How to make a character walk back and forth?

HeyFries

How to make a character, like an enemy, walk back and forth within a constrained distance, without controllers?
Thanks

gyroscope

Hi, there's a wiki entry called How do make an actor pace back and forth? you'll find it here:

http://gamesalad.com/wiki/how_tos:gsc_pacing

:-)

HeyFries

Thanks, I am already able to make my character pace back and forth, but I also want to change the animated image to match the character's direction. How do I do that?

Thanks

butterbean

To do that, create 2 rules:

When self.motionlinearvelocityX > 0
Animate: Facing right images

When self.motionlinearvelocityX < 0
Animate: Facing left images

HeyFries

Thanks a lot! Now I got my character's animation matching the direction too!

I created a player that jumps when I touch the screen, and it jumps properly when the gravity Y is set to 900, but the character that is pacing back and forth doesn't walk when the gravity Y is set to 900, so I changed the gravity Y to 0. Now the character pace back and forth but the player jumps in slow motion when gravity Y is 0. What should I do to make both -player and other character- to work properly?

Thanks