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StudentRik
StudentRik

Reputation: 1049

Swarming in AS2

Hi I keep getting the error: expecting identifier before greater than. on line 13. Any help would be nice please and Thank you.

    fly = function () {
    this.animate = function() {
        // Capture mouse positions and distance from mouse
        this.targetX = _root._xmouse;
        this.targetY = _root._ymouse;
        this.distX = this.targetX-this.meX+this.flockX;
        this.distY = this.targetY-this.meY+this.flockY;
        // 
        if ((this.targetX == this.oldTargetX) && Math.random()>0.9) {
            // add small scale random darting if mouse is still
            this.flockX = (Math.random()*100)-50;
            this.flockY = (Math.random()*100)-50;
        } else if ((this.targetX<>this.oldTargetX) && Math.random()>0.8) {
            // add large scale random darting if mouse is moving
            this.flockX = (Math.random()*400)-200;
            this.flockY = (Math.random()*400)-200;
        }
        // Apply inertia equation
        this.meX = Math.round(this.meX+(this.distX)/20);
        this.meY = Math.round(this.meY+(this.distY)/20);
        // perform animation
        this._x = this.meX;
        this._y = this.meY;
        // remember the current mouse pos so we can tell if
        // it has moved next time around
        this.oldTargetX = this.targetX;
    };
    this.initialize = function() {
        this.targetX = 0;
        this.targetY = 0;
        this.distX = 0;
        this.distY = 0;
        this.meX = this._x;
        this.meY = this._y;
        this.oldTargetX = 0;
        this.flockX = (Math.random()*200)-100;
        this.flockY = (Math.random()*200)-100;
    };
    // set up onEnterFrame script to animate _parent...
    this.initialize();
    this.onEnterFrame = this.animate;
};
    //
    //
    var i:Number = 0;
    var bugClip:MovieClip;
    for (i=0; i<30; i++) {
        bugClip = this.attachMovie("bug", "bug"+i, i);
        fly.apply(bugClip);
    }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 144

Answers (2)

Chris Sinclair
Chris Sinclair

Reputation: 116

The <> operator for not equals has been deprecated since Flash Player 5 Doc reference here

You should use != for the same functionality.

Although i tested this on Flash Player 10.2 and it will still compile and run with no errors. I guess you are compiling to a later version.

Upvotes: 0

silentw
silentw

Reputation: 4885

I don't know about Actionscript, but by looking at your code I would recomend doing like this:

    randomValue = Math.random()
    if ((this.targetX == this.oldTargetX) && randomValue>0.9) {

Upvotes: 0

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