionShape2D.position.x

After and outside the else:

if $AnimatedSprite.flip_h:
    $CollisionShape2D.position.x = -shape_pos
    $Area2D/CollisionShape2D.position.x = -area_pos
else:
    $CollisionShape2D.position.x = shape_pos
    $Area2D/CollisionShape2D.position.x = area_pos

Hope that helps.

cybereality

Also, hi and welcome to the forum!

dealchill

It did the trick! Thank you @cybereality !!!

Also, for the line:

if $AnimatedSprite.flip_h:

Is it the same as:

if $AnimatedSprite.flip_h == true:

Again, thank you so much for the response, it really helped me a lot!

cybereality

Yes, those are equivalent statements.

dealchill

Alright, thanks again!