Detect which way the player is facing in a 2D platformer

Question

Hi,
I'm new to game development and everything coding and I'm trying to make a prototype of a 2d platformer.
I've created two animations for each basic action like idling, running or jumping, whether the player is facing left or right, due to the character carrying a sword in one hand (flip h is not viable).
So how do I detect which way the player is facing in order to trigger the "jump facing left" or "jump facing right" animation? For running and idling is easy, just use actionpressed("uiright/left") and actionjustreleased("ui_right/left") respectively. But for actions like jumping or attacking you just can't do it like that.
I'm using the node AnimatedSprite.

Thanks

Answer 1

Simply create a variable to store the direction the player is facing:

# assuming the character by default looks to the right
var direction = Vector2.RIGHT

func _physics_process(delta):
    # if the player presses both keys at the same time
    # the character will be looking to the right
    if Input.is_action_pressed("ui_left"):
        direction = Vector2.LEFT
    if Input.is_action_pressed("ui_right"):
        direction = Vector2.RIGHT

    if direction == Vector2.RIGHT:
        $AnimatedSprite.play("<NameOfAnimation1>")
    elif direction == Vector2.LEFT:
        $AnimatedSprite.play("<NameOfAnimation2>")

Comments

Isn't this the same solution as I commented before you?

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answered 6 hours ago by njamster
answered 5 hours ago by fx46

Yes, it's the same solution. But no, you did not answer before me.

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Ah! You're right, it must've not shown your solution then, my mistake!

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It worked !
Thanks
This simple thing was really upsetting me.