Flash :: Game Programming Help

Game Programming Help, Please
I have been trying to make games, i have made a couple games with different guys, and what not, but my projects have all been stoping at the same point. I can make my hero jump, walk, shoot, stuff like that, but when it comes to scrolling backgrounds, everything justs messed up and nothing works. The tutorial only seem to work if i am using there background. Can someone please tell me how to make a nie scrolling background that scrolls when the character walks, also any other coding that can be useful for making a sidescroller shooting style game. Any help will make me really happy!

Ps.I have already tried the tutorial on this site, for the scrolling background, can anyone tell me a good tutorial to do this? Or tell me what im doing wrong with the code.

-the tutorial has just the ground, the little red thing, but on my game its a batman cave deal, 550x400, i entered all the code in the Mc hero, also the background, it still doesnt work, BUT if i use their ground, enter the code in both, it works. Help!

Game Programming
Hi everyone!

I desperately need an advice for a game I'm trying to make.
Basically I have 12 icons, animated by another person in 4 keyframes each. The icons are supposed to be scenes from a movie so I have to make them able to disappear or play through at a controlled speed. On the other hand, they were drawn in flash, and each one has at least 10 layers(parts) which should be able to get colored.
My question is what should I use to construct a nice hierarchy-one that will allow the player to change colors of the different parts and to control the icons as a whole(including rotation of the whole icons).
I guess I can't figure out that myself because so far I've been using only code and I am not sure how to control layers drawn in Flash...any advice will be much appreciated.

best,
t

Game Programming Help
Hi atm I have created a function which spawns a enemy out of the library random upon any of the four corners of the stage. But know I want to add individual AI to each one:

This is the random spawn:

PHP Code:

var dumbLoop:Number = 0;
var dumbXS:Number = 0;
var dumbYS:Number = 0;
var dumbACC:Number = 0.6;
var dumbDEC:Number = 0.92;

function spawnCircle() {
    var screen_side:Number = Math.round(Math.random()* 3);
    var dumbTemp:MovieClip = new dumbTarget;
    this["dumbTarget" + dumbLoop] = dumbTemp;
    addChild(this["dumbTarget" + dumbLoop]);
    if (screen_side == 0) {
        this["dumbTarget" + dumbLoop].x = -15;
        this["dumbTarget" + dumbLoop].y = -15;
    }
    if (screen_side == 1) {
        this["dumbTarget" + dumbLoop].x = 815;
        this["dumbTarget" + dumbLoop].y = -15;
    }
    if (screen_side == 2) {
        this["dumbTarget" + dumbLoop].x = 815;
        this["dumbTarget" + dumbLoop].y = 615;
    }
    if (screen_side == 3) {
        this["dumbTarget" + dumbLoop].x = -15;
        this["dumbTarget" + dumbLoop].y = 615;
    }
    dumbLoop += 1;
}

Now for each one that spawns I want them to perform this function everyframe that they are on stage:

PHP Code:

function moveCircles():void {
    *TheCircleInQuestion*.x += dumbXS;
    *TheCircleInQuestion*.y += dumbYS;
    ///Move Up
    if (user.y < *TheCircleInQuestion*.y) {
        dumbYS -= dumbACC
    }
    ///Move Down
    if (user.y > *TheCircleInQuestion*y) {
        dumbYS += dumbACC;
    }
    ///Move Right
    if (user.x < *TheCircleInQuestion*.x) {
        dumbXS -= dumbACC;
    }
    ///Move Left
    if (user.x > *TheCircleInQuestion*.x) {
        dumbXS += dumbACC;
    }///Decrease Speed
    dumbYS *= dumbDEC;
    dumbXS *= dumbDEC;
}

How would I go about such a task. Btw if you have trouble understanding the mechanics of my messy code please say and I'll do my best to explain it.

Game Programming Help....
Hey guys,

Im new to this forum and I was really looking forward to geting some help!

I am trying to build a Mario type 2D side sroller and i'm stuck at some of the early code options. I basically have 3 layers with mc's and actionscript applied to them. The first layer is for my character who has the left, right and up controls which do different functions. The Up one in partciular runs another MC which causes him to jump some amount of pixels then back down.

