Swiping diagonally

michaelpane13michaelpane13 Member Posts: 2
in Working with GS (Mac)

Hi there,

I am developing a game in which the user is able to move a character up, down, left, right, and diagonally.

However, I cannot figure out how to move the character diagonally. Do any of you know how to do this? I will tip anyone who is able to help me figure this out. Thanks a ton.

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  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822

    What kind of tip are we talking about, I need to know the numbers before I move on this one.

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822
    edited January 2015

    Swipe diagonally . . . .

    Record the first touch, then a fraction of a second later record the current position of the touch . . . use Vector to angle to determine the angle . . . then have a rule that checks that this angle is within a range (i.e. if angle is > 20 and < 80)

  • michaelpane13michaelpane13 Member Posts: 2

    Do you mind adding my Skype so I can explain? Skype: csmikepane

    Thanks for the replies by the way.. you're the man

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822
    edited January 2015

    @michaelpane13 said:
    Do you mind adding my Skype so I can explain? Skype: csmikepane

    Thanks for the replies by the way.. you're the man

    I don't use Skype ! Also I'm not really for the exchange of information being taken away from the forum for various reasons.

  • michaelpane13michaelpane13 Member Posts: 2

    Completely understandable! I'm making a game where a character dashes through tunnels. I'm very new to Game Salad, but I managed to learn how to swipe left right up and down through a video. The video did not describe how to do the diagonal directions so I'm coming here.

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822
    edited January 2015

    Make two 'real' attributes in an actor, call them something like swipeX and swipeY and a third 'angle' attribute, let's call that one 'swipeAngle'.

    . . . . . . . .

    Place a rule in the actor that says . . . when mouse button is down change swipeX to mouse positionX - and change swipe Y to mouse position Y.

    This records the X and Y positions of where you initially touch the screen.

    . . . . . . . . .

    Then have a timer that says . . . after 0.2 seconds (adjust to taste)

    Change swipeAngle to . . . vectorToAngle (swipeX - mouseX, swipeY - mouseY)

    This works out the angle between where you initially touched the screen and where your touch is currently (0.2 seconds later).

    . . . . . . . . . .

    Use this value (swipeAngle) to do stuff !!

    i.e. If swipeAngle is >20 deg and <70 deg then move diagonally (up/right) . . . . etc etc

  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692

    You could try our free 8 way joystick template, its an old one but should help.

    http://www.deepblueapps.com/8-way-controller-template/

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