so i want to make like a moving hand that follows your cursor, but it circles around my character in a strict circle so i can make like interactive swords or aiming with guns!
#How do i make a moving hand
hollow trail
i already got the
func _process(delta):
look_at(get_global_mouse_position())
thingy btw
but it only makes it so the hand just spins in place :/
muted egret
This is a simple way by taking advantage of transform inheritance:
- Make sure the hand points to the right, or offset its rotation so it points to the right by default.
- Make it a child of the player/pivot point.
- Move it to the right by how much you want it to be offset from the pivot.
- Set its rotation like this:
func update_hand_rotation():
#Get a vector pointing to the mouse.
var direction_to_mouse: Vector2 = hand_node.position.direction_to( get_local_mouse_position() )
#Apply its angle to the hand (with Vector2.RIGHT being angle = 0)
hand.rotation = direction_to_mouse.angle()
i got a bunch of errors when trying my best at following what you explained.
this is what i got:
muted egret
Your code must be inside a function
hollow trail
oh, my bad
i get an error: "Expected end of statement after expression, found "Identifier" instead."
with this line of code:
Vector2.RIGHT being angle = 0:
Sprite2D.rotation = direction_to_mouse.angle
i dont even know what that error means...
muted egret
Where does the "being angle = 0:" come from?
Oh, you copied my comment above without the hash #
Any line that starts with a hash is ignored by Godot, so they are used to write comments about the code for later reference.
hollow trail
oh, my bad
hollow trail
Oh, you copied my comment above without the hash #
so im only going to write the
func update_hand_rotation():
var direction_to_mouse: Vector2 = .position.direction_to( get_local_mouse_position() )
under the
func _process(delta):
look_at(get_global_mouse_position())
?
i dont know if i understand
becouse if i do that
then nothing happenes
i shouldve picked a different hobby lol
muted egret
I think you are just missing some fundamentals, i would also have a lot of difficulty without them.
But basically you want to put the code inside update_hand_rotation() as a way to organize it.
If you want that code to run, you can just do update_hand_rotation() inside _process() in order to call it and make it run.
hollow trail
alright, i dont understand anything, nothing works, ill just scrap the idea and come up with something else