The second layer contains my platforms and objects which he will land on. I don't however have any actionscript applied to this layer for bulding a interference detection. Meaning I want him to stop moving when he hits one from below and then go back down. Also I'd like for him to be able to jump on top of these cube like platforms just like the real game. So I need help with this Code, how to make a good interference detection. The Character has the ID "mario" and the platform just simply "platform".

The other things that i'm stuck with is when I do the movements like jump and right and left, I'm not sure if the best idea for the games sake is to remove the child "mario" and replace it with another symbol "mario_right", "mario_jump", "mario_slide" theres more... OR should I just make mario have all of these symbols inside of him and then cause him to go to frame and stop when Key.isDown? Which would make the game run best?

My last question to make my life easier... I want to make it impossible for mario to jump in the air again until the Key.UP has been release and then re-pressed. Any ideas? Also to prevent mario from moving left or right if the up key was pressed first. It should be right then jump not jump then right.

This is a good start which I'm sure will help and I will most deffinantly be checking back in here later for things like ability to use a gamepad in flash or the ability to save progress. These things are still a bit over my head right now but I'm learning my best to make them work. Also on a side question, does anyone know how many "and" commands you can put in one If statement? I'm just looking mainly to use them for preventing an operation unless all conditions specified are met.

Thanks guys for this HUGE amount of help!

Game Programming
Hi there,

I love this forum. People are ready to help to anyone anytime. great!
I need help from all of you guys. Please suggest me any book/site/examples for the game programing in flash.

Thank you very much for any input.
Regards,
M.S.

Seeking Your HELP On GAME Programming
GAMERS!!

I'm thinking of making some simple games.

Can anyone help me with some tutorials or point me to some books on how to build things like a coloring in activitye.g http://www.bobthebuilder.com or the http://www.babar.com , jigsaw puzzle.

Thank you!!!!

Non-linear Game Programming
Anyone knows of any non-linear programming tuorials for making games in Flash?

Flash Game Programming
Hello,

I am currently using Flash MX and am wondering if anyone can suggest to me a book which teaches the basics of game programming using Flash MX? I'm very interested in programming a few small games but have very little flash experience (Biggest thing I have done is make a simple flash website). I am mostly looking for books only, unless there are tutorials that are complete and very good. So any suggestions? Thanks.

Cheers,
Kami

OOP Trouble And Game Programming
I'm making a game where there's the need to catch collisions.

My problem is OOP-related because:

I have the main class. This creates instances of other classes (mostly movieclips). Some of them are very nested in sub-sub-classes... (this is the real problem).

A little schema:

Main Class
-- Galaxy1
---- Planet1
---- Meteor1
-- Galaxy2
---- Planet2
---- Meteor2

(note that these are names of different classes, not instance names)

Most of them never communicate between them. But between two of them (imagine between Planet1 and Meteor2) there must be a check for collisions.

I was thinking to leave informations about the position of the two objects in a variable on the Main class.

But (and it's the real question) how do I access to the main class (call it the stage, the document class, the root) variables???

If I try with root.variablename I get:

1119: Access of possibly undefined property s through a reference with static type flash.displayisplayObject.

PS: Maybe I'm getting this too complicated. Maybe it's only a mess i'm creating because i didn't study well

Help Programming Fishing Game
Hello,

I am creating a simple flash fishing game. There is a fisherman at the side of the screen, when you click him he casts the line into the screen, once he has done so the timeline stops. On the next frame is an animation of him catching a fish. I'm looking for a code that will act as if you were fishing in real life, so it has to be a random code basically saying something like, every 30 secounds there is a 1/5 chance of catching a fish, or in this case going to the next frame.

If anyone could kindly help me and it would be much appreciated

Thanks.

Game Programming Help Needed
Hi,

I'm new to these forums just as i am fairly new to Flash Pro 8, anyway i was mid way through creating my first flash game when i encountered this error message...

**Error** Scene=Scene 2, layer=Layer 2, frame=25:Line 2: ')' or ',' expected

gotoAndPlay('scene 2',frame 1);

Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1

it asks me to put an ')' or ',' in to the code but i just cant work out where it wans me to put it. Please Help!!!!!

Thank You

Game Programming: Easing?
Alright, I'm coding an rpg, but I've hit a problem. How do I make the map (let's just say it's called _root.btmMC) move 16 pixels up/down/left/right over 'X' frames?

