I took this script straight from the manual and tried it out. It should move my entity along either the X-axis or Y-axis but unfortunately I found that it doesn't do anything to my entity and the only thing that moves when pressing the arrowkeys is the camera.

Code:

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action move_me 
{
  while (1)
  {
    my.X += 10 * KEY_FORCE.X;
    my.Y += 10 * KEY_FORCE.Y;
    move_view();
    wait(1);
  }
}
 

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1. did you assign the action to the entity, resave the level and build-> update entities?

2. do you ALSO have the camera scripted to move based on cursor key inputs someplace in your script as well?

3. did you run the level by clicking on RUN ?

1. Yes I assigned it.
2. No, I only have the move code, nothing else.
3. Yes, of course

it doesn't have anything to detect that the key is being pressed so ofcourse it doesn't work.

Not true. Key_force detects the keyboard. Key_force = 0 as long as the key is not pressed. When the engine detects the button being pressed, a value is assigned to key force. This is why it is in a while loop, so it can continually check for the arrow key to be pressed.

I got it to work for me. Did you try pressing F7 to change the camera view?

Also, after I plugged in the script and got it working, i found it had to be modified slightly. Key_force.x and .y were in the wrong spots and the .y had to be reversed

Code:

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action move_me 
{
  while (1)
  {
    my.X += 10 * KEY_FORCE.Y;
    my.Y -= 10 * KEY_FORCE.X;
    move_view();
    wait(1);
  }
}
  

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You are using templates right?

he said thats it no other code.


ps. it wouldn't load a level so of course it doesn't work.

then how does move_view() work?

Make sure freeze_mode is set to 0 and not 1. I made this mistake

Also, you can try this variation:

Code:

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action move_me 
{
  while(1)
  {
    my.x += 10 * (key_cuu - key_cud);
    my.y -= 10 * (key_cul - key_cur);
	camera.pan = my.pan;
	camera.x = my.x - 150;
	camera.y = my.y;
	
    wait(1);
  }
} 

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Does the same exact thing. Only F7 won't affect it.

it doesn't. i had to comment it out.

Well I'm quite new so I'm not sure what exact steps to follow, but I just made a map, then through map properties I assigned my Script02.wdl which contained nothing but the code I pasted before.
And all it does is move my camera...