Using Client.Direction to move and change direction.

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Jun 22 2014, 3:33 pm
(See the best response by Kaiochao.)
I am trying to figure out how to overwrite client.North() to step forward, client.West() to turn left, Client.East() to turn right, and client.South() to walk backwards.

Tried everything I can, now I'm askingfor help. short post because crappy phone. Thanks in advance.
Jun 22 2014, 3:39 pm
 
client
  North()
    return ..()

  East()
    src.mob.TurnRight()
    return
Jun 22 2014, 4:23 pm
Thanks for the quick reply.

I figured out how to turn left and right while standing in place. The part that has me stumped is being able to move forwards and backwards while maintaining direction.

client
    North()
        Take one step forward in current src.mob.dir

    South()
        Take one step backwards while maintaining src.mob.dir.
Jun 22 2014, 4:37 pm
In response to Madcrackfiend
I just did some testing and found you can use animate to produce that effect.
Jun 22 2014, 5:21 pm
Best response
I think there's a tutorial article about this, but it's pretty simple:
client
    // turning (change 90 to 45 if you want diagonals)
    East() mob.dir = turn(mob.dir, -90)
    West() mob.dir = turn(mob.dir, 90)

    // moving
    North() step(mob, mob.dir)

    South()
        // because mob.dir changes in this case, we store it to reset it after
        var d = mob.dir
        step(mob, d)
        mob.dir = d


(Lugia319's North() moves the mob north, not forward)