Dashing relative to the player

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1

The transform keeps moving the player to a spot around the origin instead of relative to the player. This seems like a simple fix, but for the life of me I can’t find it.

#pragma strict

var moveLeft : KeyCode;
var moveRight : KeyCode;
var moveJump : KeyCode;
var moveDown : KeyCode;
var dashToggle : KeyCode;

var dashMax : float = 2;
var dashCharges : float = 2;
var dashDistance : float = 20;
var JumpHeight : float = 20;
var speed : float = 10;

private var isFalling = false;

function Update () 
{
	if (Input.GetKeyDown(moveJump) && isFalling == false && !(Input.GetKey(dashToggle)))
	{
		rigidbody2D.velocity.y =  JumpHeight;	
		isFalling = true;
	}
	
	if (Input.GetKey(moveRight))
	{
		rigidbody2D.velocity.x = speed;
	}
	
	else if (Input.GetKey(moveLeft))
	{
		rigidbody2D.velocity.x = speed *-1;
	}
	
	else
	{
		rigidbody2D.velocity.x = 0;
	}
	if(Input.GetKey(dashToggle) && Input.GetKeyDown(moveJump) && dashCharges >=1)
	{
		rigidbody2D.transform.localPosition = Vector2(0,dashDistance);

		dashCharges -= 1;
	}	
	if(Input.GetKey(dashToggle) && Input.GetKeyDown(moveLeft) && dashCharges >=1)
	{
		rigidbody2D.transform.localPosition = Vector2(dashDistance,0);

		dashCharges -= 1;
	}	
	if(Input.GetKey(dashToggle) && Input.GetKeyDown(moveRight) && dashCharges >=1)
	{
		rigidbody2D.transform.localPosition = Vector2(dashDistance,0);

		dashCharges -= 1;
	}	
	if(Input.GetKey(dashToggle) && Input.GetKeyDown(moveDown) && dashCharges >=1)
	{
		rigidbody2D.transform.localPosition = Vector2(0,-dashDistance);

		dashCharges -= 1;
	}	

}
2

Nevermind. I solved my own problem by changing it to:

#pragma strict

var moveLeft : KeyCode;
var moveRight : KeyCode;
var moveJump : KeyCode;
var moveDown : KeyCode;
var dashToggle : KeyCode;

var dashMax : float = 2;
var dashCharges : float = 2;
var dashDistance : float = 20;
var JumpHeight : float = 20;
var speed : float = 10;

private var isFalling = false;

function Update () 
{
	if (Input.GetKeyDown(moveJump) && isFalling == false && !(Input.GetKey(dashToggle)))
	{
		rigidbody2D.velocity.y =  JumpHeight;	
		isFalling = true;
	}
	
	if (Input.GetKey(moveRight))
	{
		rigidbody2D.velocity.x = speed;
	}
	
	else if (Input.GetKey(moveLeft))
	{
		rigidbody2D.velocity.x = speed *-1;
	}
	
	else
	{
		rigidbody2D.velocity.x = 0;
	}
	if(Input.GetKey(dashToggle) && Input.GetKeyDown(moveJump) && dashCharges >=1)
	{
		rigidbody2D.transform.position.y += dashDistance;

		dashCharges -= 1;
	}	
	if(Input.GetKey(dashToggle) && Input.GetKeyDown(moveLeft) && dashCharges >=1)
	{
		rigidbody2D.transform.position.x -= dashDistance;

		dashCharges -= 1;
	}	
	if(Input.GetKey(dashToggle) && Input.GetKeyDown(moveRight) && dashCharges >=1)
	{
		rigidbody2D.transform.position.x += dashDistance;

		dashCharges -= 1;
	}	
	if(Input.GetKey(dashToggle) && Input.GetKeyDown(moveDown) && dashCharges >=1)
	{
		rigidbody2D.transform.position.y -= dashDistance;

		dashCharges -= 1;
	}	

}