Game Maker 7 Help: Using Friction and Slopes, I'd rather not use jump to postition

Try this in the step event:

if (hspeed < 0.2) and (hspeed > 0)
hspeed = 0
if (hspeed > -0.2) and (hspeed < 0)
hspeed = 0


Or something like that.

...Yep? I mean that with out me pressing any keys at all, I slowly move to the left. I cut out my part of the code...

use Ianprime´s code, the "Trying DY´s code...." was a selfnote.

Alright, trying right now

I tried a bunch of combonations of using Ianprime's code with Latia's, like putting Ianprime's code at the bottom of Latia's, making them both seperate codes, and even trying each one by themselves. None worked, but this is the one that I am suprised isn't working.
if !keyboard_check(vk_left) and !keyboard_check(vk_right)
{
if (hspeed < 0.2) and (hspeed > 0)
hspeed = +0.2
if (hspeed > -0.2) and (hspeed < 0)
hspeed = -0.2
}

I changed Ianprime's 0 hspeed values to relative values of 0.2 and -0.2. This code does absolutely nothing and I'm not sure why.

This post has been edited by jhsoft on Jun 22 2008, 09:39 PM

Because you´re practically telling GM that you want the player object to at least have that hspeed value.

It was late when I wrote that, let me try one more time, but then I need to go.
if !keyboard_check(vk_left) and !keyboard_check(vk_right)
{
if (hspeed > 0)
hspeed = +0.2
if (hspeed <0)
hspeed = -0.2
}

Would that work? I have to go now, sorry. I'll be back around in 4 hours about.

if !keyboard_check(vk_left) and !keyboard_check(vk_right)
{
if hspeed<0
hspeed+=0.2
if hspeed>=0
hspeed-=0.2
}

That = is telling the game that if the hspeed is greater than or equal to 0 than it will move to the left. If you remove that = then it should work.

This is what I use for friction:

In the create event, set a variable named "hold" (or something that will tell you that it's friction) to a value you want. Then, in the step event, stick this code in somewhere:

This post has been edited by Bigbowsa on Jun 25 2008, 12:15 PM

This is the second time I've seen you post this, so I'm going to point it out just in case you haven't noticed:

if !keyboard_check(vk_left) and !keyboard_check(vk_right)
{
if (hspeed < 0)
hspeed = +0.2
if (hspeed > 0)
hspeed = -0.2
}

What you've got there literally means "set hspeed to exactly positive 0.2" and "set hspeed to exactly negative 0.2". Everyone else is posting the code

if !keyboard_check(vk_left) and !keyboard_check(vk_right)
{
if (hspeed < 0)
hspeed += 0.2
if (hspeed > 0)
hspeed -= 0.2
}

which is shorthand for saying hspeed = hspeed +/- 0.2, or "add/subtract 0.2 to the current value of hspeed, then set hspeed to the result."

There's a 99% chance you already know this, but I figure better safe than sorry...

(also what Bigbowsa posted should work perfectly on level ground)

This post has been edited by xn--e5x on Jun 25 2008, 01:20 PM