Trying to do this brick braker tutorial.

Question

Hi I'm new to Flash and am trying to do this brick braker tutorial on www.tutorialhero.com/click-55897-how_to_creat_a_platform_game_in_as2.php but I can't even get the first line of code to work.
This is the code soposed to be paddle movement using the mouse and then the paddles suposed to stop at the edge of the screen:
onEnterFrame = function() {
     mcPaddle._x = _xmouse - mcPaddle._width*.5;
If(_mouse < mcPaddle._width / 2) {
     mcPaddle._x = 0;
if(_xmouse > Stage.width - mcPaddle._width / 2) {
     mcPaddle._x = Stage.width - mcPaddle._width;
I get an error for the first line saying that Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler.
I don't know what this means can anyone help?

Answer 1

According to the tutorial those pieces of code go in two different places...
Add the following code to the very beginning (line 1) of your code. I like to organize all my variables so that they are all in the same place.
//These variables are needed for moving the ball
var ballXSpeed:Number = 10; //X Speed of the Ball
var ballYSpeed:Number = 10; //Y Speed of the Ball
You can change these values if you want, but this is what I’m going to use. Now, we have to use these variables to make the ball move. We should now add the following code to the onEnterFrame() function:
//MOVING THE BALL
mcBall._x += ballXSpeed;
mcBall._y += ballYSpeed;
The last one is probably why you aren't seeing anything moving.
The tutorial author has provided the source files, so you should be able to refer to those without having to ask anyone where it goes.
I don't know of any game tutorials, so you may have to grin and bear it and try to develop an understanding of the coding and techniques so that you can create your own.  Understanding the code is more important than having the code.