[SOLVED] FACING in Flashes

[O Ilusionista]

Guys, I have a flash which needs to always be facing right (because it has a text on it).

It works pretty well...until I pause the game (using a text entity for that). Then the effect will be facing the other way until the pause is gone.

What I am doing wrong? Or should I need to add a script to set it frozen time?

name Flash
type none
shadow 0
antigravity 100
lifespan 0.20

anim idle
loop 0
delay 5
offset 40 40
facing 1
frame data/chars/misc/sp1.pcx
frame data/chars/misc/sp2.pcx
frame data/chars/misc/sp3.pcx
@cmd killentity getlocalvar("self")
frame data/chars/misc/sp3.pcx

 

[DCurrent]

...

Facing is a model level command -  it should be in the header.

 

[O Ilusionista]

I tried it...and still flips to the wrong side

 

[maxman]

Maybe this one will work?

@script
if(frame == 0){
           changeentityproperty(getlocalvar("self"), "direction", 1);
}
@end_script

... or this?

@script
changeentityproperty(getlocalvar("self"), "direction", 1);
@end_script

or maybe this one?

name  Flash
type  none
shadow  0
antigravity 100
lifespan 0.20

anim  idle
  loop  0
  delay  5
  offset  40 40
  @cmd changeentityproperty getlocalvar("self") "direction" 1
  frame  data/chars/misc/sp1.pcx
  frame  data/chars/misc/sp2.pcx
  frame  data/chars/misc/sp3.pcx
  @cmd  killentity getlocalvar("self")
  frame  data/chars/misc/sp3.pcx

 

[O Ilusionista]

Thanks budyd, this had worked for me:
  @cmd changeentityproperty getlocalvar("self") "direction" 1

 

[DCurrent]

Thanks budyd, this had worked for me:
  @cmd changeentityproperty getlocalvar("self") "direction" 1

You shouldn't have to do that - that's what facing is for, but if it works, it works.

That said, remember to always use constants - magic numbers in your code are the way to pain.

@cmd changeentityproperty getlocalvar("self") "direction" openborconstant("DIRECTION_RIGHT")

 

[O Ilusionista]

You shouldn't have to do that - that's what facing is for, but if it works, it works.

Yeah But it would be good if it worked the way it was intended for.

That said, remember to always use constants - magic numbers in your code are the way to pain.

The version I am using to code my game doesn't support it. But once I change it, I will change the code, thanks.