X position to X Mouse - No Keyboard left right ?

Because you are always setting the X coordinate of your active to the Xmouse ! So every moviment you would make in the x-axe it would always re-setted to the Xmouse . To avoide this just add a variable :

var "move"

move = 0 >
Set X position to XMouse

Select on your active the eight direction , then just change the variable to one when you want it to work with the keyboard

moving left/right with keys will do nothing - because its always being set by the mouse's X position.
choose 1 or the other

Hi there Peanuts,

use a counter or a flag.

if your holding the right or left the the counter to 1
if you are not holding the right or left set the counter 0

if the counter = 0 Set the X to pos of the object = the X pos of the mouse.

I'll post an example in a few.

guys i know you are ALL trying to be helpful and thats a good thing, but personal jabs at each other only adds toxicity to our community that we would prefer to stay nice and helpful.

@sparkman - please ensure you quote the correct solution provider, otherwise people think you are on some crusade to harass them. your not right ? <Infraction given>
danjo - if you know what he's doing why bite ? just ignore. stay happy.

peanuts - danjo has explained why your problem is happening and both esp and sparckman are offering the same solution which is to use both ways at the same time, which should work once you understand what they are trying to say and implement it correctly, good luck.