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I am trying to implement acceleration and drag into my top-down 2D game. The player can move using the WASD keys. Acceleration works fine, but the way I handle the directional velocity causes the player to abruptly stop when the movement keys are released instead of coming to a stop. Here is the code I currently have:

EDIT: I officially solved the above issue by implementing an applyForce method and triggering it when the movement keys are pressed as seen here:

    public void applyForce(float angle, float amount)
    {
        Vector2 v = new Vector2((float)(Math.Cos(angle)), (float)(Math.Sin(angle)));
        v.Normalize();
        v = Vector2.Multiply(v, amount);

        velocity = Vector2.Add(velocity, v);
    }

            if (oldKeys.IsKeyDown(Keys.A))
            {
                applyForce((float)Math.PI, CurrentSpeed);
            }
            if (oldKeys.IsKeyDown(Keys.D))
            {
                applyForce(0, CurrentSpeed);
            }
            if (oldKeys.IsKeyDown(Keys.W))
            {
                applyForce((float)Math.PI * 1.5f, CurrentSpeed);
            }
            if (oldKeys.IsKeyDown(Keys.S))
            {
                applyForce((float)Math.PI * 0.5f, CurrentSpeed);
            }

As you may have guessed, the new problem is that when 2 keys are pressed the method is called twice causing the player to move faster than he should be. Are there any effective ways of handling this?

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Someone posted an answer and it wouldn't let me comment on it. I hope I didn't accidentally delete it because it has disappeared. \$\endgroup\$
    – Bagofsheep
    Apr 28, 2014 at 4:20

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Someone answered the question earlier then either deleted it or I accidentally deleted it (and if so I apologize). Regardless, they pointed out that it was odd that my applyForce method was based on an angle so I fixed that, then used a modified version of their idea to fix my problem.

Here are the two new overloaded versions of applyForce:

    public void applyForce(Vector2 direction, float amount)
    {
        if (direction.Length() > 0)
            direction.Normalize();

        direction = Vector2.Multiply(direction, amount);

        velocity = Vector2.Add(velocity, direction);
    }

    public void applyForce(Vector2 v)
    {
        velocity = Vector2.Add(velocity, v);
    }

And the new movement key code:

            int x = 0, y = 0;

            if (oldKeys.IsKeyDown(Keys.A))
                x = -1;
            if (oldKeys.IsKeyDown(Keys.D))
                x = 1;
            if (oldKeys.IsKeyDown(Keys.W))
                y = -1;
            if (oldKeys.IsKeyDown(Keys.S))
                y = 1;
            if (oldKeys.IsKeyUp(Keys.A) && oldKeys.IsKeyUp(Keys.D))
                x = 0;
            if (oldKeys.IsKeyUp(Keys.W) && oldKeys.IsKeyUp(Keys.S))
                y = 0;

            Vector2 mv = new Vector2(x, y);
            applyForce(mv, CurrentSpeed);
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  • \$\begingroup\$ Stated differently (ie. how I was about to answer): don't applyForce for every key, instead set the direction. Then after all keys call applyForce once with the set direction. \$\endgroup\$
    – jhocking
    Apr 28, 2014 at 11:39
  • \$\begingroup\$ Were you the person who answered earlier then deleted the answer? \$\endgroup\$
    – Bagofsheep
    Apr 28, 2014 at 17:50
  • \$\begingroup\$ no, was just summarizing your correct answer for other newbies \$\endgroup\$
    – jhocking
    Apr 28, 2014 at 18:54

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