point towards [player]
move (5) steps

change x by ()
change y by ()

(x position)
(Player X position)

Kuro_Pi wrote:

Obviously I'd be changing the X and Y variables (not coordinates), but how would I change them by EXACTLY the same amount as how the coordinates would change?

The part where it points towards the player can be anywhere from 0-360 degrees, meaning the coordinates could be changed by a very specific number, possibly with multiple decimals. Is there a formula that you can use to find out what it would change by?

These are two different things:

(x position)
(Player X position)

change them by EXACTLY the same amount as how the coordinates would change

set [player X position v] to (x position)
set [player Y position v] to (y position)

define if you want to move (this) many steps
change [X Variable v] by (([sin v] of (direction)) * (this))
change [Y Variable v] by (([cos v] of (direction)) * (this))

jokebookservice1 wrote:

Perhaps you want this? (But I'd recommend covering trig in school first (if you haven't already) me being a bit hypocrytical there

define if you want to move (this) many steps
change [X Variable v] by (([cos v] of (direction)) * (this))
change [Y Variable v] by (([sin v] of (direction)) * (this))

xc46 wrote:

jokebookservice1 wrote:

Perhaps you want this? (But I'd recommend covering trig in school first (if you haven't already) me being a bit hypocrytical there

define if you want to move (this) many steps
change [X Variable v] by (([cos v] of (direction)) * (this))
change [Y Variable v] by (([sin v] of (direction)) * (this))

The list of block workarounds says that you should switch your sin and cos.

deck26 wrote:

I'm baffled as to what you mean. You want them to change by the same amount but don't just want to use change (whether change x by or change variable by) on the corresponding variables. Irt doesn't matter that much whether it's the built-in x and y or your own variables.

I suspect you don't mean by the same amount which automatically give you a fixed angle rather than pointing towards something.

If you want to know how much x and y would be changed by a move of length L in direction D then you need to use trigonometry as others have said.

Kuro_Pi wrote:

deck26 wrote:

I'm baffled as to what you mean. You want them to change by the same amount but don't just want to use change (whether change x by or change variable by) on the corresponding variables. Irt doesn't matter that much whether it's the built-in x and y or your own variables.

I suspect you don't mean by the same amount which automatically give you a fixed angle rather than pointing towards something.

If you want to know how much x and y would be changed by a move of length L in direction D then you need to use trigonometry as others have said.

It's that I have a top-down game where the enemy's location is stored, so I want the stored location on the map to change, but not the on-screen location, as that's going to depend on it's position relative to the player.

jokebookservice1 wrote:

Perhaps you want this? (But I'd recommend covering trig in school first (if you haven't already) me being a bit hypocrytical there

define if you want to move (this) many steps
change [X Variable v] by (([sin v] of (direction)) * (this))
change [Y Variable v] by (([cos v] of (direction)) * (this))

asivi wrote:

Kuro_Pi wrote:

Obviously I'd be changing the X and Y variables (not coordinates), but how would I change them by EXACTLY the same amount as how the coordinates would change?

The part where it points towards the player can be anywhere from 0-360 degrees, meaning the coordinates could be changed by a very specific number, possibly with multiple decimals. Is there a formula that you can use to find out what it would change by?

These are two different things:

(x position)
(Player X position)

I suppose you aren't explaining your case right.
The coordinates for the player are those that the xposition and yposition reporters returns, so

change them by EXACTLY the same amount as how the coordinates would change

set [player X position v] to (x position)
set [player Y position v] to (y position)

jokebookservice1 wrote:

xc46 wrote:

jokebookservice1 wrote:

Perhaps you want this? (But I'd recommend covering trig in school first (if you haven't already) me being a bit hypocrytical there

define if you want to move (this) many steps
change [X Variable v] by (([cos v] of (direction)) * (this))
change [Y Variable v] by (([sin v] of (direction)) * (this))

The list of block workarounds says that you should switch your sin and cos.

Then I will edit my post

Kuro_Pi wrote:

Well, turns out ‘sin’ should be used for X, and ‘cos’ for Y, but other than that, thank you so much!
I don't know what either of those do, so I couldn't have figured that out myself. Thanks!

(x)

(y)

go to x: (x) y: (y)

UnlinedBus wrote:

(x)

(y)

go to x: (x) y: (y)

change x by (round (x))