How to move and FLIP a 2D sprite with the arrow keys
How to move and flip a 2D character with scripting (C#) in Unity 2018, using the left and right arrows keys to move the player. Unity beginner tutorial.
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● Character script (from video):
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using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
public class Player : MonoBehaviour {
void Update () {
// Move the Character:
transform.Translate(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal")* 15f * Time.deltaTime, 0f, 0f);
// Flip the Character:
Vector3 characterScale = transform.localScale;
if (Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") < 0) {
characterScale.x = -10;
}
if (Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") > 0)
{
characterScale.x = 10;
}
transform.localScale = characterScale;
}
}
● Character script (updated):
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
public class Player : MonoBehaviour {
Vector3 characterScale;
float characterScaleX;
void Start()
{
characterScale = transform.localScale;
characterScaleX = characterScale.x;
}
void Update () {
// Move the Character:
transform.Translate(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * 15f * Time.deltaTime, 0f, 0f);
// Flip the Character:
if (Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") < 0) {
characterScale.x = -characterScaleX;
}
if (Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") > 0)
{
characterScale.x = characterScaleX;
}
transform.localScale = characterScale;
}
}
Hi, Thank you for making this tutorial, I’ve been searching for something like this for ages, so thank you. I have a question the code works perfectly but when I test it my character scales up massively is there a way to make it so that the character stays the same size as it originally was?
I look foward to hearing from you
Thanks again for the tutorial
Hannah
Hi Hannah,
Sorry for that. It’s just me doing some very lazy coding. In the video, I scale the character to 10, and in the code I just reverse that with the lines: characterScale.x = 10 & characterScale.x = -10;
A better way to do this is to define the characterScale first. Like this:
characterScale = transform.localScale;
characterScaleX = characterScale.x;
and then do the flipping:
characterScale.x = -characterScaleX;
etc.
I’ve updated the script above, so it should work like a charm now 🙂
.:Hans
could you add to jump?
pls i want to create a game .
Hi. Did you take a look at the jump tutorial?
https://oxmond.com/how-to-make-a-your-character-jump/
Hello thank you so much for this tutorial. I have a question about my script. The code works, but when I land on my platform my transform rotation x value changes and it makes my player bigger.
Here’s my script:
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
public class Character2DController : MonoBehaviour
{
public float MovementSpeed = 1;
public float JumpForce = 1;
Vector3 characterScale;
float characterScaleX;
private Rigidbody2D _rigidbody;
private void Start()
{
_rigidbody = GetComponent();
characterScale = transform.localScale;
characterScaleX = characterScale.x;
}
private void Update()
{
var movement = Input.GetAxis(“Horizontal”);
transform.Translate(Input.GetAxis(“Horizontal”) * 15f * Time.deltaTime, 0f, 0f);
if (Input.GetButtonDown(“Jump”) && Mathf.Abs(_rigidbody.velocity.y) < 0.001f)
{
_rigidbody.AddForce(new Vector2(0, JumpForce), ForceMode2D.Impulse);
}
if (Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") 0)
{
characterScale.x = characterScaleX;
}
transform.localScale = characterScale;
}
}
i put script on player it look the oppisite way.
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