Character movement needs fine tuning

Question

This the code to move my hero mc around the screen.
However, when you click directly under or over the mc it doesn't move. When I say directly above I mean the angle not the distance. ie: I am well above the mc but it doesn't move.
Little kids are going to play this and it needs to be more responsive or they get frustrated.
var speed:Number=.99;
public function onEnterFrame(event:Event):void {
var xDistance:Number=clickPoint.x-this.hero.x;
var yDistance:Number=clickPoint.y-this.hero.y;
if (Math.abs(xDistance)>10) {
var angle:Number=Math.atan2(yDistance,xDistance);
this.hero.x+=v*Math.cos(angle);
this.hero.y+=v*Math.sin(angle);
} else {
this.hero.gotoAndPlay("static");
enemy1.x = speed*enemy1.x+(1-speed)*hero.x;
enemy1.y = speed*enemy1.y+(1-speed)*hero.y;
if (clickPoint.x>=hero.x) {
this.hero.gotoAndPlay("right");
//trace(Math.abs(xDistance));
if (this.hero.x>=clickPoint.x) {
this.hero.gotoAndPlay("left");
//trace(Math.abs(xDistance));

Answer 1

You're not moving because your x offset is less that your required 10 pixels.  So even though your y IS, you're not considering it.
var xDistance:Number=clickPoint.x-this.hero.x;
var yDistance:Number=clickPoint.y-this.hero.y;
if (Math.abs(xDistance)>10) {
      var angle:Number=Math.atan2(yDistance,xDistance);
      this.hero.x+=v*Math.cos(angle);
      this.hero.y+=v*Math.sin(angle);
} else...
You need to caluculate the actual distance between the position of your character and the mouse click, not just on one axis.
Try this:
var distance:Number = Point.distance(new Point(clickPoint.x, clickPoint.y), new Point(this.hero.x, this.hero.y));
if (Math.abs(distance) > 10) {
     var xDistance:Number=clickPoint.x-this.hero.x;
     var yDistance:Number=clickPoint.y-this.hero.y;
     var angle:Number=Math.atan2(yDistance,xDistance);
     this.hero.x+=v*Math.cos(angle);
     this.hero.y+=v*Math.sin(angle);
} else {
     this.hero.gotoAndPlay("static");
There's no need to calc the x and y distance if your total distance isn't enough to move your character, so just moved that into the conditional.
Hope it helps.