Thanks in advance,
--Elios

Game Programming Question
I started to program an isometric game, like age of empire, or red alert. I have some problems with the code...

- I dun know how to figure the code that drags the building over "tiles".

- I can't figure out how for an unit can find it's path when there are obstacles

- How can i select a bunch of units when I draw a rectangle around them

- How can units get in positions like "square" or "rectangle"

If some of you can help me, that would be nice

3D Game Programming With Flash CS3/AS 3.0
Hi all,

I want to make a 3D game using flash cs3 and actionscript 3. Is it possible? Can anyone give me any hints how to start, if i need any component to install, any good book I can read, etc?

Thank You In Advance
Manos

As3 Game Programming + Oops
Hi
i need to know which is the best book that deals with" AS3 game programming "And "OOPS".

Game Programming With Flex
I have recently posted a new tutorial series on game programming with Flex.
http://www.brighthub.com/internet/we...les/11010.aspx

It's a work in progress, so I'd appreciate any suggestions or questions you might have.

Beggining Flash Game Programming For DUMMIES
I just got this book today and its helping me not post so much spam and stupid questions that it fills up this forum. I really like it and its great learning book=P

just wanted to say that

Strange Problem In Programming A Flash Game/Key.addlistener Anyone Have Any Ideas,?
I am programming a game in flash and I have a piece which responds to keys.
The piece is supposed to move one space at a time, and it does the first time you open the swf, but unless you close and open it again and just recreate the board the piece responds twice and moves 2 spaces instead of 1 and so on 3 to 4 each time you load it again without closing the program.

I think Key.addlistener registers the listener each time the
board is recreated therefore incrementing the movement of the piece.

How do i get around this?

Programming
Hola, I am new to actionscripting and want to get a better understanding of programming in general can you recomend a site wich offers tutorials or a book I can download somewhere for beginers in programming.

For any help you can provide thanks.

Programming
Can anyone tell me what would be the best programming language to learn that would best assist me in writting action scripts?

New To Programming
What types of programming languages can you integrate with flash? I was thinking about creating something that uses datbases (Access). Is there any way to communicate with that using ASP?

If someone could help me out and/or give me link that would be fantastic.

Pop-Up Programming
I need some more help! LOL. I need to program this, that form i needed help with earlier, the link that directs to it is on a button, now I need to program it so that when they click it it will popup in a small window not a big one, or in the same window. Please help.

Programming.. Help ..... Please...
hi friends i tryed 2 make a program for wear houses .... for tahm use it for invoices... or soo on...

but was soo hard just i wnat 2 ask annyones help if annyone can help me...?

please do answer me as soon as possible if annyone can make a kind of program like that ....?

and send it 2 me ... liek a tutorial... ?

please annyone try 2 help em

Programming
Hey guys,
Iam quite new to flash.. I have been using it for over a month just fooling around making simple button movies and things like that. But iam no longer interesting in making movies as I wish to move on and make some games if possible, I am just wondering how can I learn all the codes that are needed to create something like..a role playing game or a strat game.
So all the pros out there that can do something like that I ask you how and where did you learn to do that? is there a site to download a tutorial so I can understand to codes?? any help will be wonderful.

Bad Programming To Do This?
When using setTimeout I reassign "this".

Function definition:

PHP Code:

TickerClass.prototype.waitSetFunction = function(thisObj){
    this = thisObj;
    this.ref.setItems(this.ref.objectPropertyArray);
}

Called below from another 'TickerClass' method. I want to use my class' methods while in the setTimeout scope, but the 'setItems' method I call in the setTimeout scope uses "this" a lot, but not it's not the "this" I want so I reassign it.

Called like this:

PHP Code:

.
.
.
    setTimeout(this.ref.waitSetFunction, 1000, this);
.
.
.

Here is a glimpse of what "setItems" looks like:

PHP Code:

TickerClass.prototype.setItems = function(_ar){
    this.nbItems = _ar.length;
    this.currentItemIndex = 0;
    this.setNavigation(this.nbItems, this.currentItemIndex);
    for(var i=0;i<this.nbItems;i++){
.
.
.
.

Heh, I think I need a refresher on classes, scope, and anything related to "this". I'm not even sure if I'm using the correct terminology.

Anyone Doing Any Xsl Programming?
just a quick question to see if anyone is doing any xsl programming, just a quick yes/no, if so i will post a question....

i will check back in with you all tomorrow. take it easy and have a good evening.

