Movement while jumping help

[Amemarson]

Hello! I am very new to using flash/actionscript 3 and I have started creating a very simple game, however I am really stuck on getting my character to move while jumping. At the moment she can move and jump but not at the same time. I have tried looking into this but I cannot seem to get anything to work. Again, I am very new so any help would be super appreciated! This is the coding I have so far stripped back to just character movement.

stop();

  //gravity 'weight'

  var gravity:Number = 10;

  //jump 'power'

  var jumpPower:Number =10;

  //is the player already jumpting?

  var isJumping:Boolean = false;

  //placement of the ground

  var ground:Number = 377 - thief_mc.height;

  // listen for key press

  stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyPress);

  // listen for key release

  stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, onKeyRelease);

  // update stage

  stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, update);

  //on key press

  function onKeyPress(evt:KeyboardEvent):void {

  //if you press left, the character walks left

  if(evt.keyCode==Keyboard.LEFT){

  thief_mc.gotoAndStop("walkleft");

  thief_mc.x -=10;

}

  //if you press right, the character walks right

  else if(evt.keyCode==Keyboard.RIGHT) {

  thief_mc.gotoAndStop("walkright");

  thief_mc.x +=10;

  isJumping = true;

  }

  //press spacebar to jump

  if(evt.keyCode==Keyboard.SPACE){

  if(!isJumping){

  jumpPower = 30;

isJumping = true;

  }

}

}

  //on key release

  function onKeyRelease(evt:KeyboardEvent):void{

  //if left arrow released face forward

  if(evt.keyCode==Keyboard.LEFT){

  thief_mc.gotoAndPlay("idle");

  }

  //if releasing right face forward

  else if(evt.keyCode==Keyboard.RIGHT){

  thief_mc.gotoAndPlay("idle");

  }

}

  //calculation on how high thief_mc jumps as well as where it jumps too.

  function update(evt:Event):void {

  if(isJumping){

  thief_mc.y -= jumpPower;

  jumpPower -= 2;

}

  if(thief_mc.y + gravity < ground)

  thief_mc.y += gravity;

  else{

  thief_mc.y = ground;

  isJumping = false;

}

}

[Ned Murphy · Accepted solution]

If you treat the walking the same way as you d the jumping it should be easier to manage.  Something like...

  //gravity 'weight'

  var gravity:Number = 10;

  //jump 'power'

  var jumpPower:Number =10;

  //is the player already jumpting?

  var isJumping:Boolean = false;

  //placement of the ground

  var ground:Number = 377 - thief_mc.height;

var isWalking:Boolean = false;

var direction:Number = 1;

  // listen for key press

  stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyPress);

  // listen for key release

  stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, onKeyRelease);

  // update stage

  stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, update);

  //on key press

  function onKeyPress(evt:KeyboardEvent):void {

  //if you press left, the character walks left

  if(evt.keyCode==Keyboard.LEFT){

  thief_mc.gotoAndStop("walkleft");

  direction = -1;
  isWalking = true;

}

  //if you press right, the character walks right

  else if(evt.keyCode==Keyboard.RIGHT) {

  thief_mc.gotoAndStop("walkright");

  direction = 1;
  isWalking = true;

  }

  //press spacebar to jump

  if(evt.keyCode==Keyboard.SPACE){

  if(!isJumping){

  jumpPower = 30;

isJumping = true;

  }

}

}

  //on key release

  function onKeyRelease(evt:KeyboardEvent):void{

  //if left arrow released face forward

  if(evt.keyCode==Keyboard.LEFT){

  thief_mc.gotoAndPlay("idle");
isWalking = false;
  }

  //if releasing right face forward

  else if(evt.keyCode==Keyboard.RIGHT){

  thief_mc.gotoAndPlay("idle");
isWalking = false;
  }

}

  //calculation on how high thief_mc jumps as well as where it jumps too.

  function update(evt:Event):void {

if(isWalking){
thief_mc.x += direction*10;
}

  if(isJumping){

  thief_mc.y -= jumpPower;

  jumpPower -= 2;

}

  if(thief_mc.y + gravity < ground)

  thief_mc.y += gravity;

  else{

  thief_mc.y = ground;

  isJumping = false;

}

}

[Amemarson]

Thank you. I never thought about doing that! I was just hitting my head against a wall with this. I feel a little bit silly now haha, I appreciate the fix!

[Ned Murphy]

You're welcome