ActionScript Help Please?

[thodmick]

I need help.
How do I make it so that if this movie clip is closer than 60 from the character it will move away?

Right now it just moves closer if it's further than 60. But I want it to always walk towards 60 kinda.

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (_root.player._x>_x + 60) {
_x += 5
gotoAndStop(2);
\\\ moving clip
} else if (_root.player._x<_x - 60){
_x -= 5;
gotoAndStop(2);
\\\ moving clip
} else {
gotoAndStop(1);
\\\ standing clip
}
}

[DJMAX]

try inversing your if/then/else commands.

[thodmick]

At 5/14/08 05:29 PM, DJMAX wrote: try inversing your if/then/else commands.

That wont work. =(

already tried it.

[thodmick]

Please, I really need help and I want to learn.

[thodmick]

Plz help me ='(

[TrillingBird]

At 5/14/08 06:46 PM, thodmick wrote: Plz help me ='(

change ur positive to a negative maybe

[dragonjet]

is this just horizontal?
or 60 units around?

[thodmick]

At 5/14/08 08:59 PM, dragonjet wrote: is this just horizontal?
or 60 units around?

Just horizontal.

[oreidoouro]

where is the clip going to placed in relation to the charactor? randomly along the x axis? you might need to set some variables to reverse the push pull effect if its on the otherside of the charactor

[OneWhoListens]

The problem you have is that your two desires contradict each other. On the one hand, you want the object to move closer to the character while it is more than 60 points away. On the other hand, you want it to start moving away when it is closer than 60. There is an inherent problem here. If it reaches, say, a distance of 59 points, and starts moving away, then it will soon reach 60 points again, whereupon it's commands will tell it to start moving closer again. Essentially, it gets stuck. Only if the character moves further away will it begin approaching again, as the character is now more than 60 points away from it. If you move it too close, it will not be able to move closer, and will stop.
See the problem?
As for a solution, you will need to work with some variables, I'm thinking, and timer-like code that forces the object to move a certain distance/time before reconsidering the distance from it's target to itself. I'm sure there are also other ways, and there are also many possible variations in this one, however, this particular one was what popped into mind atm.

[thodmick]

So, any help?

[Cojones893]

At 5/15/08 04:26 PM, thodmick wrote: So, any help?

OneWhoListens gave you your answer. Read his post and rewrite your code.

[thodmick]

At 5/15/08 04:33 PM, Cojones893 wrote:

At 5/15/08 04:26 PM, thodmick wrote: So, any help?

OneWhoListens gave you your answer. Read his post and rewrite your code.

I have no Idea how to do that =O

[thodmick]

How!!!?

[Zheg]

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (_root.player._x +60 >_root.enemy._x ) {
_root.enemy._x+= 5
gotoAndStop(2);
\\\ moving clip
} else if (_root.player._x -60 >_root.enemy._x ) {
_root.enemy._x-= 5;
gotoAndStop(2);
\\\ moving clip
} else {
gotoAndStop(1);
\\\ standing clip
}
}

[dragonjet]

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
     moving=false;

     if (Math.abs(_root.player._x-_x) > 63) {
          if(_root.player._x>_x){ _x+=5; }else _x-=5;
          _x += 5
          gotoAndStop(2);
          moving=true;
     }

     if (Math.abs(_root.player._x-_x) < 57){
          if(_root.player._x>_x){ _x-=5; }else _x+=5;
          gotoAndStop(2);
          moving=true;
     }

     if(moving){
          // moving clip
     } else {
          // standing clip
     }
}

[dragonjet]

damn i didn't notice an extra code which should not be there,
here is the correct one...

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
     moving=false;

     if (Math.abs(_root.player._x-_x) > 63) {
          if(_root.player._x>_x){ _x+=5; }else _x-=5;
          gotoAndStop(2);
          moving=true;
     }

     if (Math.abs(_root.player._x-_x) < 57){
          if(_root.player._x>_x){ _x-=5; }else _x+=5;
          gotoAndStop(2);
          moving=true;
     }

     if(moving){
          // moving clip
     } else {
          // standing clip
     }
}