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Terribilis 26 Oct, 2024 @ 11:07am

My character won't move

i recently want to start learning how to make game, so i listen to the offical youtube tutorial and try to make my character to move, but it's just won't budge. can someone help?

create:
window_set_size(1280,720);
xsp=0;
ysp=0;

step:
if keyboard_check(ord("D"))
{
xsp+=1;
}
if keyboard_check(ord("A"))
{
xsp-=1;
}
if keyboard_check(ord("S"))
{
ysp+=1;
}
if keyboard_check(ord("W"))
{
ysp-=1;
}

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Blind

26 Oct, 2024 @ 11:42am

did you bind xsp and ysp to anything such as, like, hspeed or vpseed?

Terribilis 27 Oct, 2024 @ 7:19am

no. so i can't really set a variable as to moving speed huh? i will try it and report the result

Blind

27 Oct, 2024 @ 8:14am

Originally posted by Terribilis:
no. so i can't really set a variable as to moving speed huh? i will try it and report the result

you can, you just... didn't yet.

you'd need to do something like "xspeed=xsp" or some equivalent

The Winter Bud has GameMaker: Studio

27 Oct, 2024 @ 2:22pm

xsp and ysp are just a variables. They don't do anything but hold a value. You need to do something with that values. You can assign them to x and y and move the object manually or you can assign them to hspeed and vspeed to move it automatically. You could also come up with an algorithm to translate your xsp and ysp into a direction and a speed and assign it to direction and speed respectively.

https://manual.gamemaker.io/lts/en/GameMaker_Language/GML_Reference/Movement_And_Collisions/Movement/Movement.htm

Last edited by The Winter Bud; 28 Oct, 2024 @ 8:39am