Movement for a 2D Beat 'em up

UnknownUser

I am working on a regular side scrolling beat 'em up but I cannot figure out how to keep the character using the respective animation for the left direction.

For example, the character would be facing right as I press the up button but than he would start using the left facing animation.

The right side animations are all good, the left animations are not.(I don't want to have up/ down facing animations.)

here is what I have:

extends KinematicBody2D

export (int) var spd = 140
var velocity = Vector2()
onready var anim = $Anm_Plyr


func get_input():
    velocity = Vector2()
    if Input.is_action_pressed('right'):
        velocity.x += 1
        anim.play("RunRight")
            
    if Input.is_action_pressed('left'):
        velocity.x -= 1
        anim.play("RunLeft")
    if Input.is_action_pressed('down'):
        velocity.y += 1
        anim.play("RunLeft")
    if Input.is_action_pressed('up'):
        velocity.y -= 1
        anim.play("RunLeft")
    if Input.is_action_just_released('right'):
        anim.play("Idle_Right")
    if Input.is_action_just_released('left'):
        anim.play("Idle_Left")
    velocity = velocity.normalized() * spd

func _physics_process(delta):
    get_input()
    velocity = move_and_slide(velocity)

Megalomaniak

edited OP to fix formatting

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weddi_eddy

Your logic states the following:

if Input.is_action_pressed('up'):
    velocity.y -= 1
    anim.play("RunLeft")

So, if your character is facing right, it will "RunLeft" and if your character is facing left, it will "RunLeft".

if Input.is_action_pressed('up'):
    velocity.y -= 1
    if anim.play == "RunRight":
        anim.play("RunRight")
    elif anim.play == "Idle_Right":
        anim.play("RunRight")
    elif anim.play == "RunLeft":
        anim.play("RunLeft")
    elif anim.play == "Idle_Left":
        anim.play("RunLeft")

Now, that code above is probably not correct and may give you some syntax errors, but I think if you can sort through the errors and apply that same logic, it might point you in the right direction or give you a eureka moment.

(Sorry I couldn't post accurate code. I'm a little new to Godot myself and I don't have my computer on me right now to test, but I thought I'd try to help with the logic).

UnknownUser

@weddi_eddy said: Your logic states the following:
if Input.is_action_pressed('up'):
    velocity.y -= 1
    anim.play("RunLeft")
So, if your character is facing right, it will "RunLeft" and if your character is facing left, it will "RunLeft".
if Input.is_action_pressed('up'):
    velocity.y -= 1
    if anim.play == "RunRight":
        anim.play("RunRight")
    elif anim.play == "Idle_Right":
        anim.play("RunRight")
    elif anim.play == "RunLeft":
        anim.play("RunLeft")
    elif anim.play == "Idle_Left":
        anim.play("RunLeft")
Now, that code above is probably not correct and may give you some syntax errors, but I think if you can sort through the errors and apply that same logic, it might point you in the right direction or give you a eureka moment.

(Sorry I couldn't post accurate code. I'm a little new to Godot myself and I don't have my computer on me right now to test, but I thought I'd try to help with the logic).

Bro you did it, I really appreciate it.

weddi_eddy

Excellent. Did it work as is or did you need to tweak it? If you went a-tweaking, then could you provide your changes here (as it might help a fellow godot-er in the future).

Also, you may need to apply that same logic to your Input.is_action_pressed('down'), just in reverse.

Keep in mind that this is a simple fix. There may be more elegant ways to do this. As you add code, this fix may cause issues down the road which might need changing or refining - but you won't find out until you get coding.