Multidirectional Dash System

[Dio0949 (Miqu3ias)]

I want to make a multidirectional dash system (the animation changes depending on what key the player is pressing like W, A, S or D) but don’t know how to.
I’ve made a script but it only works for forward dashing and I don’t know how to make it so it goes multiple directions.
This is the script so far:

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

local DashAnimation = script:WaitForChild('Animation')

-- Settings
local key = Enum.KeyCode.Q -- key to trigger dash
local velocity = 11500 -- dash speed
local debounce = false 
local cooldown = 2 -- cooldown after dash
local duration = 0.3 -- dash duration
--

local function Dash()
	local character = player.Character
	if character and not debounce then
		debounce = true

		local humanoid = character.Humanoid
		local HRP = character.HumanoidRootPart -- HRP stands for HumanoidRootPart

		local loadedAnimation = humanoid.Animator:LoadAnimation(DashAnimation)

		local dashDirection = nil
		local moveDirection = humanoid.MoveDirection
		local lookVector = HRP.CFrame.LookVector
		local minusVelocity = -velocity -- in CFrame, if we set Z to positive, player will go move backward
		-- instead of forward

		-- checking if player is on ground, not floating
		local isOnGround = humanoid.FloorMaterial ~= Enum.Material.Air and humanoid.FloorMaterial ~= Enum.Material.Water

		if isOnGround then


			if moveDirection == Vector3.new(0,0,0) then -- if player is not currently moving/walking
				dashDirection = HRP.Position + Vector3.new(lookVector.X, 0, lookVector.Z)
			else -- if player are currently moving/walking
				dashDirection = HRP.Position + Vector3.new(moveDirection.X, 0, moveDirection.Z)
			end

			-- using bodygyro to rotate player to the dash direction smoothly
			local bodyGyro = Instance.new("BodyGyro")
			bodyGyro.Parent = HRP
			bodyGyro.MaxTorque = Vector3.new(math.huge, math.huge, math.huge)
			bodyGyro.D = 0 -- D is the dampening
			bodyGyro.P = 500000 -- P is aggressiveness
			bodyGyro.CFrame = CFrame.lookAt(HRP.Position, dashDirection) -- Making player look at the dash direction

			local attachment = Instance.new("Attachment")
			attachment.Parent = HRP

			-- now using VectorForce to move player forward
			local vectorForce = Instance.new("VectorForce")
			vectorForce.Parent = HRP
			-- VectorForce need attachment to tell where is player looking at
			vectorForce.Attachment0 = attachment
			vectorForce.Force = Vector3.new(0,0,minusVelocity) -- now it will move player forward as the settings

			loadedAnimation:Play() -- play the dash animation
			humanoid.AutoRotate = false -- prevent player to rotate by themselves

			wait(duration)

			humanoid.AutoRotate = true

			vectorForce:Destroy()
			bodyGyro:Destroy()
			attachment:Destroy()

			--wait(duration) -- give some time before stopping the dash animation
			loadedAnimation:Stop()

		end


		--
		wait(cooldown)
		debounce = false
	end
end

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
	if input.KeyCode == key then
		Dash()
	end
end)

[PlumbusDude420 (Zylith)]

detect the last input and if its wasd then dash in that respective order or you can detect if the player is holding that key and then dashes

edit: oh you meant as in animation?

[shawndevlin115 (DRMcFizzy)]

You can try this!

local UserInputService = game:GetService(“UserInputService”)

local shiftDown = false
local direction = “”

local function onInputBegan(input, gameProcessed)
if gameProcessed then return end
if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.LeftShift then
shiftDown = true
elseif input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.W then
direction = “forward”
elseif input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.A then
direction = “left”
elseif input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.S then
direction = “backward”
elseif input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.D then
direction = “right”
end
end

local function onInputEnded(input, gameProcessed)
if gameProcessed then return end
if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.LeftShift then
shiftDown = false
elseif input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.W and direction == “forward” then
direction = “”
elseif input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.A and direction == “left” then
direction = “”
elseif input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.S and direction == “backward” then
direction = “”
elseif input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.D and direction == “right” then
direction = “”
end
end

local function onStep()
if shiftDown and direction ~= “” then
– load and play the appropriate animation
– based on the direction variable
end
end

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(onInputBegan)
UserInputService.InputEnded:Connect(onInputEnded)
game:GetService(“RunService”).Stepped:Connect(onStep)

[Dio0949 (Miqu3ias)]

Yeah, like for every direction a different animation.

[PlumbusDude420 (Zylith)]

thats simple, just make 4 different animation tracks one for each direction, then play them for the respective direction