Rotating character

[misterjuly]

Hello,

I have a character moving in four directions (like a top down Zelda), but I need my character to be able to change directions with the left and right keys. Currently, I have my character rotating when I hit the keys, but when I move, my character still goes the same direction it was going before. Like, if I rotate my character 90 degrees to the right, and I move up, I want my character to now move right, etc. Hope that makes sense. Thanks for your help!

John Bassi

[djaydino]

Hi.
How are you doing the movement?

[misterjuly]

I'm using get axis actions then set velocity 2d and then add force 2d. Then I use rotate action to rotate my character when I hit the arrow keys.

[Sketch]

I'm very new to playmaker so I might be talking nonsense, but could it work doing a direction check before the apply force, then using different states to apply the force in specific direction?
Use get position and save the z rotation value, save it to a variable. Then do a float compare saying if a value is xxx then apply force at either x/y.

[misterjuly]

Thanks for the advice. Sadly, my character can rotate every 5 degrees, so I'm not sure that this will work. Any other way to go about it? Thanks!

[djaydino]

Hi.
there is also a custom action called : Set Forward Velocity 2D

this will do the direction where its rotated toward.

[misterjuly]

Is the action called Set Rotation Velocity Direction 2d? I couldn't find something called exactly what you said and the action I have doesn't seem to be working right. Do I have the right action and if so what am I doing wrong? Thanks!

[misterjuly]

Bump.

[djaydino]

Hi,
The action Set Forward Velocity 2D is on the Ecosystem

[misterjuly]

I copy and pasted that in, but its not showing up for me. Any advice?

[djaydino]

Hi.
Hmm indeed...
Maybe i made this one myself a while ago, not sure.

you can get it from the attachment below

[misterjuly]

Thanks! This is a dumb question, but how do I take what you posted and turn it into an action; right now it's just code. Sorry for the silly question.

[djaydino]

Hi.
You should be able to double click it while your project is open and it should import.

Else do Assets/Import Package/Custom Package..

and search the package to import.

[misterjuly]

The code is imported, but how do I get it to be a playmaker action? Sorry I'm having such a hard time with such a simple thing.

[djaydino]

if its imported it should be in your action list