This code specifically


If it helps, heres the videos it came from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3zT3Z5apaM&t=7s&ab_channel=Matt%27sRamblings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTsXO6Zicls&t=3s&ab_channel=Matt%27sRamblings

The things I am having MOST trouble with is dealing with the vectors, (vel & wishdir)
I believe I know what to do for dot product of vel and wish dir, but I am NOT sure what to do for the last line
Does anyone know what it means “wishdir * addspeed”. I dont know what wish dir is suppose to represent,
coords, a value, idk

No-Sider wrote:

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wishdir is the average of the keypresses.
If I press the up arrow, wishdir is 0. Likewise, if I press the right and down keys, wishdir is 135. https://youtu.be/v3zT3Z5apaM?t=73

NeonG4 wrote:

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But, hypothetically, if we pressed down and right and wishdir = 135, wouldnt multiplying it to addspeed in the last line add a huge value to vel (being well over the thosands)? This code is suppose to give a speed boost, but it doesnt increase speed THAT much.

No-Sider wrote:

NeonG4 wrote:

double snip

But, hypothetically, if we pressed down and right and wishdir = 135, wouldnt multiplying it to addspeed in the last line add a huge value to vel (being well over the thosands)? This code is suppose to give a speed boost, but it doesnt increase speed THAT much.

Try it out! If it does give a large speed boost, then something isn't right.

NeonG4 wrote:

TRIPLE SNIP

I have tried to remake this code before coming to the forums, and doing a bit more research, some other document talking about strafe movement, wishdir can be as low as a value of ~ 0.0321 to be multiplied to addspeed. So yeah, a value of 135 WOULD be too large unfortunately.

But even with that small value mentioned above, I still cant seem to get past the problem that this code gets called upon every frame, so regardless of wishdir value, the vel value just snowballs into a HUGE number.

No-Sider wrote:

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It might be a percentage of the whole. Idk, I'll do some research.

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