i was following a tutorial series on YouTube on creating a Zelda clone in Godot 4.2.1 and everything works fine, but the tutorial never implements a knock-back effect when attacking an enemy so i wanted to implement that myself
i tried using this tutorial video but it obviously didn't work since the way the enemy movement is coded in my game is different from this tutorial
here's my Code for the enemy
func _physics_process(delta):
deal_with_damage()
#movement code
if player_chase:
position += (player.position - position) / speed
$AnimatedSprite2D.play("walk")
if (player.position.x - position.x) < 0:
$AnimatedSprite2D.flip_h = true
else:
$AnimatedSprite2D.flip_h = false
else:
$AnimatedSprite2D.play("idle")
# function for dealing with getting hit by the player
func deal_with_damage():
if player_inattack_area and global.player_current_attack == true:
if can_take_damage == true:
knockback() #here i tried calling the knockback function but nothing happens
health = health - 20
$take_damage_cooldown.start()
can_take_damage = false
print("slime health = ", health)
if health <= 0:
self.queue_free()
#the function for knockback that i got from the tutorial that does nothing
func knockback():
var knockbackDirection = -velocity.normalized() * knockbackPower
velocity = knockbackDirection
move_and_slide()
so yeah no knockback happens because my enemy moves by simply changing it's position to chase the Player, no velocity is ever used in the movement code, how can i implement the knockback effect with my current code ? or should i change my code entirely ? I appreciate any help !
