back and forth variable

jeffcollins

Hi

I am trying to make an actor move in a random way, similar to the pace back and forward that has been mentioned on this forum before but I want the actor to randomly go left or right either a bit or all the way. Can anyone help me with any advice for this particular variable?

many thanks

CodeMonkey

Timers + Change Attribute are your friend.

Create an actor attribute that is of integer type. Call it LeftRight

Create a Rule to check if that attribute is equal to 0, then do your movement to the left.
Create a Rule to check if that attribute is equal to 1, then do your movement to the right.

Add a Timer behavior to the actor that every # seconds Change Attribute of the LeftRight integer attribute to the expression random(0,1)

jeffcollins

Thanks Code Monkey,

It sounds like an ideal solution, Ive had a few problems implementing them though :-) but it gives me a head start,

cheers

jeffcollins

Actually... its not just ideal... its a brilliant solution :-) i just had a problem when my move was sending my actor right and it was hitting a collider to send it back left... the actor didn't know whether to stick or twist,