Dammit AS! Work for me!

[neon-dude]

Yeah well, in short I'm trying to get an MC to move around a bit. Usualy I'd just use tweens etc. but this time I decided to be uber 1337 and do it in AS. But it won't bloody work! Here's my script, halp please!

onClipEvent (load) {
	left = false;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
	if (left=false) {
		this._x += 5;
	}
	if (left=true) {
		this._x += 5;
	}
	if (this._x=1571.7) {
		left = true;
	}
	if (this._x=571.7) {
		left = false;
	}
}

[LonLonRanch]

gotta look out for those double equal signs :D

onClipEvent (load) {
	left = false;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
	if (left==false) {
		this._x += 5;
	}
	if (left==true) {
		this._x += 5;
	}
	if (this._x==1571.7) {
		left = true;
	}
	if (this._x==571.7) {
		left = false;
	}
}

[Hotwired05]

you cant just say "left"

in the begginig you do

if (Key.isDown)(Key.LEFT){
this."YOUR SCRIPT OF MOVEMENT HERE"
it has to envolve X or Y and like this.X=-5 this will move it -5 on the X axis....

[Vengeance]

Using the = sign DEFINES a value, whilst using a == sign checks equility.
so by saying

if(left=true){

You're defining left to be true.
You need to say

if(left==true){
//blah
}

You also need to do the same for the coordinates.

[KyleDaFox]

Something like this

onClipEvent (load) {
	left = false;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
	if (left == false) {
		this._x += 5;
	}
	if (left == true) {
		this._x -= 5;
	}
	if (this._x<=0) {
		left = false;
	}
	if (this._x>=550) {
		left = true;
	}
}

You can change around when it += or -=, and the _x and _y values, I did it to test it.

It's basically what Vengeance said, but unless your _x coordinates end in .7 and can be hit exactly, it won't work.

That's the reason I put in >= and <=, they see if something is greater than or equal to, or less than or equal to the number after.

Questions?

[rickeyricksricky]

At 8/15/08 10:18 AM, Hotwired05 wrote: you cant just say "left"

in the begginig you do

if (Key.isDown)(Key.LEFT){
this."YOUR SCRIPT OF MOVEMENT HERE"
it has to envolve X or Y and like this.X=-5 this will move it -5 on the X axis....

The "+" n' "-" sign always need to be in front of the "=" sign. ;)

[neon-dude]

At 8/15/08 10:18 AM, Vengeance wrote: Using the = sign DEFINES a value, whilst using a == sign checks equility.
so by saying

if(left=true){

You're defining left to be true.
You need to say

if(left==true){
//blah
}

You also need to do the same for the coordinates.

oh damm, I knew that but I completely forgot about it thanks for reminding me :)

[neon-dude]

At 8/15/08 10:18 AM, Hotwired05 wrote: you cant just say "left"

in the begginig you do

if (Key.isDown)(Key.LEFT){
this."YOUR SCRIPT OF MOVEMENT HERE"
it has to envolve X or Y and like this.X=-5 this will move it -5 on the X axis....

no, this MC isn't on you control, it just moves around between two points.