using two arrow keys to go diagonal in the 3d world

[ImLearningW3D]

I am building a 3d world that will involve walking and flight. I want the user
to be able to walk around in the world using the arrow key; ie 'UP' goes
forward, 'Down' goes backward, 'Lefty strafes left and 'Right' strafes right.
Fairly simple, or so I thought. Can anyone offer any help with the lingo that I
need for this function?

Thank You

[bgsBS]

sure, its quite easy
you have to assosiate events of arrow key hits, with 3D world commands

make a general script in the Cast, and make it:

on keyUp

--if the left arrow key was pressed:
member("your3Dscene").camera/model("name").translate(5,0,0)

end

and so on.
good luck!

[ImLearningW3D]

dear bgsBS,
thank you for your input. This seems quite similar to the scripting that I
was trying. The problem that I get is that one key will tanslate the camera
properly, whereas using the, for example, UP and LEFT arrow keys at the same
time won't translate the camera in the diagonal direction even when the
translation vector is set correctly, ie (5,0,-5). Does your suggestion work
around this descrepency or do you have the same effect that I do. Anyway,
thanks for your time in this matter.

ImLearningW3D

[Newt99]

-- on enterFrame in a behavior or frame script or on idle in a movieScript if
keypressed(123) then arrow_left = true if keypressed(124) then arrow_right =
true if keypressed(125) then arrow_down = true if keypressed(126) then arrow_up
= true if arrow_left then member('scene').model('name').translate(-speed,0,0)
if arrow_right then member('scene').model('name').translate(speed,0,0) if
arrow_down then member('scene').model('name').translate(0,0,-speed) if arrow_up
then member('scene').model('name').translate(0,0,speed) Cheers, Karl.