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Rather than write the whole script, I'll give you the math, and some partial scripts in hopes that you can incorporate it into your script, and thereby learn more in the process.

The current...

A modification.



man_mc.stop();

// Use tx,ty to keep track of desired location
man_mc.tx = man_mc._x;
man_mc.ty = man_mc._y;
man_mc.walkSpeed = .2;

Let's say you make a movie in which each frame corresponds to one of your diagonal directions (each frame would contain a movieclip with a walk cycle of the man walking in the desired direction).
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Seems like you've already done an excellent analysis of what you need to do.

What is the problem exactly?