Making a Timer Move a picture Multiple Directions (EX:up then down then left then up)

[spyplayer]

I have an image, ts called Img1, once I press the CmdStart button, I want it to move left to "9600", then I want it to move down to "120" then left to "360" then right to "9600".....

Something like that, you get the picture, once the Img1.left = that number, I want it to change directions and go to another number....... AND I DO NOT WANT TO USE 50000 TIMERS...

I HAVE NO CLUE HOW TO DO THIS...........

THANKS SO MUCH

(P.S. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!)

[SLH]

Make a timer with an interval of 1000 or something (1 second)
Set it's property, Enabled to false so it doesn't start straight away

then put this code in it.

counter = counter + 1
 
Select Case counter
    Case 1
        img1.left = 9600
    Case 2
        img1.top = 120
    Case 3
        img1.left = 360
    Case 4
        img1.left = 9600
End Select

In the command button click event put

Timer1.Enabled = True

[Ambivalentiowa]

The main thing is whether you want a gradual move or an instant move. If instant, then SLH's code is fine. If you want gradual movement it's a little bit trickier, but still easy.

[Ambivalentiowa]

Sorry to interrupt your post, but i'm just checking to see if my counter works.

[flamer2010]

you could loop it

Do
Pic1.Left = Pic1.Left + 10
Loop Until Pic1.Left = 9600
Do 
Pict1.Top = Pic1.Top - 10
Loop Until Pic1.Top = -120

and so on

[Ambivalentiowa]

Actually, since he's moving the picture down, the code would be:

Pict1.Top = Pic1.Top + 10
Loop Until Pic1.Top = 120

[jamieoboth]

Actually, while we are on this subject (and I can't be bothered to start a new thread), I need to know how to get the object (say a picture box) to follow your character, but gradually, not just to jump to it. For example, if you click on the point x,x with your mouse, I want the object to slowly move to that position. HOW!?

[flamer2010]

You could get the x,y positions of both the picturebox and the mouseclick. Once you have them, make a loop of adding 10 to the x, y position of the picture box until it reaches the mouseclick x y positions. Within the loop make the box move to the new position each time it loops.
There's probably much better ways to do this though API

[Ambivalentiowa]

That would be the best way to do it. Instead of a loop, you could use a timer, though.

[SLH]

If you want to do nonlinear motion (i.e. Move faster if the charactor is far a way from the mouse) then instead of 10, you could use the distance/100 or something

[Ambivalentiowa]

Or if you want an oddly moving object, use a random number and divide the distance by that.

[SLH]

Also, if you want the object to follow your charactor like in some RPGs (Final Fantesy...) then log every n (depending on how accuratly u want it to follow, and how fast your charactor moves) movenments your charactor, in an array, then move the following objecy to the last one in the array, then shift them all down 1 (inserting the current location of your charactor in the first element of the array).

[Sastraxi]

The way SLH suggests is the best way. However it won't work if it's something like a cloud layer that you want to follow.

[SLH]

What's a cloud layer?

[Sastraxi]

Something else that he might want to scroll with him, in this case my example was clouds. It would look very jerky.

[Ambivalentiowa]

Yes, it would look jerky. If you want a decent RPG, C++ is normally the best way to go. I tried to amke one with VB but it didn't work very well.

[SLH]

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