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Hi,

I can't wrap my head around this. And I now need your help. I new to impactjs.

I have the following entity with.

EntityHero = ig.Entity.extend({
        
        collides: ig.Entity.COLLIDES.ACTIVE,
        type: ig.Entity.TYPE.A,
        checkAgainst: ig.Entity.TYPE.B,
        size: {x:32, y:32},
        animSheet: new ig.AnimationSheet('media/player.png',32,32),
        speed: 100,
        currentDirection: 'up',
        heroName: pname,
        sendTimer: 10,

Now in the update function for the entity I can't not evaluate the sendTimer variable and only gets NaN. I can see that the variable works in the init function.

update function

if (this.sendTimer < 0){
                this.sendTimer = parseInt(10);
                socket.emit('PlayerMovement',this.pos.x,this.pos.y,this.currentDirection,this.heroName);
                
            }
               this.sendTimer = this.SendTimer-1; 
               this.parent();

What am I doing wrong here.

thanks for all your help.
/patric

Hi,
Found the problem, misspelled the variable sendTimer.

Thanks all,
Patric

Hey, just curious... why the call to parseInt(10)? Temporary code in anticipation of more complex logic in the future?