Sword direction problem

[formal crane]

I'm making a game where one of the main mechanics is sword fighting. When you move left, you swing right and when you move left you swing right and also when you dont move left or right you swing down. Problem is, when you move left and right too fast the variable gets tripped up and it detects you as not moving. Is there a way to fix this or a better way to write this code because I did this without a tutorial.

[river epoch]

First off

get tf out of light mode

[pale needle]

rude

[river epoch]

@formal crane youre trying to store

[halcyon lagoon]

** You are now Level 14! **

[river epoch]

the movement keys in a single varible

but as you saw, the inputs happen to fast it slips up

when you let go of one key, it just sets the varible to none even if you are holding the other key

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")

local player = script.Parent
local humanoid = player:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

local isSwinging = false

local holdingA = false
local holdingD = false

local function getWalkingDirection()
    if holdingA and not holdingD then
        return "left"
    elseif holdingD and not holdingA then
        return "right"
    else
        return "none"
    end
end

local function swordSwing()
    local walkingDirection = getWalkingDirection()

    if walkingDirection == "right" then
        print("LeftSlash")
    elseif walkingDirection == "left" then
        print("RightSlash")
    else
        print("DownSlash")
    end
end

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, gameProcessed)
    if gameProcessed then return end

    if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.A then
        holdingA = true
    elseif input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.D then
        holdingD = true
    elseif input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.MouseButton1 and not isSwinging then
        isSwinging = true
        
        swordSwing()

        task.wait(0.2)
        isSwinging = false
    end
end)

UserInputService.InputEnded:Connect(function(input, gameProcessed)
    if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.A then
        holdingA = false
    elseif input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.D then
        holdingD = false
    end
end)

try something like this

also

if youre making this for ONLY pc thats great

but if you want mobile support or concsole

i would recommend switching to

Humanoid.MoveDirection

[formal crane]

freaking thank you