Godot Help Programming
How to set the magnitude of a Vector2?

KKineticTactic
Apr 28, 2020
Post #1 Tuesday, April 28, 2020 1:28 PM

I have a Vector2 named "steering". How do I set its magnitude(length)? Is there actually a Vector2 method, or will I have to write my own function?

SSIsilicon28
Apr 28, 2020
Post #2 Tuesday, April 28, 2020 1:38 PM

The vector you must first normalize, then multiply it by your target size.

vector.normalized() * new_size

DDschoonmaker
Apr 28, 2020
Post #3 Tuesday, April 28, 2020 6:53 PM

In case you didn't know, vector.normalized() returns the original vector with a length of one.

3 years later

Megalomaniak added the Godot Help tag Dec 8, 2022.

How to set the magnitude of a Vector2?

KineticTactic

I have a Vector2 named "steering". How do I set its magnitude(length)? Is there actually a Vector2 method, or will I have to write my own function?

SIsilicon28

The vector you must first normalize, then multiply it by your target size.

vector.normalized() * new_size

Dschoonmaker

In case you didn't know, vector.normalized() returns the original vector with a length of one.