Getting actor to walk smoothly

butterbean

What attributes would I need to change to get an actor to walk left and right, but in a smooth fashion, and once the player lets go of the left or right key, that they don't come to a hault, or have the stiff type of movement

I was looking for maybe, having them take a few more baby steps once the player takes their hand of the left and right key

Any ideas?

butterbean

I thought perhaps tweaking with the accelerate function instead of the move function could fix this, but any ideas would be great!

I've been playing a few platforming games and ones like megaman, when the character walks, they don't just come to a dead stop, but take a few steps once the player lets off the left or right key

CodeMonkey

Accelerate would be good. Just add a Drag behavior to complement it.

Kamazar

I prefer applying a max speed instead of drag. That's just me, though.

CodeMonkey

You use max speed to slow down the actor to a stop?
Max Speed would be good to make sure the accelerate usage for movement doesn't get too uncontrollable, but the drag behavior would be good for slowing down the actor to a stop.

butterbean

Thanks, I'll try the drag behavior with accelerate

Now that I'm in GS, what numbers should I change around so that once the player lifts finger off the left or right key, that the player stops walking after 1 -2 seconds?