hay i know what it is. its supposed to move the camera. that could be it.

Then why does the manual say it should move the entity to which the action is assigned?

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Now select Run Level, and try using the cursor keys to 'walk'.Hmm. Well, we must admit that your first movement action doesn't behave as well as the prefabricated one. What happens is that our movement does not follow the player's facing - it follows along the X- and Y-axes of the coordinate system. In fact, you can't rotate the player at all. No wonder, you haven't provided any instruction for that.
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what did you search for to find the code?

Nothing, like I said, it's from the manual that came with 3dgs.
I was following the tutorial 'Tutorial: Teach Yourself Game Programming in 6 Days' which is in the manual...

my bad..

reminder to self: read all of the posts in the topic before posting and wasting your time -.-

Allright then, I still don't know why it doesn't work which is quite poor since it's the first script in the manual and they build upon it so if I can't get this thing to work I can't continue the tutorial...
Anyone?

Try comment out move_view() and see what happen,
like this :

// move_view();

Yea im a little confused... How does your level run if you only have the action you posted above in your script? You need a main function to load the level.

Try this...
Code:

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Function Main()
{
freeze_mode = 1;
level_load("your_level.wmb");
Wait(3);
Freeze_mode = 0;
}

action move_me 
{
  while (1)
  {
    my.X += 10 * KEY_FORCE.Y;
    my.Y -= 10 * KEY_FORCE.X;
    // move_view(); // Comment this out since you dont have a move_view function 
    //Else you could create a move_view() function.
    wait(1);
  }
}
 

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Just assign the action to your entity... Make sure its visible from the cameras position. IE.. Add a position pointing at your entity or make sure your entitys is viewable from cameras default position 0,0,0.

Build your level and run it... In theory should work with out any problems.

Tho in reality its not very useful to move an entity by this method. Least in my opinion. Better to use C_move or even ent_move. Look them both up in the manual.

Grimbers 1st person shooter tutorial on the resource link I beleive is the first tutorial to help me grasp the concept of using ent_move... C_move is basically the same only a lil different and from what I heard better. With C_move and ent_move your entity can check for collision.

Hope this helps....

BTW. The tutorial which you mention to my knowledge is pretty dated.... Better to download the workshops from the download page... Here

I'll look into the workshops, but now I am the one who is confused. All I did was make a map in WED, then write a script in SED, assigned the script to my map through map properties, then assigned the action to my entity and it does not do what I want it to do, even your code had the same effect. Is there maybe some stupid beginners mistake I made making WED always use a template or something?