Dashing stops when i let go of WASD keys

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Hello, I have a dashing script that allows you to dash based on your input (I.e. W + D is forward right). Now, as i stated in my question, The dashing seems to stop whenever I let go of wasd.

Here are the codes that are important to the dash:

 private void Update()
     {
         float horizontal = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
         float vertical = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");
         Vector3 direction = new Vector3(horizontal, 0f, vertical).normalized;
         float targetangle = Mathf.Atan2(direction.x, direction.z) * Mathf.Rad2Deg + cam.eulerAngles.y;
         target = Quaternion.Euler(0f, targetangle, 0f);
 
         if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Q) && candash)
         {
             StartCoroutine(Dash(dashtime, dashcd));
         }
 
         if (isdashing)
         {
             dashspeed = Mathf.Lerp(dashspeed, enddashspd, dashrate);
 
             cc.Move(_dashDirection * dashspeed * Time.deltaTime);
         }
     }  
 
 IEnumerator Dash(float s, float cd)
     {
         isdashing = true;
         candash = false;
         _dashDirection = target * Vector3.forward;
 
         yield return new WaitForSeconds(s);
 
         isdashing = false;
         dashspeed = initialdashspeed;
 
         yield return new WaitForSeconds(cd - s);
 
         candash = true;
     }

The thing i used for the player is a charactercontroller (as shown by the "cc" in the script). Im aware that the problem is that im using input.getaxis but my main problem is how can i fix/change the code to make it so that, Whenever I press the dash button, I still dash in the desired direction i wanted to go in even if i let go of the WASD keys.

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Answer by pieandseal · Jan 01 at 11:52 PM

Store direction right before the function is called and then use the stored direction instead of the current direction

  float horizontal = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
  float vertical = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");
  Vector3 direction = new Vector3(horizontal, 0f, vertical).normalized;
 
 
 void DashExample()
 {
        Vector3 startDir = direction;
 
        // dash code (move towards startDir, not direction)
 }

hope this helped

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xxmariofer · Jan 02 at 09:31 AM 0

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He is already storing the direction in a variable, this won't fix his issue

rage_co xxmariofer · Jan 02 at 12:34 PM 0

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but he overwrites the variable every frame, so clearly it's not going to be carried over, although i don't see how @pieandseal 's solution will help

xxmariofer rage_co · Jan 02 at 01:11 PM 0

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No, he is not overriding the dash direction everyframe

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markenzoshukshuk · Jan 02 at 11:14 PM 0

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Sorry, I already found a solution to my problem. Apparently all i had to do was disable the input/changing of Vector3 direction via using bools. So now the Vector3 direction part code looks a bit something like this:

  if (cangetdir)
         {
             float horizontal = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
             float vertical = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");
             Vector3 direction = new Vector3(horizontal, 0f, vertical).normalized;
             float targetangle = Mathf.Atan2(direction.x, direction.z) * Mathf.Rad2Deg + cam.eulerAngles.y;
             target = Quaternion.Euler(0f, targetangle, 0f);
         }

When isdashing is false, I can get the dash direction i need and when i press the dash button, it sets cangetdir to false and apparently that freezes my input to the direction i was pressing before the dash.

Thank you tho

Dashing stops when i let go of WASD keys

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