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Movement stop the way hes facing?
cadeownz
15 Aug, 2008 - 03:53 PM
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Hey,
i have a character that moves if you press Up, Down, Left, Right, Up+Left ect.. but i dont know how to make him so when your walking say left and u stop he stops in a left standing stance not the one i have when hes just standing looking up. i have a left standing stance an up stance a right stance a down stance a up+left stance ect.. Any help? just to clarafy it i need to make him on key down LEFT gotoAndStop("walkleft") on keyrelease LEFT gotoAndStop("standleft") somthing like that.. Thnx heres the bit of the code that makes him walk left..
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if (Key.isDown (Key.LEFT)) {
this.gotoAndStop("runL");
this._x -= 5;
}

so somehow i need on release of LEFT key gotoAndStop("stopL");
but i dont know how to do that in code..
help MUCH appreiciated..
thnx in advance...
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RE: Movement Stop The Way Hes Facing?
15 Aug, 2008 - 06:23 PM
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What I would do is adda variable to the character that is something like var direction; and set that to the way he is walking (for instance, walkin gleft would give his direction as "left" and so on).

Then, if you are doing your movement inside of an onEnterFrame function you would just add an ending statement to the IFs so that if nothing is pressed (he is standing still) he will gotoAndStop("standing_"+direction). If that makes any sense.

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15 Aug, 2008 - 08:18 PM
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Hey,
that makes perfect sense but i do not know how to put that into code. i have no experience with Variables. can you teach me lol biggrin.gif
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16 Aug, 2008 - 07:01 AM
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Okay, so place this variable in the player movieclip:

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var dir;


Then, with your movement code it will look something like so:

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if (Key.isDown (Key.LEFT) && Key.isDown(Key.UP)) {
this.gotoAndStop("runUL");
this._x -= 3.5355;
this._y -= 3.5355;
this.dir = "up_left";
}
else if(Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) && Key.isDownKey.DOWN)){
this.gotoAndStop("runDL");
this._x -= 3.5355;
this._y += 3.5355;
this.dir = "down_left";
}
else if(Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) && Key.isDownKey.DOWN)){
this.gotoAndStop("runDR");
this._x += 3.5355;
this._y += 3.5355;
this.dir = "down_right";
}
else if(Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) && Key.isDownKey.UP)){
this.gotoAndStop("runUR");
this._x += 3.5355;
this._y -= 3.5355;
this.dir = "up_right";
}
else if(Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)){
this.gotoAndStop("runL");
this._x -= 5;
this.dir = "left";
}
else if(Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)){
this.gotoAndStop("runR");
this._x += 5;
this.dir = "right";
}
else if(Key.isDown(Key.UP)){
this.gotoAndStop("runU");
this._y -= 5;
this.dir = "up";
}
else if(Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)){
this.gotoAndStop("runD");
this._y += 5;
this.dir = "down";
}
else{
// not moving
this.gotoAndStop("standing_"+this.dir);
}


Hope that helsp.

REALIZE - this is assuming that the above code is withing th eplayer MC as well.
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18 Aug, 2008 - 02:40 PM
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23 Aug, 2008 - 07:44 PM
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THANK U SO MUCH!
oh and im sorry i havent been on in ages i just had other stuff to do... biggrin.gif
so now i got it walking and stoping the way he was walking last.. BUT he stays walking coz it refers only to him walking is there anyway to make it like on keyUp go to stopU coz keyUp is an onClipEvent command.. Help MUCH x1000000000 appreiciated biggrin.gif biggrin.gif but yeah thnx!
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23 Aug, 2008 - 08:50 PM
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I am not quite sure what you are talking about here, maybe try to specify a bit more...

But I think the script above already does soemthing liek what you are talking about. The player is moving in a certain direction as long as a key is down, if no keys are down (at least none of the ones that we have a movement action attached to) the player is told to gotoAndStop("standing_"+this.dir); hich we are setting to whatever direction the player is facing...
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24 Aug, 2008 - 10:30 PM
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Ok,
My character has like a walking animation. so when u press a key he starts walking. and when u release he doesent move, stays in the same place BUT he is still doing the alking animation. do u get wat i mean?
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25 Aug, 2008 - 04:33 AM
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Yes, now I understand. Can I see what coe you are using for his movement?
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25 Aug, 2008 - 08:07 PM
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Its just what the code above is, but here is the complete walking bit.
NOTE: its birds eye view and the guy doesnt move the background moves so this is the characters code. Im sure it will go in here..
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onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (Key.isDown (Key.RIGHT)) {
this.gotoAndStop("runR");
this.dir = "runR";
}
if (Key.isDown (Key.LEFT)) {
this.gotoAndStop("runL");
this.dir = "runL";
}  
if (Key.isDown (Key.UP)) {
this.gotoAndStop("runU");
this.dir = "runU";
}
if (Key.isDown (Key.CONTROL)){
this.gotoAndStop("shoot");
}
if (Key.isDown (Key.DOWN)){
this.gotoAndStop("runD");
this.dir = "runD";
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.UP)&&Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)){
this.gotoAndStop("runUL");
this.dir = "runUL";
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.UP)&&Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)){
this.gotoAndStop("runUR");
this.dir = "runUR";
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)&&Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)){
this.gotoAndStop("runDR")
this.dir = "runDR";
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)&&Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)){
this.gotoAndStop("runDL");
this.dir = "runDL";
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)&&Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)){
this.gotoAndStop("standing_"+this.dir);
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)&&Key.isDown(Key.UP)){
this.gotoAndStop("standing_"+this.dir);
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)&&Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)&&Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)){
this.gotoAndStop("standing_"+this.dir);
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)&&Key.isDown(Key.UP)&&Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)){
this.gotoAndStop("standing_"+this.dir);
}
}
onClipEvent (keyUp) {
this.gotoAndStop("standing_"+this.dir);
}


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25 Aug, 2008 - 08:30 PM
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Okay try using this:

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onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if(Key.isDown(Key.UP)&&Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)){
this.gotoAndStop("runUL");
this.dir = "runUL";
}
else if(Key.isDown(Key.UP)&&Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)){
this.gotoAndStop("runUR");
this.dir = "runUR";
}
else if(Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)&&Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)){
this.gotoAndStop("runDR")
this.dir = "runDR";
}
else if(Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)&&Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)){
this.gotoAndStop("runDL");
this.dir = "runDL";
}

else if (Key.isDown (Key.RIGHT)) {
this.gotoAndStop("runR");
this.dir = "runR";
}
else if (Key.isDown (Key.LEFT)) {
this.gotoAndStop("runL");
this.dir = "runL";
}  
else if (Key.isDown (Key.UP)) {
this.gotoAndStop("runU");
this.dir = "runU";
}
else if (Key.isDown (Key.CONTROL)){
this.gotoAndStop("shoot");
}
else if (Key.isDown (Key.DOWN)){
this.gotoAndStop("runD");
this.dir = "runD";
}

else{
this.gotoAndStop("standing_"+this.dir);
}

}
onClipEvent (keyUp) {
this.gotoAndStop("standing_"+this.dir);
}


That should work (Note, I did change around the code a little from what you originally had to do the multi-directional checks first then do single direction checks and if nothing else works have the character stand still. This will also make it so that things like holding Left and Right will count as only holding Right.)

Hope that works out for you.

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