working out which way its moving?

[Gibbon]

Hi, ive got an active that is being moved up and down by simply :

position active Y(get Y position of active)+5
position active Y(get Y position of active)-5

Im trying to work oout how i can detect if the object is moving up or down?

how can i do that?

Thanks
Andy

[mojofltr]

In the same event, you could tell your program to set the direction of the object to up/down:

position active Y(get Y position of active)+5
set direction down

...or if that won't work for what you're trying to do, you could set alterable values within the object and make comparisons. Here is a quick example I made:

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?um2zhjnunht

(By the way... am I crazy or are there a lot of people named Andy on this board?)

[uprize]

Use an alterable value/string.

So for example;

+Always
- Set Alt String A to "up"

+Alt string A = "up"
- Set Y pos to current y pos - 5

you can do the same for left/right etc.
Sure its a few more events but its probably the easiest way