Keep a player moving in one direction while still able to control

Rekize

Hello. I wish to achieve the effect that, in a minigame, the player will automatically keep running to the left. While at the same time, it is still possible to control the player to move up and down to avoid obstacles.

I know it can be done using Unity scripts beyond the AC system. But is it possible to achieve the effect by AC?

ChrisIceBox

If your "Movement method" is set to "Direct", then moving left is a case of invoking the Horizontal input with a negative value.

AC's SimulateInputAxis function, if called in an Update loop, could feasibly move the character automatically if its used to simulate this input:

AC.KickStarter.playerInput.SimulateInputAxis ("Horizontal", -1f);

Rekize

Thanks, the simulate input function is very powerful! But when I press the right input, the horizontal axis will become 0 and character not moving, I tried AC.KickStarter.playerInput.SimulateInputAxis ("Horizontal", -10f); without success.

Any idea how to counter the the right input effect or disable the right input?

ChrisIceBox

As your original post mentioned moving to the left, my example code used "-1f", which causes leftward movement. For right movement, use "1f" instead.

Note that if you try to invoke the Horizontal input button manually (i.e. via a keypress) at the same time as simulating, you'll get a conflict meaning one of the commands will be ignored.