Preventing Player from Sprinting Backwards

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#1

Hello!

What I need help with:
I need help preventing players from sprinting while walking any other direction then forwards. I have tried numerous things without luck and could use a little help.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what to use to detect this?

#2

I reccomend removing the character’s legs.

You can do this with

Character.LeftLeg:Destroy()
Character.RightLeg:Destroy().

@VegetationBush has just informed me this may not work. Alternatively you could just remove the head with

Character.Head:Destroy().

This would also prevent the character from walking

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#4

You could also add a sign to the game asking the player to not sprint backwards.

You would do this by inserting a part, the inserting a surface gui, then inserting a text label

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#5

don’t forget to check if he is holding the down arrow!

#6

As a consideration you should also check if they are on mobile. Then if they are you can just kick them from the game

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#7

Maybe disabling walking backwards would help. You would need to write a custom movement script that respects textboxes though.

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#8

Im just crying from these posts. :rofl:

Anyways, you can check Humanoid.MoveDirection.Z. If its -1, then the player is moving forward.

#9

While this would work I feel it is incredibly inefficient since you would have to like regularly check the move direction whereas with the above solutions it’s really just running once.

#10 
Humanoid:GetPropertyChangedSignal("MoveDirection"):Connect(function()
   if Humanoid.MoveDirection.Z == -1 then StopSprint() end
end)

Even if you would make your own movement script, you would need to do the same.

#11

Check if they are holding “W” + “SHIFT”

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")

local HoldingW = false
local HoldingShift = false

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.W then
		HoldingW = true
	elseif input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.LeftShift then
		HoldingShift = true
	end
end)

UserInputService.InputEnded:Connect(function(input)
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.W then
		HoldingW = false
	elseif input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.LeftShift then
		HoldingShift = false
	end
end)

if HoldingW == true and HoldingShift == true then
	print("RUN")
end
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#12

Guessing you have button for sprint just add the Ole “and” and check of they are also pressing the forward button.

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#13

@Dr_Bloomfield @cornholio11111

  1. It will only work for pc
  2. It is possible to walk backwards, while holding shift and w.
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#14

Very helpful to the topic, thanks for posting this incredibly informative reply.

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