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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I've been playing around with creating motion with ActionScript that is dependent on numbers entered by a user. Apparently there is some rule that I don't know about and I haven't been able to find anything that explains it. For instance, lets say I have a field that asks for a velocity and is named velX. Why can't I just put that straight into the movement function like: [code] if (object._x < 350) { object._x += velX; } else { stop (); } [/code] I've noticed that I have to do "something" with that variable, even something as simple as multiplying by 1 just to get it to work. Whats the trick here that I am missing? [url=http://www.krets.net] [img]http://www.krets.net/sigs/smallkrets.gif[/img] [/url] Loading...
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