Top down car game (game-maker)

Question

I'm new to programming on game-maker and programming in general. This is probably very easy but i'm unsure of how to go about things.

I am programming a simple top-down car game in which the car drives (forward) by it's self and is steered with the left and right mouse buttons. I attempted to get the car to drive on it's own with:

speed = 3

This, although making the car go forward, stopped the steering from working somehow and now the car rotates instead of actually turning around the corner.

How can i get the car to drive on it's own and still be able to turn the car?

Here is the code for the truck http://prntscr.com/bynxu3 http://prntscr.com/byny68 — AmericanSnake, Jul 28 '16 at 15:20
Ik this is a terrible post but i'm honestly clueless right now. Instead of disliking my post please just help me. I've looked all over game maker tutorials and nothing is helping me. — AmericanSnake, Jul 28 '16 at 15:33

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 29 '16 at 11:01

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You should not change image_angle, but direction instead. Image_angle is juste what you see, direction is the real physics direction.

Replace the code in your link by :

direction = direction + 2;
image_angle = direction;

Like this, you turn the car, and then align the image on the car orientation.

answered Jul 29 '16 at 11:01

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Thankyou so much bro ik it's so simple but i would have never known. Maybe one day i wont be such a noob :) – AmericanSnake Jul 29 '16 at 19:08
If my answer was correct, don't forget to accept it :) It was a pleasure. – An intern has no name Aug 02 '16 at 14:30

Top down car game (game-maker)

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