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Inaugurating this Forum - I hope with no too stupid question. I am relating to my other problem, and this may be the key:

I use the following script in the draw actor event to make an actor move:

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x = x - 5;

or:

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x = x + 5;

Now how can I make stop him?

I did this: On a timer event I put:

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x = x - 0;

But it did not work.

Diana,

I'm not sure exactly what your needs are, but couldn't you

(1) Create a global integer variable called, say, actorCanMove and set it to 0;
(2) In the draw actor event replace x = x - 5 with

if(actorCanMove == 1)
{
x = x-5;
}

(3) When you want the actor to move, set actorCanMove equal to 1; when you want the actor to stop, set actorCanMove equal to 0 again.

Hi Plinydog,

Sounds like a good solution. But I am not advanced enough to know the exact steps to do: I created the variable in the global script editor, but how do I set its value to 0 and what would be the exact syntax?

Just so you know, standard C syntax like

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x+=5;

is a viable shortcut to

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x=x+5;

in Game Editor. It's easier to type, less prone to typographical error, and may be ever-so-slightly faster in execution.

x-=5; is the same as x=x-5; and so on...

Another solution is to have the Draw Actor event to have

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x=x+xmovement;

where xmovement is a variable you can set to 5, -5, 0, or whatever you need to. If you want to stop it, set xmovement to 0. If you need to start up again, set the variable as necessary.

Interesting shortcut thanks.
But I still need to know how to create the variable with the initial setting. I am afraid I don't see clear enough to do this.



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To add an initial setting to a variable put

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variable=any number;

in a create actor event or any other event that ocurs only once (you don't want them to reset each time the event reocurs )

Thnak you very much!

x = 0 ?

on create actor insted of draw actor

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xvelocity=1;

and on the timer thing

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xvelocity=0;