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5,026 PointsUncaught TypeError: this.activePlayer.activeToken.moveRight is not a function at Game.handleKeydown
Everything goes ok until a press the left arrow and then an uncaught typeError appears: Game.js:57 Uncaught TypeError: this.activePlayer.activeToken.moveRight is not a function at Game.handleKeydown (Game.js:57) at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (app.js:15) I don't know why it fives me this error. Can anyone help please?
3 Answers
Steven Parker
231,269 PointsA common generic cause of this error is trying to access an attribute/method on a null or undefined variable. Check the value of "activePlayer" or "activePlayer.activeToken".
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Patricia Padilla
5,026 PointsThanks Steven, I'll take a look and get it working. :)
Cory Aston
6,058 PointsIn my case I got this error because I forgot to save the Token.js file before I ran the code - so literally that function didn't exist! Duh! Took me a couple minutes to figure out why that wasn't working.