Flipping 2d character localscale *= -1

I have code that looks something like this:

Code (CSharp):

1. facingRight = !facingRight;
2.             Vector3 theScale =  this.gameObject.transform.localScale;
3.             theScale.x *= -1;
4.             this.gameObject.transform.localScale = theScale;

but it doesnt flip the enemy character accordingly. I have code:

Code (CSharp):

1. Debug.Log(this.gameObject.transform.position.ToString());
2.             Debug.Log(player.position.x.ToString());
3.             Debug.Log(facingRight);

and they are printing the correct values but I don't think the

Code (CSharp):

1. this.gameObject.transform.localScale = theScale;

is working.

 

didn't read the code but u can use flip option in sprite renderer

 

I'm assuming that you're trying to get your sprite to flip in the opposite direction, correct?

My 2D movement is based upon "Horizontal", so a player can use "A" , "D" , "LeftArrow", or "RightArrow". What I did is determine which key was being used and added the sprite desired inside there.

Code (CSharp):

1. void Update () {
2.  
3.         transform.Translate(Pspeed * Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * Time.deltaTime,0f,0f);
4.  
5.         if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.A) || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.LeftArrow)) {
6.            GetComponent<Renderer>().material = rgtFace;
7.             gun.SetActive(false);
8.             gun1.SetActive(true);
9.          
10.         }
11.         if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.D) || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.RightArrow))
12.         {
13.            
14.             GetComponent<Renderer>().material = lftFace;
15.             gun.SetActive(true);
16.             gun1.SetActive(false);
17.          
18.         }
19.  
20.      
21.  
22.     }

Edit: Here's an example. basically I created two materials to use as a sprite. Then I duplicated my weapon and faced it the other way. I set the weapon's active or inactive status within the proper key call. I done the same thing with my materials. And could do the same IF I was doing animations, which in this instance I am not. Also note that I accidentally set my left and right face materials into the wrong slots inside unity. But it works and I don't see the point in changing it lol

 

maybe have to set new Vector3 for scale instead of setting one of the Vector3 properties

foo.scale = new Vector3(oldx, oldy, newz);

 

I dont see you changing the scale but I tried GetComponent<Renderer>() to alter values and nothing

didnt work, I tried manually inputting values new Vector3(-7,7,3);

 

I defined two variables:

Code (CSharp):

1. public Material leftFace;
2. public Material rightFace;
3. // Yes I fully spelled out the variables // here but not in my code I // provided earlier. This is for clarity.

I designed two textures, not sprites of my character facing left/right. I dropped them into the inspector so the script could easily access them. My movement is based upon horizontal X-Axis, however, you still must press a movement key in order to move. So I added the GetKeyDown to determine which way I was facing and I rendered the proper material. That's how I changed the scale. However, I'm using raycasting to detect walls that I sometimes can walk through for various reasons. So I implemented the GetAxis movement code inside of each key-check and use GetKey instead of GetKeyDown now.

However, you should be able to accomplish the same thing with a sprite animation which wouldn't require GetComponent<Render>(). You'd just put your animation or image you you're using and grab that.