Scripts / Move Sprite when key is pressed

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Nathan38
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Posted: 11th Jul 2016 15:28 Edited at: 11th Jul 2016 15:40
Hi all,
I'm trying to make a small menu that can be toggled when the P key is pressed. The below code does create the sprite however when the Key P is pressed, it is not moved to the coordinates that it should be.

If I set the starting position of the sprite to 50,50, instead of 200,200, the sprite starts in the center of the screen, if I then press the P key, it disappears.



Any help with this would be hugely appreciated, it's driving me crazy
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Posted: 11th Jul 2016 18:39
200, 200 is off screen, 50,50 is centre of the screen, sprite coordinates are in % of screen not pixels.

So 0, 0 is top left, 100, 100 is bottom right.

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Posted: 11th Jul 2016 18:43
Hi AmenMoses,
Thanks for getting back to me, the problem is that the sprite just doesn't show at all when the key is pressed, the positioning is fine
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Posted: 11th Jul 2016 20:44
if p_key_pressed == 0 and not release_key() then
p_key_pressed = 1
SetSpritePosition (character_panel_Sprite,25,25)
end

if p_key_pressed == 1 and release_key() then
p_key_pressed = 0
SetSpritePosition (character_panel_Sprite,200,200)
end
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Posted: 11th Jul 2016 22:41
It's getting there, the menu only stays up when the P key is held, rather than a toggle
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Posted: 11th Jul 2016 23:12 Edited at: 11th Jul 2016 23:14
I did wonder why the code was so complex.

Try this

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Posted: 12th Jul 2016 09:38 Edited at: 12th Jul 2016 10:14
Thank you So much AmenMoses!

I don't quite understand it yet, but it works beautifully! now I just need to figure out how to get some text on there

thanks again!

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