A question on 2d 8-directional animation

miau

Using AnimatedSprite2D. I coded animations to play when you're pressing arrows and stop playing (also setting the frame to the first one) when player stands still. However there's a tiny issue when going diagonally. There is inconsistency with x and y axis: on x it changes the animation to the new direction and on y it ignores it.
I want it to check if you're already walking in a direction, and if that's true not change the animation to another direction... something like in Undertale. The problem is I don't really know how to implement that properly. I'd appreciate some suggestions. Thanks in advance!

miau

Hey guys for anyone else wondering I've figured it out, here's what it looks like. Not the best but at least it works :)

extends CharacterBody2D
@export var speed = 140
func _process(_delta):
	walking()
func walking():
	#movement
	var direction = Vector2()
	#animation
	var fuck = $animation
	
	#walking is possible thanks to this
	if Input.is_action_pressed("ui_right"):
		direction.x += 1
	if Input.is_action_pressed("ui_left"):
		direction.x -= 1
	if Input.is_action_pressed("ui_down"):
		direction.y += 1
	if Input.is_action_pressed("ui_up"):
		direction.y -= 1
	
	#animation
	match direction:
		Vector2(1, 0):
			fuck.play()
			fuck.set_animation("right")
		Vector2(-1, 0):
			fuck.play()
			fuck.set_animation("left")
		Vector2(0, 1):
			fuck.play()
			fuck.set_animation("down")
		Vector2(0, -1):
			fuck.play()
			fuck.set_animation("up")
	
	# more movement junk. 
	# make sure it's placed after the match statement.
	direction = direction.normalized()
	velocity = direction * speed
	move_and_slide()
	
	#animation stops
	if velocity == Vector2.ZERO:
		fuck.stop()