Help Needed: Character stuck facing left when idle

Hello, I'm extremely new to scripting/coding on Unity so excuse the dumb question. I've been trying to implement code that lets my 2d sprite change direction when moving. though the code also inverts the sprites x-axis when idle and i can seem to fix it. below is a copy of my PlayerPlatformerController script. if there are any other mistakes/optimizations id very much appreciate the advice

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class PlayerPlatformerController : PhysicsObject {
6.  
7.     public float maxSpeed = 7;
8.     public float jumpTakeOffSpeed = 7;
9.  
10.     private SpriteRenderer spriteRenderer;
11.     private Animator animator;
12.  
13.     // Use this for initialization
14.     void Awake ()
15.     {
16.         spriteRenderer = GetComponent<SpriteRenderer> ();  
17.         animator = GetComponent<Animator> ();
18.     }
19.    
20.  
21.     protected override void ComputeVelocity()
22.     {
23.         Vector2 move = Vector2.zero;
24.  
25.         move.x = Input.GetAxis ("Horizontal");
26.  
27.         if (Input.GetButtonDown ("Jump") && grounded) {
28.             velocity.y = jumpTakeOffSpeed;
29.         } else if (Input.GetButtonUp ("Jump"))
30.         {
31.             if (velocity.y > 0) {
32.                 velocity.y = velocity.y * 0.5f;
33.             }
34.         }
35.  
36.         bool flipSprite = (spriteRenderer.flipX ? (move.x > 0.01f) : (move.x < 0.01f));
37.         if (flipSprite)
38.         {
39.             spriteRenderer.flipX = !spriteRenderer.flipX;
40.         }
41.  
42.         animator.SetBool ("grounded", grounded);
43.         animator.SetFloat ("velocityX", Mathf.Abs (velocity.x) / maxSpeed);
44.  
45.         targetVelocity = move * maxSpeed;
46.  
47.        
48.     }
49. }

 

The horizontal axis range is -1 to 1 and you are setting it to flip the sprite if it is less than 0.01f when at rest the reading would be 0. So change

Code (CSharp):

1. bool flipSprite = (spriteRenderer.flipX ? (move.x > 0.01f) : (move.x < 0.01f));

to

Code (CSharp):

1. bool flipSprite = (spriteRenderer.flipX ? (move.x > 0.01f) : (move.x < -0.01f));

Although the old input system deals with deadzones for gamepads/controllers, I like to use a tolerance 20% myself so would suggest using 0.2f.