Have a character move right and left after turning a corner with a lane system?

[anonymous_user_8491f3c0]

Hello!

I’m still fairly new to blueprint and am having trouble with movement within a lane system in my endless runner prototype. So right now I have it so that the character either moves -/+ # of units in the Y-axis to switch lanes. However, this no longer works after I make a corner turn as he is facing a new direction.

Video of the lane system being demonstrated before and after making a turn: environMENTAL - Game Dev #01 - YouTube

How can I make it so that the direction is updated when he turns a corner so he is able to still move left and right? I would assume I would need to have it so he can move in only his Y-axis and not the world’s Y-axis?

This is what the blueprint setup looks like for the movement right now and it is the same for the Move Right blueprint except + in the Y-axis.

Thanks!

[Co (Cø)]

You should move left/right in your pawn local space, not in world space.

Instead of just adding {0, 200, 0} to your location, use your pawn right vector multiplied by +/-200 and everything should works fine

[anonymous_user_8491f3c0]

That worked perfectly and was so simple! I knew there was some other vector orr something I had to get from the actor! I thought it was forward vector but I should have been hovering over them as that is X and right vector is for Y!

Thanks a lot for the response!

I had another question though in how I could contain this so you can only move over a certain amount of times? I want there to be only 4 lanes and right now you can continue moving so you move outside of the walls. I would think there is a way to limit the movement so you can only move so many times each way maybe?

Thanks in advance!

[v455664v (Vinicius Schreurs)]

hey… how can I create this Lanes System? From the begining

[anonymous_user_f0a55e8a]

Here ya go!

It might be old, but Blueprints in UE4 tend work regardless of version, so it should at least get you started.

[anonymous_user_1c75186e]

how did you got the lane system working

[rituparno]

The Best Thing Is Use Unreal Spline System , This Will Completely Fix The Issue;