Whats the proper way to jump?

Stan

Hi everyone, I'm trying to make my character to jump properly, so far its not working well.
When I tap screen once my character seems to jump fine but once I start tapping many times the character just flying off the screen. I don't know if I'm doing this right but this is what I have for jumping:
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Rule:
Actor receive event>Touch> Is Outside
Timer 0.2 Run to Completion Checked
Accelerate
Direction 90
Acceleration 4000
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This kinda works but when you tap screen many times it doesn't work well.

Any tips appreciated

Thanks
Stan

RH

However you can make it look like it's jumping

Heres a nice looking demo: http://gamesalad.com/game/play/49577

I haven't opened the project but it looks pretty smooth and I'm sure you can change it to suit your needs.

Stan

Hi RH, thanks for the link, but that demo does same thing, when you press button many times it just floats in mid air.

DankStew

You could make the jump rule a two part rule (requiring both/all) and add in 2nd part that requires:

when actor(jumping guy) touches/overlaps with other actor of platform (what he jumps off of):

then your jump rule.

Basically your telling the jumper he can only jump when his feet are on the ground. Hope that helps.

AfterBurnett

And all this time I thought it was "bend knees, extend legs quickly".