how do i move a paddle

[Doug101]

im having trouble making the paddle move. can someone show me wat im doing wrong!!

var Key : array char of boolean
var paddlex : int
paddlex := 240

drawfillbox (paddlex-20, 20, paddlex + 140, 10, 9)

loop
Input.KeyDown (Key)
if Key (KEY_LEFT_ARROW) then
paddlex := paddlex - 5
end if
if Key (KEY_RIGHT_ARROW) then
paddlex := paddlex +5
end if
end loop

[Nick]

you only draw the paddle once, move the draw inside the loop

[Doug101]

i thought i did that thanks

[Doug101]

when i put the code in my game it doesnt work!!!

var Key : array char of boolean
var ballx, bally, paddlex : int
ballx := 320
bally := 200
paddlex := 260

drawbox (20,20,619,379,255)
drawfill (1,1,255,255)
drawfillbox (paddlex - 20, 20, paddlex + 140, 10, 9)

put "score: "

loop
drawfilloval (ballx, bally, 10, 10, 9)
delay (5)
drawfilloval (ballx, bally, 10, 10, 0)

ballx += 1
bally += 1

exit when bally = 368

end loop

loop
drawfilloval (ballx, bally, 10, 10, 9)
delay (5)
drawfilloval (ballx, bally, 10, 10, 0)

ballx += 1
bally -= 1

exit when ballx = 608

end loop

loop
drawfilloval (ballx, bally, 10, 10, 9)
delay (5)
drawfilloval (ballx, bally, 10, 10, 0)

ballx -= 1
bally -= 1

exit when bally = 31

end loop

loop
drawfilloval (ballx, bally, 10, 10, 9)
delay (5)
drawfilloval (ballx, bally, 10, 10, 0)

ballx -= 1
bally += 1

exit when bally = 368

end loop

loop
drawfilloval (ballx, bally, 10, 10, 9)
delay (5)
drawfilloval (ballx, bally, 10, 10, 0)

ballx -= 1
bally -= 1

exit when ballx = 31

end loop

loop
drawfilloval (ballx, bally, 10, 10, 9)
delay (5)
drawfilloval (ballx, bally, 10, 10, 0)

ballx += 1
bally -= 1

exit when bally = 31

end loop

loop
drawfillbox (paddlex-20, 20, paddlex + 140, 10, 9)
delay(5)
drawfillbox (paddlex-20, 20, paddlex + 140, 10, 255)

Input.KeyDown (Key)

if Key (KEY_LEFT_ARROW) then
paddlex := paddlex - 5
end if
if Key (KEY_RIGHT_ARROW) then
paddlex := paddlex +5
end if
end loop

[SIXAXIS]

First of all, your code is extremely messy. Try to keep it clean. Group things, comment on what everything is, put it in order. Secondly, you need to have one main loop. If you have many loops, then it will never finish the first loop so it can't go to the second one. So put all of your code in one loop and clean it up.

P.S. You may have flickering. If you do, then add this at the beginning of your code:

Turing:

setscreen ("graphics:800;600,offscreenonly")

The graphics part tells the computer that it's in graphics mode, the 800;600 sets the window size (in pixels), and the offscreenonly is the important part. It tells the computer to draw everything offscreen.

Add this at the end of your main loop. This is what makes the computer draw everything it made offscreen all at once so there is no flickering.

Turing:

View.Update

Look up setscreen in the F10 help and you'll see you can do a lot more than just this.