How do I make an actor run away from another?

dimok

Hi! Before I improvide my way out of it, I was wondering if there was a way to make one actor "run away" from another, as on opposite of (move to).
I think I saw something similair in templates where you drag and shoot an object (like angry birds) though I might be mistaken.
In any case, Thank you in advance!:)

RThurman

Improvising is a great way to learn GameSalad!

Instead of using moveto, its probably easier to use move.

To get an actor to move _toward_ something (like the mouse in the following case) use Move:

Direction: vectorToAngle( game.Mouse.Position.X - self.Position.X , game.Mouse.Position.Y - self.Position.Y )

To get an actor to run _away_ from something use Move:
Direction: vectorToAngle( self.Position.X - game.Mouse.Position.X , self.Position.Y - game.Mouse.Position.Y )

Of course, you would substitute in the other actor's positions where it now says mouse position.

Hope this helps,
RThurman

dimok

Thanks! I realized that it is much easier - you just set "mote to" behavour and set the movement speed negative
-dimok

RThurman

@ dimok -- That's a great solution! I'll try to remember that one too.
RThurman