Getting direction giving odd directions

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#1

According to all found resources (and basic math), to find out what direction one must go to get to a target point, you subtract your position from the targets position. I am using this in a simple dash for my game. However, the problem is that, no matter if I base it off of screen or world coordinates, it always gives me two problems: first, no matter where I position the cursor relative to the player or the center of the screen (they are the same place), the X value of the direction is almost always negative, pushing my character to the left. Similarly, the Y value is often negative, despite the cursor being above the player.

Here is the code I am using (also, if it makes any difference, I am using the rendercam camera):

local dash_speed = 1200

local dash(self, mouse_x, mouse_y)
    -- i also prevent holding down the mouse

    self.velocity = vmath.normalize( vmath.vector3( mouse_x, mouse_y, 0 ) - go.get_world_position() ) * dash_speed
end

function on_input(self, action_id, action)
    -- some other inputs
    if action_id == input_dash then -- pre-hashed
        dash(self, action.x, action.y) -- i also have some code so you can't just hold the dash button
    end
end

I have tried swapping out go.get_world_position for go.get_position and action.x, action.y for action.screen_x, action.screen_y.

Sorry if I am missing anything obvious (which is most likely the case), I am both new to Defold (although it is quite easy to learn) and bad with vectors. Thanks for any help!

#2

Whoops, I meant

local function dash ...

The error is not there in my program, of course.

#3

Are you converting the mouse position to world coordinates in your actual code? Action.x and action.y aren’t going to make any sense. With Rendercam you use rendercam.screen_to_world_2d (for a 2D camera).

#4

That is so weird; that was the first thing I tried, and yet it didn’t work then but does now. I guess I forgot to get action.screen_x instead of just action.x. Thanks anyway!

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