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Help apdapting character flip script to use GetComponent().flip = true;
Hello! Thanks in advance for the help and my apologies for a probably pretty newbie question but been struggling to figure this out properly. I've been learning how to make character controllers for a platformer and it's been going good but I am a much better artist and animator than a programmer. Need some help adapting the movement script to use GetComponent<Puppet2D_GlobalControl>().flip = true; as my character flipping method.
I am using a skeletal animation solution called Puppet2d and in order for flipping assets to work properly I must use that component I mentioned above, otherwise the bone positioning gets screwed up.
Here's my script below before I add the component to it.
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
public class spacemancontroller : MonoBehaviour {
//how fast the character can move
public float topSpeed = 10f;
// tell the sprite which way it is facing
bool facingRight = true;
//physics in fixed update
void FixedUpdate()
{
//get move direction
float move = Input.GetAxis ("Horizontal");
//add velocity to the rigidbody in the move direction * our speed
GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().velocity = new Vector2(move * topSpeed, GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().velocity.y);
//if were facing the neg direction and not right, flip
if (move > 0 && !facingRight)
Flip();
else if (move < 0 && facingRight)
Flip();
}
void Flip()
{
//saying we are facing the opposite directions
facingRight = !facingRight;
//get the local scale
Vector3 theScale = transform.localScale;
//flip on the x axis
theScale.x *= -1;
//reapply that to the level scale
transform.localScale = theScale;
}
}
I've been reading over the script trying to make sure I understand exactly what's happening at each line but I think I'm misunderstanding part of it because when I replace the instances of Flip(); with GetComponent<Puppet2D_GlobalControl>().flip = true; I can get the character to properly turn around once but I can't get him to turn around again.
Thanks again for any help you guys can provide, I've been sitting on this for many days without any luck.
Thanks for the reply! That makes sense, I'll change that and see if I can get it working when in back home in a couple hours. I'll try caching it too after I get it working.
Update, Solved:
I changed my if statement to use:
Puppet2D_GlobalControl _globalControl = gameObject.GetComponent<Puppet2D_GlobalControl> ();
if (Input.GetAxis ( "Horizontal" ) < 0)
{
_globalControl.flip = true;
}
else if (Input.GetAxis ("Horizontal" ) > 0)
{
_globalControl.flip = false;
}
character now flips back and forth just fine. Anyone using puppet2D would need to do something like this for their flipping control.
I'm not really experienced with Puppet2D, but from what your describing, I think you'll want to replace GetComponent<Puppet2D_GlobalControl>().flip = true; with GetComponent<Puppet2D_GlobalControl>().flip = !GetComponent<Puppet2D_GlobalControl>().flip;
From what you were describing, it sounds like you were always setting the boolean value of flip to true, instead of toggling the value. Also, unrelated, but I would probably recommend caching the Puppet2D_GlobalControl component in a variable, so that you don't have to keep calling GetComponent.
