#Conditions
vital sun
the next piece is that you have to be a bit more verbose
in Python, you can do something like -90 < rotation < 90, but that doesn't fly in C#
you have to be much more explicit
pallid bone
dang, alright
vital sun
I've also just realized a subtle mistep on my part
you're looking for AND, which is &&
(that one's a bit easier to remember than or, haha)
pallid bone
you're looking for AND, which is `&&`
yeah, i know that one
vital sun
in this case, something like this:
if (transform.rotation.z > -90 && transform.rotation.z < 90)
you may want >= and <= respectively if you want it to still happen when it's exactly 90 or -90
pallid bone
alright
vital sun
a trick that'll help you get where you need, if you don't already know it, is to put Debug.Log(something) in various places to figure out what is happening, what isn't happening, and what things are at those times
pallid bone
so something like this?
if(transform.parent.rotation.z <= -90 && transform.parent.rotation.z >= 90) {
GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().flipX = true;
}```possibly!
pallid bone
ima test it
vital sun
that looks right-ish
if the flipX thing doesn't work, you might need to do transform.localScale
vital sun
alrighty
mine looks like this for a 2d platformer that flips based on player input:
if (playerInputHorizontalDirection > 0)
{
transform.localScale = Vector3.one;
}
else if (playerInputHorizontalDirection < 0)
{
transform.localScale = new Vector3(-1, 1, 1);
}
so something like this would work?
void Update() {
if(transform.parent.rotation.z <= -90 && transform.parent.rotation.z >= 90) {
transform.localScale = new Vector3 (-1, 1, 1);
}
}```hmm, it still seems to be doing nothing
pallid bone
it doesnt seem to be logging anything
wait, my bad, i put the debug log in the if statement
alright i put this in the update method
Debug.Log(transform, transform.parent);
and this is what it logged
vital sun
Oh hmmm. Try logging transform.rotation
When in doubt log whatever she see where you're at
pallid bone
alright, i put this into the update method
Debug.Log(transform.rotation);
it logged this
i also had it log the transform.parent and it logged this
pallid bone
When in doubt log whatever she see where you're at
i dont know what else i can log to find out whats wrong :/
vital sun
Ok so not parent
pallid bone
the weapon parent is what rotates
vital sun
Right, but the rotation is only showing up when you do transform.rotation
pallid bone
alright
vital sun
But maybe its rotating is separate of its parent
pallid bone
yeah, the rotation of the sprite doesnt change, thats why i was originally trying to flip the sprite from the parent instead of the sprite
so something like:
void Update() {
if(transform.rotation.z <= -90 && transform.rotation.z >= 90) {
GetComponentInChildren<SpriteRenderer>.flipX = true;
}
}```That didnt work, and i think its because it isnt getting the rotation or something, because when i log something in the if statement it never logs anything no matter what the rotation is.
but i dont understand why
vital sun
Oh I think it might be in radians not degrees
pallid bone
wait that actually makes sense, because the range for the angle jumps from 180 to -180 on the rotation