Programming
I would like to know what other programs and scripting languages there are apart from flash e.g. Actionscript, Flash etc....

Tanks

RPG Programming FLA's
- edited by cloud4004

Programming
I'm looking for some simple code that will allow a different movie clip to play and start dragging when a user rolls over a different button on the main timeline.

Please help!

Thanks,
Brock

Key Press Programming For , Or .
Hi Folks
I am making a Flash 5 movie, using keypresses, to teach students how to type with the faster, Dvorak key arrangement. It works well for all the letters except W and V. ”W” in Dvorak is the comma key ”,” on the standard keyboard. ”V” in Dvorak is the period key ”.” When I program the keypress for comma key ”,” or period ”.” it will not work. There is an override on the comma, it backs up one frame. On the period it advances one frame. I do not see a key code listed for them in Appendix B of the ActaionScript Reference Guide. Is there code you can enter in Experts Mode to program the keypress for comma key ”,” or period ”.” ? I tried the action script of (keyPress "u002c") {}
gotoAndStop (a); to advance to frame label "a" when the comma type is pressed and am still getting overrides???????
Here are two the swf.
One of the of the dvorak key arrangement.
http://www.stormloader.com/users/runjay/DVORAK.swf
Plus a game with all the letters of the alphebet using the dvorak key arrangement. Before you start the sentence sometimes you have to CLICK ONCE ON THE SCENE TO ACTIVATE THE KEY PRESSES. You might want to print the dvorak key arrangement first so you can refer to it. “t” in dvorak is “k” in standard, thus the first letter you press will be the standard “k” and the “t” under the sentence will turn from purple to red. All will go well until you press the standard “,” for the dvorak “w”. It will back up one space.
http://www.stormloader.com/users/run...20alphabet.swf

Thanks - Jay

[Edited by Jay S Johnson on 07-17-2001 at 06:42 PM]

Key Press Programming For , Or .
key press programming for , or .

This is a problem of keeping the Flash keyboard shortcuts for Step Backwards and Step Forward from override the code.
I am making a Flash 5 movie, using keypresses, to teach students how to type with the faster, Dvorak key arrangement. It works well for all the letters except W and V. ”W” in Dvorak is the comma key ”,” on the standard keyboard. ”V” in Dvorak is the period key ”.” When I program the keypress for comma key ”,” or period ”.” it will not work at all when posted on the net. When I test the fla, the swf has an override on the comma, it backs up one frame. On the period it advances one frame. This corresponds to the upper case < and > on the standard keyboard. Flash keyboard shortcuts for Step Backwards and Step Forward one frame in the movie are the same keys (comma and period). When the "Disable Keyboard Shortcuts under *Control" in the Flash Player is checked to disable the two shortcuts for Step Forward and Step Backwards they are still override the code.
I do not see a key code listed for them in Appendix B of the ActaionScript Reference Guide. Is there code you can enter in Experts Mode to program the keypress for comma key ”,” or period ”.” ? Two suggestions that have not worked are:
At “MattMan’s” suggestion I tried the action script of (keyPress "u002c") {}
At “Superbog’s” suggustion I tried onClipEvent(keyDown) { if (Key.getCode (188)
You may want a print of the Dvorak keyboard for reference: http://www.stormloader.com/users/runjay/DVORAK.swf
You will have to CLICK ONCE ON THE SCRENE TO ACTIVATE THE KEY PRESSES for the following Flash movie.
http://www.stormloader.com/users/run...20alphabet.swf The sentence has all the letters of the alphebet. ”t” in Dvorak is ”k” in standard, so the first key you type will be the standard ”k” and you should see the ”T” underneath the sentence turn from purple to red. The movie will work until you get to the ”w” in brown. Nothing happens when you press the ”,” for Dvorak’s ”w”.
I can email you a 31KB fla for just the two letters w and v so you can see how the movie is built.
Thanks - Jay

Fade Programming
Could someone please show me some love and help me out? Ok here is my question this is what I did, I have a movie clip called "mouse" and I have another movie clip called "coding". Now in my "coding" movie clip I put in the actios code in frame 1:

_root.mouse._alpha += -2;

and in frame 2:

goto and play (1);

Now what this does is that it fades the "mouse" clip out. But what I want to know is how do I fade the mouse clip in. I'm sorry if this sounds strange.

