Moving using Touchscreen...

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1

Hi guys, I’m making a 2d platformer and I can make the player move horizontally, but becuase I’m making it for android I’ve stumbled across a huge problem. I can’t control the player when on android. I thought about trying to use buttons on the GUI and also by using a script I found online to split the screen into two halves and then each side does a certain thing. I got nowhere with the buttons, but the other one I thought might be better anyway. All I need is a script that will let you move in one direction, then I can use this to finish the script.

Here is what I have so far…

public class Movement : MonoBehaviour {

private Rigidbody2D rb2d;
public float speed = 10f;

void Start () {
rb2d = GetComponent ();
}

void Update () {

float moveHorizontal = Input.GetAxis (“Horizontal”);

Vector2 movement = new Vector2 (moveHorizontal, 0.0f);

rb2d.AddForce (movement * speed);

}
}

And then if I add in

if(Input.touchCount ==1)

{

Touch touch =Input.touches[0];

if(touch.position.x Screen.width/2)

//Something that does what you need if rightside is touched

}

This should make it so that the screen is separated into the two halves and each side activates movement in the corresponding direction. I basically need those two parts of the script filling to move left and right.
Halp plz :,(

2

This is a very well documented area. Try using addforce methods. You should do some research before coming here.
To addforce page

3

This is a very well documented area. Try using addforce methods. You should do some research before coming here.
To addforce page

4

if(touch.position.x > Screen.width/2) //Detects RightSide
if(touch.position.y < Screen.width/2) //Detects LeftSide