How do I move 16 pixels in one direction?

Hey. I need to move a character 16 pixels in the direction I press, but I don't want him to just snap to the new position like he does with the 'set X' command, I need to see the character move, but he has to stop at exactly 16 pixels from where he started.

Can anyone help me with this one? Thanks.

You can do it with bullet behaviour or manually, and comparing position with a variable, i dont know if there is an easier wayt to o it, for the moment i would try that

There are many ways to do it. Basically if you want to move a character from point A to point B in X seconds then your have to draw the position change across some amount of frames. If you just use Set X then it will move it in one frame.

You can use "lerp" function, then you can do a nice smooth animation. You can use "every tick" or "Every X seconds" and change character's position every frame. In both cases you simply check if currentPosition - startingPosition = 16, and if so then stop it.

You can also use a Platform behaviour, and move character with built in functions.... and many other ways. It's all about your creativity .

You could use the behavior-plugin from rexrainbow.

http://c2rexplugins.weebly.com/rex_moveto.html

Excellent stuff, lads. Thanks! I'll give it a go.

I have some math that may help. You can set X Y through this equation. All you need is and angle and a distance. The rest is trigonometry.

left arrow is pressed

targetY = Sprite.X + d * cos(180)

targetX = Sprite.Y + d * sin(180)

down arrow is pressed

targetY = Sprite.X + d * cos(90)

targetX = Sprite.Y + d * sin(90)

as you can see you are only changing the angle. If I were you I would save this. This will allow you to pick a point, from any sprite, move a sprite to it, or move that sprite to it.. Move ant sprite, any distance, in any direction.

Swap d out for distance.