# Facing problem
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/facing-problem/64416
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [September 16, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/facing-problem/64416 "2004-09-16T01:42:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@JoMan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoMan)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/facing-problem/64416/1 "2004-09-16T01:42:19Z")
Hello fellow kirupans, I have a small problem. I am making a fighting game, and I want the hero to face his enemy at all time, but I dont know how. My code is a bit messed up:
```php
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (direction) {
if (_x>_root.player2._x) {
if (_xscale<0) {
_xscale *= -1;
}
}
}
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (direction) {
if (_x<_root.player2._x) {
if (_xscale<0) {
_xscale = -100;
}
}
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2004, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/facing-problem/64416/2 "2004-09-16T09:18:56Z")
they both work just fine with me…
attachMovie(“arrow”, “arrow1”, 1, {\_x:0, \_xscale:-100});
var a = attachMovie(“arrow”, “arrow2”, 2, {\_x:50});
a.\_xscale \*= -1;
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2004, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/facing-problem/64416/3 "2004-09-16T13:00:27Z")
Um i’d just do this
```auto
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
dist = this._x-player._x;
if(dist<0){
this._xscale = -100;
}
}
```
cos if he’s facing the right direction to start off you only need to change when he’s on the other side
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/facing-problem/64416/4 "2004-09-16T17:54:57Z")
Thanks for the help :), but I found out the problem, I had the enemy’s instance name of “\_root.player2” :huh: