Windows Enemy stuck flipping x_scale

[Nick Craven]

I created an enemy that moves to hover above the player and shoot at it, and have the x_scale set to flip so that its always facing the player, but once it reaches the destination it flips back and forth between the negative and the positive x_scale. I've tried a few ways to get it to stay facing one way or the other, but can't figure it out.

//awareness
if (distance_to_object(obj_player) < 300)
{
move_towards_point(obj_player.x,obj_player.y-90,spd);
}
image_angle = 0;

//direction
if (direction>90 && direction<270 )
{
image_xscale=2
}
else
{
image_xscale=-2
}

 

[obscene]

Maybe stop moving it once it's close enough...

if ( (distance_to_object(obj_player) < 300)
&& (distance_to_object(obj_player) > 30) )

I can't remember but you might need to set speed back to 0 again as well.

 

[Yal]

Yeah, if it reaches close enough to the goal point it will just undulate forth and back over it incessantly. Do something special when it's close enough to the goal to get the desired behavior. (I say "close enough" because typically you never exactly reach the goal because of various floating point and number divisibility shenanigans, so the criteria for reaching the goal usually is "be within your max move speed distance of the goal")

 

[Nick Craven]

Thanks for the help! I had it slow down when it gets close enough and now it looks much better!