Hey guys, im new at this so i dont have a lot of experience but im developing a 2d game and i dont want to use the Game Maker movement controls, i want to make my own code for it, and i was doing it well until i noticed the player stops quickly and i want him to continue walking a few moments after i stop pressing the direction button, then i did this code here:

Yeah, you are going about it the wrong way. You will need to take the code in the repeat statement, and only run it once per frame in the step event. You have the walking speed variable. Since you didn't create it with the "var" keyword, it will stay around between frames. So each frame, if walking speed is greater than zero, and you are not currently pressing the direction buttons to make it walk, then you can lower that speed.

Alternatively, there is a built-in friction variable. If you use the built in movement, with vspeed, hspeed, etc... then you can simply make friction some value if you are not pressing a movement key, and it will automatically decrease your movement speed based on that.

I tried to use that code in the step event but even when im pressing the movement button this code is still running each frame, and that makes my character move slower because of this code (its decreasing the movement speed every frame). I will try to use vspeed and hspeed and see what i get. Step event runs even when you're pressing the movement keys.

Yeah, you are going about it the wrong way. You will need to take the code in the repeat statement, and only run it once per frame in the step event. You have the walking speed variable. Since you didn't create it with the "var" keyword, it will stay around between frames. So each frame, if walking speed is greater than zero, and you are not currently pressing the direction buttons to make it walk, then you can lower that speed.

Alternatively, there is a built-in friction variable. If you use the built in movement, with vspeed, hspeed, etc... then you can simply make friction some value if you are not pressing a movement key, and it will automatically decrease your movement speed based on that.

Also, if i use the "var" keyword for the walking_speed variable, i will not be able to access it from another code, and i need to.

How I would implement acceleration and deceleration, when the player is pressing a movement key, increase the players velocity by a set amount, say 0.5, until it reaches a maximum speed of 4, then retain that speed while a key is pressed. If the player releases the key, decrease the movement speed by 0.5 untill it rests at 0. It may sound primitive but it works. Example -

If (moveleft) or (moveright) {
movespeed += acceleration
If (movespeed >= maxmovespeed) {
movespeed = maxmovespeed
}
}
Else {
While (movespeed > 0) {
movespeed -= acceleration
}
}

Something like that,sorry I'm on my break at work and doing this on my phone, some one can correct it if it's wrong or the idea can be simplified. From the top of my head it should work though.

How I would implement acceleration and deceleration, when the player is pressing a movement key, increase the players velocity by a set amount, say 0.5, until it reaches a maximum speed of 4, then retain that speed while a key is pressed. If the player releases the key, decrease the movement speed by 0.5 untill it rests at 0. It may sound primitive but it works. Example -

If (moveleft) or (moveright) {
movespeed += acceleration
If (movespeed >= maxmovespeed) {
movespeed = maxmovespeed
}
}
Else {
While (movespeed > 0) {
movespeed -= acceleration
}
}

Something like that,sorry I'm on my break at work and doing this on my phone, some one can correct it if it's wrong or the idea can be simplified. From the top of my head it should work though.

Nah its ok, you helped me. This is a lot simpler than my actual code. Thank you