Dash towards the mouse with vertical force.

Question

I can dash to the four directions relative to the camera, but only horizontally and can't quite get the verticality right. I want to be able to dash upwards or downwards at an angle.

This is the code for the dash right now:

velocity = dash_direction * DASH_SPEED
dash_direction = dash_direction.normalized()
velocity = velocity.rotated(Vector3(0,1,0), rotation.y)
velocity = move_and_slide(velocity, Vector3.UP)

Comments

I think we will need more code. Can you post the whole script maybe? specifically we will need to see where dash_direction is defined.

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dash_direction is not specified and rotated is adding rotation. Do you have a working code example?

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If this is a platformer / side-view situation, the problem might be that gravity is messing up with your vertical speed so the dashes don't feel right. Try disabling / counteracting the effect of gravity while you are dashing.

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It's a 3D FPS game. This is how the dash function gets it's direction

    DASH:
        dash_direction = direction
        if direction == Vector3.ZERO:
            dash_direction -= head_basis.z

This is what defines direction

direction = Vector3()
head_basis = head.get_global_transform().basis
direction += (int(s) - int(w)) * head_basis.z
direction += (int(d) - int(a)) * head_basis.x

I'm having trouble on where to apply an angle and force to said angle.

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Copy pasting here from another comment
It's a 3D FPS game. This is how the dash function gets it's direction

    DASH:
        dash_direction = direction
        if direction == Vector3.ZERO:
            dash_direction -= head_basis.z

This is what defines direction

direction = Vector3()
head_basis = head.get_global_transform().basis
direction += (int(s) - int(w)) * head_basis.z
direction += (int(d) - int(a)) * head_basis.x

I'm having trouble on where to apply an angle and force to said angle.

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It's better to add code to the question to get the whole picture. And maybe empty one of your comments ;-) And I miss the mouse code too.

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Ah, sorry, here it is.

func _input(event):
if event is InputEventMouseMotion:
    head.rotate_y(deg2rad(-event.relative.x * MOUSE_SENS))
    var x_delta = event.relative.y * MOUSE_SENS
    if camera_rotation + x_delta > -90 and camera_rotation + x_delta < 90:
        camera.rotate_x(deg2rad(-x_delta))
        camera_rotation += x_delta