Move player forward In their direction

[IAmPotat]

How would I move an object forwards or backwards of the direction its facing. Example: A cube is facing the right so want to move to the right. This mostly only affects top down games.

[Murtaza]

The built in Joystick controlled behaviour should handle this automatically. Make sure the "should flip" toggle is on.

[IAmPotat]

Im trying to make a raycasting system, and i need to move a projectile out of a wall from where it came frim

[RobinsonX]

@IAmPotat The Raycast Test behavior outputs a normal field. This is the angle that the ray would travel if it were to reflect. You can use this to rotate an object to that angle, and then use a Calculate Direction behavior to calculate the x_vector and y_vector from the center of the object to where it's facing. You can use those values to determine how much your object moves when a ray has intersected with an object.

If you need help on how to use the behavior, this video has step-by-step examples:

[IAmPotat]

I just need to be able to move my player forward without the joystick

[RobinsonX]

You can use a Move to Object behavior and move the object to itself. But change the anchor point of the second object to be slightly above the origin. Now the object will move "forward" regardless of the rotation. So at 0 degrees, it will move up, and when rotated 90 degrees clockwise, it will move right.

[Ya7]

@IAmPotat

Hey,

So you could use an attribute system to set when the player is in a certain direction. For example, create an attribute in an object’s menu settings called “Direction“. When the player is facing to the right (or doing anything that makes them face right) set the Direction to “Right”. If left for any reason, set it to “Left”.

When you go to move the player, Get Attribute, and If attribute = Right, move the player in the positive X axis, and If attribute = Left, move player along the negative X axis.

This is one of many ways.

Behaviors Used

• Set Attribute
• Get Attribute
• If
• Move by