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Face Forward

Face object towards the direction of movement.

Authors and contributors to this experimental extension: VictrisGames, TheGemDev.

Set the angle of the object to match the direction of movement.

This works with any kind of movement (forces, physics, dragging, etc) because it tracks the object position to compute the direction of movement.

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Face forward

Face object towards the direction of movement.

Behavior properties

  • Offset angle (🔢 Number, Angle). Can be used when the image of the object is not facing to the right. Default value is 0.
  • Rotation speed (degrees per second) (🔢 Number). Use "0" for immediate turning. Default value is 0.
See internal technical details
  • Offset angle is stored as OffsetAngle (Number). Unit is DegreeAngle. Default value is 0.
  • Rotation speed (degrees per second) is stored as RotationSpeed (Number). Default value is 0.

Behavior actions

Set offset angle
Set offset angle.

See parameters & details
  • Parameter 0: 👾 Object
  • Parameter 1: 🧩 Behavior
  • Parameter 2 (🔢 Number): Offset angle

Technical note: parameter 3 is an internal parameter handled by GDevelop.

Technical note: this action internal type (in GDevelop JSON) is FaceForward::FaceForward::SetOffsetAngle.

Set rotation speed
Set rotation speed (degrees per second). Use "0" for immediate turning.

See parameters & details
  • Parameter 0: 👾 Object
  • Parameter 1: 🧩 Behavior
  • Parameter 2 (🔢 Number): Rotation Speed

Technical note: parameter 3 is an internal parameter handled by GDevelop.

Technical note: this action internal type (in GDevelop JSON) is FaceForward::FaceForward::SetRotationSpeed.

Behavior expressions

Expression Description
Object.FaceForward::MovementDirection() Direction the object is moving (in degrees).
Object.FaceForward::OffsetAngle() Offset angle.
Object.FaceForward::RotationSpeed() Rotation speed (in degrees per second).

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