Beta Game Launcher movement keys reversed

[Jazz]

Just tried Little Dagon in the beta Launcher. The forward/back and left/right keys are reversed.

[Josh]

I get the same. How is that even possible?

[Jazz]

Works fine on the release version so I don't know.

[Josh]

Does this just use "SetInput" to control the dragon? Do you ever call SetRotation() to force the rotation?

[gamecreator]

Do you ever call SetRotation() to force the rotation?

I've done this in games before so I hope that's ok to do.

[Jazz]

Using the beta I needed to put 180 in the character angle of the dragon's physics tab to fix the key directions.

[Josh]

I might have actually fixed the behavior, causing your game to change. I am trying to find any other games that have the problem.

 

This third-person player script seems to work correctly:

Script.lookspeed = 0.2--float "Look speed"
Script.looksmoothing = 5--float "Look smoothing"
Script.cameradistance = 5--float "Camera distance"
Script.cameraradius = 0
Script.jumpstrength = 8--float "Jump strength"
Script.walkspeed = 5--float "Walk speed"
Script.runspeed = 8--float "Run speed"
Script.camerapitch = 45--float "Camera pitch"
Script.lockcameraangle = false--bool "Lock camera"
Script.cameracollision = true--bool "Camera collision"

function Script:Start()
if self.entity:GetMass()==0 then
	self.entity:SetMass(10)
end
self.entity:SetPhysicsMode(Entity.CharacterPhysics)
self.camera = Camera:Create()
self.angle = self.entity:GetRotation().y
self.cameraangle = self.angle + self.entity:GetCharacterControllerAngle()
end

function Script:UpdateWorld()
local playerpos = self.entity:GetPosition(true)
local aabb = self.entity:GetAABB(Entity.GlobalAABB)
playerpos.y = aabb.center.y
self.camera:SetPosition(playerpos)

self.cameraangle = Math:CurveAngle(self.angle + self.entity:GetCharacterControllerAngle(),self.cameraangle,self.looksmoothing / Time:GetSpeed())

if self.lockcameraangle==false then
	self.camera:SetRotation(0,self.cameraangle,0)
	self.camera:Turn(self.camerapitch,0,0)
else
	self.camera:SetRotation(self.camerapitch,0,0)
end

local camerapos = Transform:Point(0,0,-self.cameradistance,self.camera,nil)

local pickmode = self.entity:GetPickMode()
self.entity:SetPickMode(0)

if self.cameracollision then
	local pickinfo = PickInfo()
	if self.entity.world:Pick(playerpos,camerapos,pickinfo,self.cameraradius) then
		self.camera:SetPosition(pickinfo.position,true)
	else
		self.camera:SetPosition(camerapos,true)
	end
else
	self.camera:SetPosition(camerapos,true)
end

self.entity:SetPickMode(pickmode)
end

function Script:UpdatePhysics()
local window = Window:GetCurrent()
local context = Context:GetCurrent()

local cx = context:GetWidth()/2
local cy = context:GetHeight()/2

local newmode
local animmode=0

if self.entity:GetAirborne()==false then
	newmode = "idle"
end

if self.lockcameraangle==false then
	local mousepos = window:GetMousePosition()
	window:SetMousePosition(cx,cy)

	local mx = Math:Clamp(mousepos.x - cx,-45,45)
	local my = Math:Clamp(mousepos.y - cy,-45,45)

	if self.smoothedmousemovement~=nil then
		self.angle = self.angle + mx * self.lookspeed
	else
		self.smoothedmousemovement=Vec2(0)
	end

	self.smoothedmousemovement.x = Math:Curve(mx,self.smoothedmousemovement.x,self.looksmoothing)
	self.smoothedmousemovement.y = Math:Curve(my,self.smoothedmousemovement.y,self.looksmoothing)
end

local move=0
local strafe=0
local movespeed = 5
if window:KeyDown(Key.W) then
	move = move + 1
end
if window:KeyDown(Key.S) then
	move = move - 1
end
if window:KeyDown(Key.D) then
	strafe = strafe + 1
end
if window:KeyDown(Key.A) then
	strafe = strafe - 1
end

if self.lockcameraangle==true then
	if move~=0 or strafe~=0 then
		self.angle = Math:IncAngle(Math:ATan2(strafe,move)+self.entity:GetCharacterControllerAngle(),self.angle,5)
		move = 1
		strafe = 0
	end
end

local jump = 0
if window:KeyHit(Key.Space) then
	if self.entity:GetAirborne()==false then
		jump = self.jumpstrength
		newmode = "jump"
		animmode = 1--one-shot animation
	end
end

if window:KeyDown(Key.Shift) then
	move = move * self.runspeed
	strafe = strafe * self.runspeed
	if self.entity:GetAirborne()==false and (move~=0 or strafe~=0) then
		newmode = "run"
	end
else
	move = move * self.walkspeed
	strafe = strafe * self.walkspeed
	if self.entity:GetAirborne()==false and (move~=0 or strafe~=0) then
		newmode = "walk"
	end
end

self.entity:SetInput(self.angle,move,strafe,jump)

if newmode~=self.mode then
	self.mode = newmode
	if self.mode~=nil then
		self.entity:PlayAnimation(self.mode,0.1,200,animmode)
	end
end

end

function Script:Detach()
self.camera:Release()
end

[Josh]

WolfTale and Pumpkinheads seem to have the same problem.

 

However, the engine is fixed so characters will always start with the correct rotation, regardless of the physics character angle value. This has been a problem in the past.