CodeCombat Thunderhooves (JavaScript)

Level Help
1

Hello, I have been struggling with this level. This is the code that I have so far and the error code says "expected an identifier and isntead say ‘)’ – in this line hero.buildXY(“fence”, hero.pos.x, yak.pos.y + 10); }

while(true) {
     var yak = hero.findNearestEnemy();
     if (yak) {
     if (yak.pos.y > hero.pos.y); {
            hero.buildXY("fence", hero.pos.x, yak.pos.y - 10);  } }      
    if {  
            hero.buildXY("fence", hero.pos.x, yak.pos.y + 10); }
    else {  
            hero.moveXY(hero.pos.x + 10, hero.pos.y); } 
}
2

Hi javier_denis. Welcome to CoCo Discourse!

A couple of things…

First, you have no if conditional regarding what happens if yak position y coordinate is less than hero position y coordinate.

Second, although in this instance it does work to use hero.pos.x together with yak.pos.y, you have to be careful of such a mixture. This works better with using just yak.pos.x and yak.pos.y together.

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3

Welcome javier_denis!
Have a look at this line of yours and then take a look at the other “if” lines.
When using it, it always needs a condition, which it didn’t get in this line!

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4

thanks to you two i managed to make the player move and place the first fence, but he wont place the second one so he gets pushed by the second yak. this is what i got so far

while(true) {
     var yak = hero.findNearestEnemy();
     if (yak) {
     if (yak.pos.y > hero.pos.y) {
            hero.buildXY("fence", hero.pos.x, yak.pos.y - 10);  } }      
    if (false){  
            hero.buildXY("fence", hero.pos.x, yak.pos.y + 10); }
    else {  
            hero.moveXY(hero.pos.x + 10, hero.pos.y); } 
}
5

well, i got tired of trial and error and just used this to win it lol

hero.buildXY("fence", 17, 36);
hero.buildXY("fence", 38, 25);
hero.buildXY("fence", 60, 25);
hero.moveXY(68, 30);
6

Fair enough, but if I were you I’d make sure I could complete the level as it’s supposed to be completed as well. It shouldn’t require trial and error.
Look at these two lines:

if (false) { # is not a statement.

What else could you use?
You’re almost there! Don’t give up.
-Danny

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7

I know this is a dead topic, but in case you still need help javier_denis, did you match up all of your if statments with brackets? I forgot one bracket when I was on this level, too.

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