Dashing stops when i let go of WASD keys

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Hello, I have a dashing script that allows you to dash based on your input (I.e. W + D is forward right). Now, as i stated in my question, The dashing seems to stop whenever I let go of wasd.

Here are the codes that are important to the dash:

private void Update()
    {
        float horizontal = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
        float vertical = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");
        Vector3 direction = new Vector3(horizontal, 0f, vertical).normalized;
        float targetangle = Mathf.Atan2(direction.x, direction.z) * Mathf.Rad2Deg + cam.eulerAngles.y;
        target = Quaternion.Euler(0f, targetangle, 0f);

        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Q) && candash)
        {
            StartCoroutine(Dash(dashtime, dashcd));
        }

        if (isdashing)
        {
            dashspeed = Mathf.Lerp(dashspeed, enddashspd, dashrate);

            cc.Move(_dashDirection * dashspeed * Time.deltaTime);
        }
    }  

IEnumerator Dash(float s, float cd)
    {
        isdashing = true;
        candash = false;
        _dashDirection = target * Vector3.forward;

        yield return new WaitForSeconds(s);

        isdashing = false;
        dashspeed = initialdashspeed;

        yield return new WaitForSeconds(cd - s);

        candash = true;
    }

The thing i used for the player is a charactercontroller (as shown by the “cc” in the script). Im aware that the problem is that im using input.getaxis but my main problem is how can i fix/change the code to make it so that, Whenever I press the dash button, I still dash in the desired direction i wanted to go in even if i let go of the WASD keys.

2

Store direction right before the function is called and then use the stored direction instead of the current direction

 float horizontal = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
 float vertical = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");
 Vector3 direction = new Vector3(horizontal, 0f, vertical).normalized;


void DashExample()
{
       Vector3 startDir = direction;

       // dash code (move towards startDir, not direction)
}

hope this helped