Having trouble with something very basic, Sprint function.

Unity Engine
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Hey there!, I’m trying to make a pretty basic 2D RPG style game, and having a bit of trouble right off the bat!

I’ve got a character controller that works, I can move around, what I’ve tried to do is add a Sprint function (Hold shift, you walk faster).

This is what I have, but pressing Shift does nothing, I’m sure it’s a super simple mistake somewhere that I just need someone to point out!.

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Many thanks in advance!

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If you post a code snippet, ALWAYS USE CODE TAGS:

How to use code tags: Using code tags properly

To help gain more insight into your problem, I recommend liberally sprinkling Debug.Log() statements through your code to display information in realtime.

Doing this should help you answer these types of questions:

  • is this code even running? which parts are running? how often does it run?
  • what are the values of the variables involved? Are they initialized?

Knowing this information will help you reason about the behavior you are seeing.

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Input.GetKeyDown is only true on the first frame that the key is pressed.

Input.GetKey is true for every frame during which the button is held down.

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Sorry. It’s been a few years since I’ve been here, I’ll make use of Code tags from here on out.

I did end up sprinkling a few Debug.Logs around and saw it seemed to be working, I just didn’t understand the difference between GetKey and GetKeyDown.

Thanks for the help!

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That’s the ticket!, Many thanks.