troubles flipping sprite

[Lofi]

i'm trying to flip my sprite with this script
if keyboard_check(ord("A"))
then
{
image_xscale=-1;
}
else
{
image_xscale=1;
}

so when i hold A my sprite looks the other way but when i let go it stops, i want it to stay looking Left when i stop pressing A

 

[obscene]

As long as you simply have "else" it will face right in all other situations that are not pressing A. You could add "else if" and check for the D button instead and it should only change when either of those two keys are pressed.

 

[cecil.cone]

// in create event
flipSprite = 1;

// in step event
if (keyboard_check_pressed(ord("A"))) {
flipSprite = !flipSprite;
}
switch (flipSprite) {
    case 0:
    image_xscale = -1;
    break;

    case 1:
    image_xscale = 1;
    break;
}

you can use a on/off switch and a switch statement to do this, pretty clean. initialize the variable flipSprite to 1 in the create event so it starts facing right, then put the keyboard check in the step event to flip it. doing variable = !variable is a neat little on/off trick, and remember that if you want it to only happen with a single press you gotta check for check_pressed, not check.

 

[Lofi]

thank you mate i went with this in the end

if keyboard_check(ord("A"))
{
image_xscale=-1;
}
if keyboard_check(ord("D"))
{
image_xscale=1;
}




also why can i not do this
if image_xscale=-1

 

[Nidoking]

also why can i not do this
if image_xscale=-1

I give up. Why can you not do this?

 

[Sabnock]

also why can i not do this
if image_xscale=-1

Because you have asked a question but given no answer.