What about mobile…? Walkspeed is ok, but I feel like it’s a bit of a hacky solution.
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CFrames have a property called LookVector it’s a vector in the direction the CFrame is facing. You can use the HumanoidRootPart’s LookVector:
Character.HumanoidRootPart.LookVector --> Returns the vector in which the character is looking
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So, if this was the returned values, it’d be like this?
Vector3.new(1, 0, 0) -- Left
Vector3.new(-1, 0, 0) -- Right
Vector3.new(0, 0, 1) -- Forwards
Vector3.new(0, 0, -1) -- Backwards
Then also, how could I compare the Vectors to see if it’s over 1, 0, 0?
if you look into the control moduld of the player script i do think there is a function called GetMoveVector and you can check
local Vector=module:GetMoveVector
Vector.Z >= 1 --forward
Vector.Z <= 1 --backward
and so on...
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Hm, I’ll try this but I have to go, I’ll let you know when I test it.
LookVector will return a vector relative to the front surface. So if you do LookVector * -1 you can get the inverse or back direction of the vector. You can use RightVector for the right and RightVector * -1 for the left vector.
EDIT: Also in response to getting a value over 1 you can multiply by an arbitrary number to increase the magnitude of the vector.
Hm, LookVector * -1 works, but how do I fit this in a conditional way? The equation will just return the backwards direction of the vector, which is not really telling me if they are going that way. This does seem interesting though, so I’ll look into it some more later.
There’s no such thing as “backwards.” Backwards relative to what? Relative to the x axis or z axis? Is backwards the negative or positive? It’s just too vague. If what you mean is you want when a player is moving backwards relative to themselves you can just check for input with the S key or whatever other input devices your game is for.
Humanoids have a property called MoveDirection that give you a unit vector of which direction the character is moving in. I would use this in conjunction with the function below:
function cardinalConvert(dir)
local angle = math.atan2(dir.X, -dir.Z)
local quarterTurn = math.pi / 2
angle = -math.round(angle / quarterTurn) * quarterTurn
local newX = -math.sin(angle)
local newZ = -math.cos(angle)
if math.abs(newX) <= 1e-10 then newX = 0 end
if math.abs(newZ) <= 1e-10 then newZ = 0 end
return Vector3.new(newX, 0, newZ)
end
Passing the MoveDirection to the cardinalConvert function should give you the vector you’re looking for. If the left/right are inverted, remove the negative in front of math.sin. If the up/down are inverted, remove the negative in front of the math.cos.
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that is some serious math right there so how could i send a player backwards
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I don’t know how to know when it MOVES, but I know you can use the torso CFrame and then just take the direction of the torso.
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This is very similar to this article, which I answered with some code examples and visual representations.
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Hm, it “kind of” works…
Here is what I mean.
while true do -- Not going to actually do this, just for testing purposes
wait(1)
local humanoid = character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
-- once again, for testing purposes
if not humanoid then return error("ERR: Humanoid required to load animations!") end
local humanoidVector = cardinalConvert(humanoid.MoveDirection)
if humanoidVector.X < 0 then print("Left") end
if humanoidVector.X > 0 then print("Right") end
if humanoidVector.Z > 0 then print("Forwards") end
if humanoidVector.Z < 0 then print("Backwards") end
end
The result I’m getting is this…
Left and right seem to work, but suddenly it’s saying backwards, then once you go back and forth the whole thing gets screwed up. I’m probably missing the point here or not understanding something, but this is a little weird.
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The cardinalConvert function returned the correct vectors, it just left the zeroed-out axis with a super small number instead of 0 (it was about 1e-16 every time). You can replace your cardinalConvert with the updated cardinalConvert function above.
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I made a version that is easier to read and 8 Dimensional (includes forward left, etc). I decided to share it with yall since it seems like it would help. Also, I recommend putting it into your Library Module.
function WorldMovingDirection(dir, MultiDirectional)
--//Made by Juni_Purr and ImPremiumJay
local NewMultiDirectional = MultiDirectional or false
local angle = math.atan2(dir.X, -dir.Z)--Gives Angle
local quarterTurn
if NewMultiDirectional then--If you want 8 Directional
quarterTurn = math.pi/4
else--You want 4 Directional
quarterTurn = math.pi/2--Only want degrees 0-180 [x/2 is 4 dimensional, x/4 is 8 dimensional]
end
local CurrectVector = nil
local MovingDirection
if dir == Vector3.new(0,0,0) then return 'Idle' end--If they are standing still they are idle
angle = -math.round(angle / quarterTurn) * quarterTurn
local newX =math.round(-math.sin(angle))
local newZ = math.round(-math.cos(angle))
if math.abs(newX) <= 1e-10 then newX = 0 end
if math.abs(newZ) <= 1e-10 then newZ = 0 end
CurrectVector = Vector3.new(newX, 0, newZ)
--Dictionary so you dont have to read numbers
local Directions = {
['Forward'] = Vector3.new(0, 0, -1),
['Left'] = Vector3.new(-1, 0, 0),
['Backwards'] = Vector3.new(0, 0, 1),
['Right'] = Vector3.new(1, 0, 0)
}
if NewMultiDirectional then--If you want 8 directional movement
Directions["ForwardLeft"] = Vector3.new(-1, 0, -1)
Directions["ForwardRight"] = Vector3.new(1, 0, -1)
Directions["BackwardLeft"] = Vector3.new(-1, 0, 1)
Directions["BackwardRight"] = Vector3.new(1, 0, 1)
end
for Direction, Vector in Directions do
-- Compare Directions
if CurrectVector == Vector then--If players vector equals a vector in table Directions
MovingDirection = Direction--Im not explaining this
end
end
return MovingDirection
end
WorldMovingDirection.lua (1.6 KB)
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how would i reverse this so if i had the movetopoint i could find the move direction?
Move direction is a property of humanoid, so you will always have the move direction.
This is amazing, is there any way to convert it into local space though?
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I’m sorry I don’t quite understand your question.
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To anyone who stumbles on this and want’s it in local space as well, its:
local movementDirection = WorldMovingDirection(RootPart.CFrame:VectorToObjectSpace(MoveDirection))
Huge thanks to PremiumJay for that function 
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