Hey all,
I was playing around with a big patch of code that I read about before in one of the other threads here. It basically made it so that a movie clip bounces back when it collides with the boundaries of the movie.

Here is the complete code:

code:
onClipEvent (load) {

	// when the clip loads, give it the folloing properties

	speedX = 15;

	// horizontal speed

	speedY = 15;

	// vertical speed

	score1 = 0;

	// score for player 1 is 0

	score2 = 0;

	// score for player 2 is 0

}

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {

	// when a new frame is reached ...

	// remeber that the x-axis is horizontal

	this._X += speedX;

	// give it horizontal velocity X

	this._y += speedY;

	// give it vertical velocity Y

	if (this._X>=485) {

		// if the mc reg point is at or equal to 485

		speedX = -speedX;

		// reverse velocity X

	} else if (this._X<=15) {

		// else if mc reg is at or equal to 15

		speedX = -speedX;

		// reverse velocity X

	}

	// remeber that the y-axis is vertical

	if (this._Y>=285) {

		// if mc reg is at or equal to 285

		speedY = -speedY;

		// reverse velocity Y

	} else if (this._Y<=15) {

		// else if mc reg is at or equal to 15

		speedY = -speedY;

		// reverse velocity Y

	}

}


Now I am using a circle for my movie clip, and I was wondering why it always starts by moving in the same direction. I don't see any part of the code that specifies what angle it would start moving...

Any help would be great,
Thanks.