How do I make an object move in the direction that it's facing in ursina?

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I want to be able to make an object move forward in ursina, but can't figure out how.

I tried the .forward method but that only gives the direction and I don't know where to go from there.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 01 '23 at 13:33

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Do entity.position += entity.forward to move it forward, while taking rotation into account. If you don't need to account for rotation, entity.z += 1 would work too.

Example where we move forward while the w key is pressed:

from ursina import *

app = Ursina()
entity = Entity(model='cube')

def update():
    entity.position += entity.forward * time.dt * held_keys['w']

app.run()

answered Feb 01 '23 at 13:33

pokepetter

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Here's a video that show how it can be done: https://youtube.com/shorts/Oo_APxhG27U?feature=share – pokepetter Feb 01 '23 at 13:35
I need it to work without any keys being held. Thank you anyways though – Simon Mendlowitz Feb 02 '23 at 23:40
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If so, just remove the `* held_keys['w']` – pokepetter Feb 03 '23 at 06:22

How do I make an object move in the direction that it's facing in ursina?

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