Different way to flip player

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#1

You could also set the X scale value to 1 or -1 (something I tried before watching this video) but your flip horizontal is easier.

UPDATE: I simplified your code for Flip() to make it more readable:
private void Flip(){
if(direction.X < 0){Sprite3DNode.FlipH=true;}
else if(direction.X > 0){Sprite3DNode.FlipH=false;}
}

#2

Here is a more simplified version of Flip()

private void Flip()
{
    if(Velocity.X != 0)
         spriteNode.FlipH = Velocity.X<0;
 }
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#3

Yeah, that is simpler, but I used direction instead of Velocity because direction does not need to be continuously polled in the Physics Process function it only needs to change when the input changes.

#4

Beep boop:

private void Flip()
{
    _spriteNode.FlipH = _spriteNode.FlipH ? _direction.X <= 0 :  _spriteNode.FlipH = _direction.X < 0;
}

(For the uninitiated, thats a ternary conditional operator and it roughly translates to "if _spriteNode.FlipH is true then set its value to true if direction.X <= 0 otherwise set it tru if direction.X is < 0. If you map out the boolean space, you’ll see it works every time… I’m using _ for private variables as per usual C# linting standard)

#5

I’m sure ternary operators are great I just never felt the need to use them because I can accomplish the same thing (and more) with if else statements. But that’s just me.

#6

ternary operators are super handy, thanks for this!

#7

Would it be okay to do the flip in the input method as shown below instead of having a flip method that is called for each frame?

 public override void _Input(InputEvent @event)
    {
        direction = Input.GetVector(GameConstants.INPUT_MOVE_LEFT, GameConstants.INPUT_MOVE_RIGHT,
                                    GameConstants.INPUT_MOVE_FORWARD, GameConstants.INPUT_MOVE_BACKWARD);

        if (direction == Vector2.Zero)
        {
            animPlayerNode.Play(GameConstants.ANIM_IDLE);
        }
        else
        {
            animPlayerNode.Play(GameConstants.ANIM_MOVE);

            // flip the sprite or put back to normal based on which action was done
            this.sprite3D.FlipH = Input.IsActionPressed(GameConstants.INPUT_MOVE_LEFT);                      
        }           
    }
#8

Well I see my solution doesn’t work with the changes coming up.

#9

Experimentation is Never going to be a bad thing, I’m glad you tried it and later discovered how it didn’t work. It’s great for learning. Good on you bigblue

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