Player snaps to sides when is A and D clicked

[cerulean charm]

I want to make some movement but my Player always snaps and i dont know why

[oak ivy]

Send a video of what happens and then code

[cerulean charm]

kk

So what you think?

[oak ivy]

Can you show the player sprite transform

Is it 0, 0, 0

The sprite is parented I assume?

@cerulean charm

What happens is probably you flipping the axis on a parent. But child objects arent centered to the parent. So when they flip they move

A way around this would be to flip the sprite directly using SpriteRender.flip

Or to make sure the children are aligned correctly

[cerulean charm]

What is sprite?

[oak ivy]

its like the image

your player is like a 2D image right

[cerulean charm]

yes

[oak ivy]

its parented?

to something?

[cerulean charm]

i dont think so

[oak ivy]

In the hierarchy can you show the object

[cerulean charm]

when i click a or d it will set ScaleX to - or +

[oak ivy]

yeah so which of these child objects have a sprite

[cerulean charm]

i think all of them

[oak ivy]

you need to make sure children transforms scale properly or you can use SpriteRenderer Flip

Also why do you set local scale again?

[cerulean charm]

how i can do that?

sorry but can you try explain what is local scale?

i am little bit dumb

[oak ivy]

its like the scale relative to the parent

I can show you an example, sec

lemme open unity

[cerulean charm]

kk

[oak ivy]

Btw I recommend u create a new scene atm

so you can learn about local scales and parent scales

create a new scene with an empty object, create 5 cubes and child them to the empty object

[cerulean charm]

like that?

[oak ivy]

Yea

So

Create a line with those squares

in any axis you like

make Square's position 1 , 0, 0 for example
make Square2's postion 2, 0, 0 etc

[cerulean charm]

ok

done

[oak ivy]

send a quick ss

Of what it looks like

[oak ivy]

okay not bad

Uh so now move the parent

When you move the parent, you'll notice all the cubes

move relative to the parent

[cerulean charm]

i see

[oak ivy]

So because its parented

any changes to transform to parent will reflect on children

[cerulean charm]

aaaaa allright i got it 😄

nice

[oak ivy]

so what I think your issue was

Delete all 3 cubes

leave only one

and move it away from the parent

if you flip the parent, it will appear on the other side

because the child isn't centered to the parent

the circle is the parent here, cube is child

Local Scale: 1

The circle flips

but the cube will move relative to that

do you get what I mean?

[cerulean charm]

little bit

[oak ivy]

You can replicate it

Put the parent, the put a child object to the left of the parent

Now set the parent's transform scale on X to 1

Then set it to -1

Thats what you're doing in your code

[cerulean charm]

oh ok i see

but i dont know how can i change it

oh wait a second please

[oak ivy]

tyt

[cerulean charm]

i dont know what to do now.

[oak ivy]

Can you show the transform on ninja gameobject?

[cerulean charm]

yes

[oak ivy]

Set position to 0, 0, 0

The position you see in the inspector is relative to parent

it's not world transform

[cerulean charm]

he is gone

[oak ivy]

Oh okay change only the X

to 0

It's probably because the Z axis is now equal or greater than camera

[cerulean charm]

gone too

[oak ivy]

point is make the ninja the center of the parent

Im not sure whats happening there, but you can just do it manually

See those 2 red dots?

1st belongs to Player Gameobject

that's the center of Player, move the ninja to be closer to the center

[cerulean charm]

ou wait XDD

i was changing the Scale

[oak ivy]

oh... lmfao

[cerulean charm]

ok done 0.0.0

[oak ivy]

okay test

[cerulean charm]

same

[oak ivy]

What are you flipping, ninja or the parent?

[cerulean charm]

Player

parent

[oak ivy]

can you show me what happens in video when you move?

is it the same thing as before?

[cerulean charm]

yes it goes negative and positive

scale

[oak ivy]

sec

If you did it correctly, the center should be aligned with the parent

The first behavior is when the center is not aligned with the parent

But if you're struggling to align it you can just use spriterenderer flip

[cerulean charm]

how can i do that?

[oak ivy]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SpriteRenderer-flipX.html

You need to get the SpriteRender component

and change the property

[cerulean charm]

how?

[cerulean charm]

done

[oak ivy]

Show in code where you get it

[cerulean charm]

sorry but i am confused

[oak ivy]

You can try flipping something simpler

Create a 2D circle

then create a script

Get the component of the sprite renderer

Then change the property

[cerulean charm]

i fliped X and ninja doesnt moves

[oak ivy]

okay then it works?

it doesn't do the weird movement anymore?

or what do you mean

[cerulean charm]

it doesnt move like doesnt move it just stays where it is 😄

[oak ivy]

So it doesn't flip either?

or it does?

[cerulean charm]

i think i should delete this and start from scratch

[oak ivy]

I think you're trying to make something without understanding the environment

I would say play around with Unity and understand how it works

before making a game

[cerulean charm]

Okay, Icetrack, thanks for your time. I really appreciate it

[oak ivy]

no worries

If you wanna understand like more about your issue

to replicate it just copy your previous code with flip

Put the parent object in the middle

and put the child object to the left

when you flip the parent object, the child object will be at the right

but if the parent and child object are on the same coordinates

Then it doesn't move when flipped

[oak ivy]

you can see it here

[cerulean charm]

yeah yeak okay 🙂

Thx 😄