[FIXED]Set Actor Y value to follow mouse's Y while mouse is down

I have an actor moving across the screen (x-speed = 10) from left to right.

I want the actor to be able to have its y-position change if the user presses on the actor and keeps his finger on the screen (doesn't have to be on the actor). I also want the actor to maintain its speed.

I currently have the following code, which causes the game to freeze if i click on the actor.

Any help will be appreciated!

I'm afraid your question isn't clear. From your image attachment, I assume that you want x value to change on regular interval and y value should be the y value of mouse once mouse is clicked. Is that correct?

The "While" block does not do what you think it does. You can read the help information about it, but basically it is a "while loop" which prevents anything else from happening - this is your game locking up.

Instead you need to use a "IF" statement there. This means you will be saying "if the mouse is down" do the stuff.

Hi,

The while and repeat until loops don't  work unless a definite exit to the loop is present. For example: while(true) would cause the game to freeze. That is what's happening with while mouse is down. I think you will have to use the 'When Updating' event in conjunction with the multitouch release and dragged event and the on actor event too. I can give more details about how to do it this way if needed.

Hope that helps.

Hey, thanks for the replies, here is what I want to do:

An actor is moving across the screen
If the user presses down on the actor, while the mouse is still down I want the actor's y to follow the mouse's y.
I want the actor to continue moving in its x direction too.
It also does not matter if the user's touch leaves the actor, as long as the mouse is still down, the actor will follow in the y

Does that make sense

Thanks

The "While" block does not do what you think it does. You can read the help information about it, but basically it is a "while loop" which prevents anything else from happening - this is your game locking up.

Instead you need to use a "IF" statement there. This means you will be saying "if the mouse is down" do the stuff.

This should work as far as I see. Replace 'while' with 'if'. Let us know how it goes. All the best

I replaced it with an IF, however, the actor only moves slightly when I click, it does not do anything after even when my mouse is still clicked.
I attached my code

EDIT: Does "mouse was pressed on self" mean pressed down and released? or just pressed down? because I think I am looking for IF mouse is pressed down, and while the mouse is still pressed (doesn't have to be on actor anymore) then follow mouse's y

'mouse was pressed on' doesn't seem to stay true for long ... I think it might go back to false when the mouse is dragged .. you would expect that only to happen when the mouse is released. I've attached a screen shot that should work instead.

Sweet! That works, I believe the "if mouse is down" is redundant as well? This code seems to work:

Yeah I just realised the 'if mouse is down' is not needed