Movement

[personthatl]

export function setPlayerMovment(k, player) { player.onUpdate(() => { const directionVector = k.vec2(0, 0)

    if (k.isKeyDown("left")) {
        player.flipX = true;
        player.direction = "left"
        directionVector.x = -1
        playAnimIfNotPlaying(player, "player-side")
    }
    if (k.isKeyDown("right")) {
        player.flipX = false;
        player.direction = "right"
        directionVector.x = 1
        playAnimIfNotPlaying(player, "player-side")
    } 
    if (k.isKeyDown("up")) {
        directionVector.y = -1
        player.direction = "up"
        playAnimIfNotPlaying(player, "player-up")
    }
    if (k.isKeyDown("down")) {
        directionVector.y = 1
        player.direction = "down"
        playAnimIfNotPlaying(player, "player-down")
    }

    const unitVector = directionVector.unit(); 
    player.move(unitVector.scale(player.speed));
})

k.onKeyRelease(() => {
    player.stop();
});

}

[JSLegendDev]

Can you try this instead? Does it work? If not what do error do you get?

export function setPlayerMovment(k, player) {
player.onUpdate(() => {
    const directionVector = k.vec2(0, 0)

    if (k.isKeyDown("left")) {
        player.flipX = true;
        player.direction = "left"
        directionVector.x = -1
    }
    if (k.isKeyDown("right")) {
        player.flipX = false;
        player.direction = "right"
        directionVector.x = 1
    } 
    if (k.isKeyDown("up")) {
        directionVector.y = -1
        player.direction = "up"
    }
    if (k.isKeyDown("down")) {
        directionVector.y = 1
        player.direction = "down"
    }

    if (directionVector.x === 1 || directionVector.x === -1) {
        if (directionVector.y === -1) playAnimIfNotPlaying(player, "player-up");
        if (directionVectory.y === 1) playAnimIfNotPlaying(player, "player-down");

        playAnimIfNotPlaying(player, "player-side")
    }

    const unitVector = directionVector.unit(); 
    player.move(unitVector.scale(player.speed));
})

k.onKeyRelease(() => {
    player.stop();
});
}

[personthatl]

the left and right keys work fine but the diagonal is still bugged and the up and down keys move the player, but the animation doesn't play.

[JSLegendDev]

How about this instead?

if (directionVector.x === 1 || directionVector.x === -1) {
        if (directionVector.y === -1) { 
            playAnimIfNotPlaying(player, "player-up");
        } else if (directionVectory.y === 1) {
            playAnimIfNotPlaying(player, "player-down");
        } else {
            playAnimIfNotPlaying(player, "player-side");
        }
    }

[personthatl]

now all the directions work exept for up and down(diagonals work as well) for up and down, the movement works, but the animation doesn't play.

[JSLegendDev]

This should probably work but is repetitive. I'm sure you can find a way to make this concise. I don't have much time at the moment.

if (directionVector.x === 1 || directionVector.x === -1) {
        if (directionVector.y === -1) { 
            playAnimIfNotPlaying(player, "player-up");
        } else if (directionVectory.y === 1) {
            playAnimIfNotPlaying(player, "player-down");
        } else {
            playAnimIfNotPlaying(player, "player-side");
        }
    } else {
     if (directionVector.y === -1) { 
            playAnimIfNotPlaying(player, "player-up");
        } else {
            playAnimIfNotPlaying(player, "player-down");
        }
}

[personthatl]

thanks! this works now! I just need to make the player stop when I'm not pressing anything as the code you gave me doesn't stop it.