Why is my Penguin Fat after changing direction using "scaleX"

[999chris]

My Code:






var facing:int = 1;

if (xspeed<0) {
walker();
hero.scaleX=- facing;
}
if (xspeed>0) {
walker();
hero.scaleX=facing;
}



I have my "hero" as a MovieClip that I placed on the stage, and resized. But when he changes direction his width reverts back to the original thats within the MovieClip. Any Ideas?

Chris

[Shaedo]

change
hero.scaleX=- facing;
to
hero.scaleX=- hero.scaleX;

EDIT or better yet change :

var facing:int = 1;
to
var facing:int = hero.scaleX;


To understand what is going on have a look at what changing the scaleX does:

var s:Sprite = new Sprite;
s.graphics.beginFill(0x00FF00);
s.graphics.drawRect(0,0,50,50);
s.x=s.y=100;
addChild(s);

trace(s.width,s.scaleX);// 50 1

s.scaleX = 2;

trace(s.width,s.scaleX);// 100 2

s.scaleX = -1;

trace(s.width,s.scaleX); // 50 -1

s.scaleX = 2;
trace(s.width,s.scaleX); // 100 2

s.scaleX= -s.scaleX;

trace(s.width,s.scaleX); // 100 -2

more info here:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AS3LCR/Flash_10.0/fl/core/UIComponent.html#scaleX

[Scythe]

What Shaedo is getting at here is that if you've resized your movieclip as you say you have, its scaleX is already going to be set to something that's not 1 or -1. So your resizing will be undone by your code.