cpu difficulty

[howling shooter]

hiya, i have a problem, i want my character to fight some enemies that wlak over the terrian towards him (pretty basic) but i can only get them to walk across flat terrian, is there a way to make it so that they can go over any terrain(like up a hill or over curved ground)?

onClipEvent (load) {
enemyspeed = 2;
// this sets the speed your enemy will move at
enemystepsright = 0;
// how far it has moved right
enemystepsleft = 0;
// how far it has moved left
enemydir = "left";
// its direction is set left
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (this.hitTest(_root.char.attackpoint)) {
// if it hits the attackpoint in the character MC
enemyspeed = 0;
// its speed is set to 0
enemystepsright = 0;
// how far it has moved right is set to 0
enemystepsleft = 0;
// how far it has moved left set to 0
dead = true;
// dead is true
this.gotoAndStop("dead");
// goto and stop on the dead frame
}
if (this.hitTest(_root.bulleter)) {
// if this hits the bullet (_root.bulleter)
enemyspeed = 0;
// its speed is set to 0
enemystepsright = 0;
// how far it has moved right is set to 0
enemystepsleft = 0;
// how far it has moved left set to 0
dead = true;
// dead is true
this.gotoAndStop("dead");
// goto and stop on the dead frame
}
if (this.hitTest(_root.char) && !dead) {
// if this hits the character and is not dead
_root.char.jumping = false;
// characters jumping state is set false
_root.dead = true;
// _root.dead is set true
}
if (!dead) {
// if NOT dead
if (enemydir == "right") {
// if the direction (enemydir) is right
enemystepsright += 1;
// its amount of steps (enemystepsright) right goes up 1
this._xscale = -100;
// _xscale (flips character) is set to neg. 100
this._x += enemyspeed;
// its X goes up the value of enemyspeed
} else if (enemydir == "left") {
// otherwise if the direction (enemydir) is left
enemystepsleft += 1;
// its amount of steps (enemystepsright) left goes up 1
this._xscale = 100;
// _xscale (flips character) is set to 100
this._x -= enemyspeed;
// its X goes down the value of enemyspeed
}
if (enemystepsright == 100) {
// if enemystepsright is equal to 100
enemystepsright = 0;
// enemystepsright is set to 0
enemydir = "left";
// direction is set to left
} else if (enemystepsleft == 100) {
// otherwise if enemystepsleft is equal to 100
enemystepsleft = 0;
// enemystepsleft is set to 0
enemydir = "right";
// direction is set to right
}
}
}

[zellers]

This would require some drastic changes to your overall "platform engine." I see your using the AI from the tutorial on the platform game, here on kirupa.com. That tutorial should more or less be used as a case study, and not used for an actual game that you make. The way that the enemies were set up was for very basic movement, on flat surfaces. Same with the whole platform engine itself. You would have to get into some more advanced collision detection methods, which require some complex math, in order to be accurate.

http://www.harveycartel.org/metanet/tutorials.html

is THE best resource when it comes down to the math involved with projection physics, and the theory of separating axes.