Different movement/rotation depending on how long a key is pushed

billpaterno

I am working on a simple test where you alternate pushing the left and right buttons to go in a straight direction (kind of like paddling). I want very little rotation when the alternating pattern is being executed but I want the ability to rotate quickl (but slow down the actual acceleration ie rotate in place) when either key is held down.

I am a complete GS noob...just started today. Right now, I basically have a Rule for each left and right key press that has an Accelerate and Rotate behavior. I tried to play around with a timer but it wasn't working properly.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,
billpa

firemaplegames

You can try putting the accelerate behavior in a timer.

Set the timer like this:

FOR (a very short amount of time, like 0.08)
Accelerate

That will give it a little "burst" effect, like a thrust.
That might do the trick.

billpaterno

I tried that out and it didn't work how I wanted it to. I then changed it to every with a short amount of time and it worked perfect!

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

billpaterno

er...meant to say I changed it to AFTER.