jumping character - disable when falling

[ryrocks]

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[GrndMasterFlash]

have a second var for the falling, and if jumping != true and your not touching the ground, your falling, if your falling you can't jump, that's usually what i do, in the begining (or end) have falling = true then have your check to set it to false if you on ground, dig? :cap:

[ryrocks]

YEAH BOY! I nearly sussed that before, thanks for the direction.

Here's the new improved code if anyone's interested:

var leftDown:Boolean = false;
var rightDown:Boolean = false;
var jump:Boolean = false;
var velocity:Number = 15;

var falling:Boolean = true;

stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, downDetect);

function downDetect(event:KeyboardEvent):void
{
if(event.keyCode == Keyboard.LEFT)
{
leftDown = true;
}
if(event.keyCode == Keyboard.RIGHT)
{
rightDown = true;
}
if(event.keyCode == Keyboard.UP && !falling)
{
jump = true;
}
}

stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, upDetect);

function upDetect(event:KeyboardEvent):void
{
if(event.keyCode == Keyboard.LEFT)
{
leftDown = false;
}
if(event.keyCode == Keyboard.RIGHT)
{
rightDown = false;
}
}

stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moveChar);

function moveChar(event:Event):void
{
if (leftDown)
{
ball_mc.x -= 5;
}
if (rightDown)
{
ball_mc.x += 5;
}
if (jump && !falling)
{
ball_mc.y -= velocity;
velocity -= 1.5;
}
}

stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, hitCheck);
function hitCheck(event:Event):void
{
if (ball_mc.hitTestObject(ground_mc))
{
jump = false;
falling = false;
velocity = 15;
}
else if (!ball_mc.hitTestObject(ground_mc) && !jump)
{
falling = true;
jump = false;
ball_mc.y += 16;
}

}