Player to swim

How do I get the player to swim?

Ability to jump in water, but not in mid air.

iF keyIsDown == jumpButton

   IF player object and water object are overlapping

   THEN playerY+=1 (or you could simulate jump control on the player platform behavior)

Thanks, but I don't quite understand yet.

Add event: -- Add Action?

Add sub events: ?

ensure you you a keyboard object in your project.

add event: Keyboard>KeyIsPressed>Space (or whatever you use for jump)

add condition: Player>IsOverlappingOtherObject>Water

add action: Player>Platform.VectorY = Player.Platform.VectorY + swimUpVector

where swimUpVector is the amount of upward velocity per tick that should be added to the player. try 250 or so and work from there.

I tried adding "swimUpVector" to the player's variables

then I added it to action: "Set Vector Y"

and to that I put in: Player.Platform.VectorY + swimUpVector

but then it told me that "swimUpVector" is still an unknown variable.

swimUpVector is not a variable you make in construct its a number you set based on how high you want the jump to be, if you want the player to go higher set it to like 500, that will be a normal jump (i think 650 is default jump height in construct 2 platform behavior.)

so it should look like

add event: Keyboard>KeyIsPressed>Space (or whatever you use for jump)

add condition: Player>IsOverlappingOtherObject>Water

add action: Player>Platform.VectorY = Player.Platform.VectorY + 250

I'll give this a try.

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This doesn't seem to be working, as I might be missing something still.

or if you've added swimUpVector to the player's variables, then it will be player.swimUpVector.

Upload your capx if you are still having problems. (please don't be beta, please don't be beta)

Yes, that is a lot better.   It finally worked.

Thank you for your help. He can swim now.

On space pressed >

>if PlayerIsSwimming <- boolean for if they are swimming

>> Player | Set Platform Y Vector to swimupvector (make sure it's negative)

With this, if your player is swimming when you hit space, their Y vector will go up that much.

Make sure your Y vector is negative if you want to go up. Positive Y vector = down.

worked, except he jumps a little too high when coming out of the water.

And thanks for your help too.