# Movement Woes

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movement-woes/157655>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [August 3, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movement-woes/157655 "2005-08-03T15:04:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![cheesy\_x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb9ed0/32.png) [@cheesy\_x](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cheesy_x)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movement-woes/157655/1 "2005-08-03T15:04:42Z")

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I keep having trouble getting things to scale correctly when keys are pressed. I have included my code below. Please help this has been driving me nuts for days.

I did manage to get it working in only 4 directions, but when I added diagonals I had to workaround, and it’s not going too well.

Sometimes the character will scale erratically

[AS]  
onClipEvent(load){stopper = 3; frame = 1}  
//MOVEMENT//  
onClipEvent(enterFrame){  
// LEFT //  
if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) & !Key.isDown(Key.UP) & !Key.isDown(Key.DOWN) & !Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)){this.gotoAndStop(2); xspeed = -15; yspeed = 0; scalex = 0; scaley = 0; stopper = 4}  
// RIGHT //  
else if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) & !Key.isDown(Key.UP) & !Key.isDown(Key.DOWN) & !Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)){this.gotoAndStop(1); xspeed = 15; yspeed = 0; scalex = 0; scaley = 0; stopper = 3}  
// UP //  
else if (Key.isDown(Key.UP) & !Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) & !Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) & !Key.isDown(Key.DOWN) & \_root.guymain.\_y \> 30 + ymodifier){this.gotoAndStop(5);yspeed = -5; xspeed = 0; scaley = -1.2; scalex = -1.2; stopper = 7}  
else if (Key.isDown(Key.UP) & !Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) & !Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) & !Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)){this.gotoAndStop(5) ; xspeed = 0}  
// DOWN //  
else if (Key.isDown(Key.DOWN) & !Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) & !Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) & !Key.isDown(Key.UP) & \_root.guymain.\_y \< 250){this.gotoAndStop(6); yspeed = 5; xspeed = 0; this.\_yscale +=1.2; this.\_xscale +=1.2; stopper = 8}  
else if (Key.isDown(Key.DOWN) & !Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) & !Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) & !Key.isDown(Key.UP)) {this.gotoAndStop(6) ; xspeed=0; stopper = 8}  
// UP + LEFT //  
else if (Key.isDown(Key.UP) & Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) & !Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) & !Key.isDown(Key.DOWN) & \_root.guymain\_Y \> 30){this.gotoAndStop(9); yspeed = -2.5; xspeed = -7.5; scalex = -1.1; scaley = -1.1}  
// NOTHING //  
else if (!Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) & !Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) & !Key.isDown(Key.UP) & !Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)){xspeed = 0; yspeed = 0; scalex = 0; scaley = 0; this.gotoAndStop(stopper);}

```
else {speed=0; yspeed=0}
_root.guymain._x += xspeed
_root.guymain._y += yspeed
this._xscale += scalex
this._yscale += scaley

```

}  
//COLLISION AND LIMITS//  
onClipEvent(enterFrame){  
if (\_root.guymain.\_y \> 250){\_root.guymain.\_y = 250}  
if (\_root.guymain.\_y \< 30 + ymodifier){\_root.guymain.\_y = 30 + ymodifier}  
if (\_root.guymain.\_x \< -95 && frame \< 2){\_root.guymain.\_x = -95}  
if (\_root.guymain.\_x \> 423){\_root.guymain.\_x = 423}  
}  
//SCENE CHANGING//  
onClipEvent(enterFrame){  
if (\_root.guymain.\_x \> 422 && frame == 1){\_root.guymain.\_x = -95; frame ++; this.\_xscale = 100; this.\_yscale = 100; \_root.guymain.\_y = 251}  
if (frame == 1){\_root.scene.gotoAndStop(frame); ymodifier = 0}  
if (\_root.guymain.\_x \< -95 && frame == 2){\_root.guymain.\_x = 421; frame --; this.\_xscale = 100; this.\_yscale = 100; \_root.guymain.\_y = 251}  
if (frame == 2){\_root.scene.gotoAndStop(frame); ymodifier = 100}  
}  
[/AS]