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--- scripting:basics [2022/08/11 13:54] – jerryhopper
+++ scripting:basics [2022/08/11 14:32] (current) – jerryhopper
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 **Lets break down this line.**
 This is where we declare our variablename and type, where the name is 'btr' and the type is 'GenericEntity'
+In Enfusion, variables has to be declared of which type they should be. Its fairly self-explanatory if you look at the line below.
   GenericEntity btr =
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-So, the result of the above is that we have a variable with the name 'btr' which 'type' is 'GenericEntity'
+So, the result of the above is that we have a variable with the name '**btr**' which '**type**' is '**GenericEntity**'
-===== Example 2: a Character =====
+==== Example 2: a Character ====
-Lets try this with a soldier.
+Lets try this with a soldier (character).
 So, we get the entity of a soldier with the name 'soldier_scripted'
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 So here we have a variable with the name 'soldier_c'  ( this is a descriptive variable, we know its a soldier and by appending the '_c' we know this is the soldier controller component) which contains the CharacterControllerComponent for our specific entity.
-Now if we want to change the stance of the soldier, we can do so via this CharacterController.
+----
+===== Control a CharacterEntity =====
+Lets continu from Example #2.  We now have an entity, and its time we control it.
+==== Change stance ====
+If we want to change the stance of the soldier, we can do so via this CharacterController.
   soldier_c.SetStanceChange(ECharacterStanceChange.STANCECHANGE_TOCROUCH);
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   * STANCECHANGE_TOPRONE
+Notice that these are 'STANCE CHANGES' - not the actual stances (which are defined in [[scripting:echaracterstance.c]]).
 Great!  You are now able to control a soldier's stance by script!
-===== Get a CharacterEntity, and control it ====
+==== Move ====
+Now lets try make the character move. To move a character, we need to know what speed and direction you want to move. We will use a variable which we declare as a '[[scripting:datatypes#vector]]' as shown below.
+  vector direction = {0,0,1};
+The 'soldier_c' variable contains the CharacterController, and like with the stances, you can control the movement. Below you see the 'SetMovement' command to which we pass 'speed' (2) and the variable 'direction'.
+  soldier_c.SetMovement(2, direction);
+That should do the trick. Your character should be moving in the given direction.