Make player face the right way while pathfinding

[Bee]

Hello all,
I have built a game where the player targets the nearest enemy and uses Game Maker's pathfinding to make his way there on his own. The problem is that he doesn't face in the direction of his movement but faces his target. What do I use for his direction for his facing (right, up, left, down)?

 

[NightFrost]

I forget, but didn't motion planning automatically set instance direction to correct value? If so, you can take it and:

Facing = round(direction / 90);

Where Facing 0 and 4 is right, 1 is up, 2 is left and 3 is down.

 

[Bee]

Thanks I'll try that! I wasn't aware of the built in direction.

 

[NightFrost]

Also, even if motion planning does not set direction, you can figure it out by doing after mp movement:

Dir = point_direction(xprevious, yprevious, x, y); // Calculates direction from previous position towards current position