How to get the movement of the Space Pilot spacecraft?

Hi.
I tried to do the eight-way "rotary" motion to get the same motion as the space pilot spacecraft:
https://www.retrogames.cc/arcade-games/space-pilot.html
I almost succeeded, but I can't get it to stop by pressing the diagonal, in the eight retention corners.
Download the example here.
Generally degrees are used, but using a counter with the maximum value set at 32 "directions", the 8 reference directions are: 0-4-8-12-16-20-24-28. You should try using the Flags on/off method. Anyone know if there is a similar example to download?
It would also be useful for top view driving games, because the "Race car" movement is too difficult.

like that ?Attachment 30758

WOW. You are great, but really great. 100000 thanks!

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this version is better with 90 degree and 180 degree

@Fredetmumu: Thanks again. Honestly, I wouldn't have gotten there! This will be very useful to me.. (I sent you a p.m.)

That seems a little buggy - rotation towards a diagonal (NE, SE, SW, NW) is twice as quick as rotating towards one of the four cardinal directions (N, E, S, W), and it's also possible to hold an angle other than the main 8 directions. It's also quite complicated.

A useful trick I've found, is to have an invisible, stationary object with an 8-direction movement, and just use that to get the direction the player's direction input - it's so much easier than having loads of similar events checking for different combinations of arrow keys being pressed, and often if the player is holding down several at the same time, you'd want to know which they pressed last, etc.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Atq7cUIJ7uexsUxT...tG8X3?e=3ONKMT

Physic movement can do it without any event.

Patrice : zero lignes ! ;D

@MuddyMole, Patrice: Many thanks, you have been genius. Now I have to study the method to stop the rotation, once reached, of the angles 45, 135, 255, 315 (in practice, the 4 diagonals) when you leave the keys (or the joystick). Angles 0, 90, 180, 270 are now ok. Thanks again.

i just try space pilot and it seems that when you release keys, rotation stop at the actual angle and not at the next diagonal