I’m trying to code a dash move where pressing X will cause the player to zip forward, but it doesn’t work if you keep the left or right arrow keys held. I also want to add attack moves if you press the C key, but don’t know how to do this. Please help.
My game: Heroes of Megtoweropolis Cyber Runner - Flowlab Game Creator
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Ah, I am familiar with this problem. (Also, if you have a help request, please post it on the help request category)
The reason that the dash does not activate when the player is moving is because the player movement uses Velocity, and therefore disrupts the dash also using velocity.
Simpler: The dash using velocity cannot happen when the movement is using velocity.
There are a few ways to fix this:
I know of a pretty easy solution, although there are always more efficient and just better ways.
So, basically, you need the dash to have higher priority of the player’s movement than the movement. To do this, you need to turn off the player movement for a set amount of time while the dash is in effect. You can do this with switches for every speed input. This does restrict the player’s movement, of course. But it allows the player to move quicker, dashing.
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