double jump Double jumping with phaser

[Node231]

Hey all!

I'm writing a program where I'm attempting to get my character to double jump in phaser. I've run into some issues.

The logic of my code goes as follows

1. player hits jump while on the ground -(jump set equal to one)
2. if jump is set equal to one and the player is not on the ground, jump again.

however, I cannot get my code to enter the second stage, and I'm not sure why. I've tried several different solutions but to no avail. I believe the problem may be within declaring 

var onTheGround = player.body.touching.down;

and then

!onTheGround

for my second if statement.

 

 

Any help would be appreciated, here is the full jump portion of my code:

 

    // Set a variable that is true when the player is touching the ground
    var onTheGround = player.body.touching.down,
    // (jumps is defined as 0 at the top of the code)
	
	//  Allow the player to jump if they are touching the ground.
	if (cursors.up.isDown || upKey.isDown) {
		if (onTheGround && jumps == 0) {
			jumps = 1;
			console.log(jumps);
			//jump
			player.body.velocity.y = -200;
		}
		if (!onTheGround && jumps == 1) {
			jumps = 2;
			console.log(jumps);
			//jump again
	    	player.body.velocity.y = -500;
		}
		jumps = 0;
	}

 

[Skeptron]

Well maybe it's because you set jumps = 0; no matter what. At the very end of your code snippet, you shouldn't do that, but instead put that line into some kind of 'else' condition.

[Node231]

9 hours ago, Skeptron said:

Well maybe it's because you set jumps = 0; no matter what. At the very end of your code snippet, you shouldn't do that, but instead put that line into some kind of 'else' condition.

it would be easy to see where to put it if I could get my code to go into the second jump, I'll try fixing this first though.

 

Thanks!

[SignalSin]

Game Mechanic Explorer has an example of double jumping in Phaser, among several other useful things.

[Node231]

On 5/18/2016 at 7:59 PM, SignalSin said:

Game Mechanic Explorer has an example of double jumping in Phaser, among several other useful things.

thanks!

I found a way to fix my method, but this is helpful!

 

Appreciate it