2d top-down movement
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I have a small quad textured with a triangle shape that I move around with the arrow keys (up for 'forward', down for 'backward', left and right rotates it). I managed to get it to rotate around it's centre no matter where it is onscreen, but I would like to know how I get it to move in the direction it is facing. Currently it only moves up and down the screen, I'd like it to move in the direction the apex is facing when I press up and the opposite way when I press down. This is standard OpenGL by the way :)
Vector2 direction(cos(angle), sin(angle));position += direction * speed * time_step;
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I hate to be a bother, but I don't quite understand how I use that code. If it's not too much trouble could I get an explanation please? If it helps I'll show you some code I have:
//******************** // Player ship sprite //******************** // set values for velocity and turn angle when keys are pressed if(upKey || downKey) { shipPos = 2.5f; } if(leftKey || rightKey) { shipAngle = 120.0f; if (shipAngle >= 360.0f) shipAngle = 0.0f; } // move ship around if(upKey) { player_ship->set_ypos(player_ship->get_ypos() + shipPos * deltaSeconds); } if(downKey) { player_ship->set_ypos(player_ship->get_ypos() - shipPos * deltaSeconds); } if(leftKey) { player_ship->set_angle(player_ship->get_angle() + shipAngle * deltaSeconds); } if(rightKey) { player_ship->set_angle(player_ship->get_angle() - shipAngle * deltaSeconds); } //Vector2 direction(cos(shipAngle), sin(shipAngle)); //position += direction * speed * time_step; // draw player ship glPushMatrix(); glTranslatef (player_ship->get_xpos(), player_ship->get_ypos(), -5.0f); glRotatef(player_ship->get_angle(), 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f); glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture[SPRITES]); glBegin(GL_QUADS); glTexCoord2f(tx, 1 - ty); // top left glVertex2f(-player_ship->get_width() / 2.0f, player_ship->get_height() / 2.0f); glTexCoord2f(tx + 0.0625f, 1 - ty); // top right glVertex2f(player_ship->get_width() / 2.0f, player_ship->get_height() / 2.0f); glTexCoord2f(tx + 0.0625f, 1 - ty - 0.0625f); // bottom right glVertex2f(player_ship->get_width() / 2.0f, -player_ship->get_height() / 2.0f); glTexCoord2f(tx, 1 - ty - 0.0625f); // bottom left glVertex2f(-player_ship->get_width() / 2.0f, -player_ship->get_height() / 2.0f); glEnd(); glPopMatrix(); glDisable(GL_BLEND); glDisable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
I should be something like this:
float speed = 0.0f;float deltaAngle = 0.0f;if(upKey) { speed += 2.5f;}if (downKey) { speed = -2.5f;}if (leftKey) { deltaAngle += 120.0f;}if (rightKey) { deltaAngle -= 120.0f;}// I assume this function wraps the resulting angle so it's in the range [0, 360]player_ship->set_angle(player_ship->get_angle() + deltaAngle * deltaSeconds);Vector2 direction( cos(deg_to_rad(player_ship->get_angle())), sin(deg_to_rad(player_ship->get_angle())));player_ship->set_position(player_ship->get_position() + direction * speed * deltaSeconds);
I'd suggest either letting the user have access to the x, y, and angle coordinates (if there isn't anything that needs to be updated when they are changed [and some say that this is bad practice]) or simply have a "offset_[x, y, angle]( ... )" method.
Plus, you might just want to make step method in the ship instead of having to do all of that out of its scope.
Plus, you might just want to make step method in the ship instead of having to do all of that out of its scope.
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Sorry I haven't replied lately, been a bit busy and the boards have been playing up for me a bit (not adding my reply and stuff). Anyway I actually managed to get it working on the day I originally posted, so thanks for all your help guys ;) Just one small problem, when I press up or down, the ship 'jumps' slightly, and when I let go it jumps back, what might the problem be?
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