A Little Programming Logic Help Please
Not sure if I should post this here or in "Backend Server" stuff. I'll try here 1st.

Here's the deal. I have a vbs file that sends my flash app some vars containg room names (like in a house). I then use the vars to diplay the text dynamically and the status of the device in a room. Vars come in this format:

devloc_0, devloc_1, devloc_2, devloc_3...

I know I am going to get values like, "Kitchen", "Den", "Bath Rm" and so on. However, there are not always in the same variable. Example, "Den" is not always contained in "devloc_0". Part of my screen layout in Flash is hard coded (images of rooms are fixed and I use the dynamic text above image for discription)

So, here is what I need to do. I need some coding ideas on how to control/re-map the vars to containg the room names.

A little more detail. Let's say devloc_0 comes to me as "Kitchen", but on my screen I have dynamic text var devloc_0 above the "Den icon", I don't want it to say "Kitchen" I would want it to display the text "Den".

So, how can I do this in code? Any better way to tackle this. Ideas?

Thanks,

-Glenn

MX Objects/OO Programming
Hi, does anyone know where I can find some in depth tutorials/information on objects in flash MX.
I have a rough understanding of their purpose and how to use them, but would like to find a complete tutorial.
I didn't think the Macromedia one with the two balls was that useful to be honest.

Thanks

Board-programming
Hello flashkit,

i do have a question about the option to program a kind of board in flash.
Which tools do i need to realize this and which languages? Does anybody knows a site with a flash-board?

Thx for help

Attila

Multiplayer Programming...
Hey Everyone,

I already posted something similar to this, but decided it fits best in this forum category, so dont say i was spamming.

As most, if not all of you know from my annoying spamming, i am in the proccess of making an RPG game with a few other guys. I was wondering if some of you could email me some example code or tell me if you can help us out. What i want is someone who knows socket programming, allowing 1 or more people to connect to a central server, and send the server their player's current X and Y position. Then, the server will relay that info back to all of the players, allowing everyone to interact with each other, trade items, and also even see each other moving around.

Please contact me at flashrpgprogrammer@yahoo.com if you can help out in any way.

THANKS! By the way, i stopped spamming, because you all were so pissed at me.

Programming The PC Speaker
Hi all,

I think this is a bit of a long shot but it is possible to use the pc speaker through flash? ie, those squaky sounds in old adventure games

Any help would be great.

Thanks very much

Programming For Mobiles
Hi I am currently working on a school projekt conserning new technologies like bluetooth and I was wondering if someone has some knowledge of programming for mobile devices or knows anyone I could ask some questions?

Programming A Map - Questions
Hi!

I am new to ActionScript, although I had extensive experience in Javascript, PHP and a bit of C++. So, ActionScript looks very familiar. However, I am missing a few conceptual things here, because this is only the second time I am making anything in Flash (ver 5), and the first time I am working with the object model of Flash. The docs are not shedding much light.

I am making a country map. It will be displayed on a web page, with two cities represented by dots joined with a line. City captions will be displayed so that the line doesn't cross them.
My questions are:
1) If I make a dot into a library object and then drag it onto the stage, how do I differenciate from two instances. I can't find a way to call one instance city1 and the other city2.
2) If I make a text string into a library object (city caption), will I be able to change the text in it? Is there a way to not wrap the text on a label, for ex. if the city name is too long to be displayed within the bounds initially set.
3) How can I join two dots with a line? If I draw the line in the movie, how can I change the coordinates of the its points?
4) Inside the movie, does Flash automatically register variables passed to the movie via param attributes in HTML? I will need to pass coordinates of both cities and their names from outside the movie.

Any hints will be greatly appreciated. Thanks to all for help!!!

Best regards,
Stanislav

Is This Done Using Flash? Or Programming?
when you visit http://www.kurtnoble.com/ in the url bar there is a small image of the company's logo....when u save it to your favorites the logo is visible also...how is this done?

Programming WITHOUT Components
I have programmed some of the following flash application, the client wants me to program it WITHOUT the use of components. Is this even possible?

http://www.800score.com/loader.html

Thanks in advance.
Mike

Test My AS Programming Course Please
hiya i am just writing a course on Actionscript programming basics..
it is only half way through and its first draft..
is it easy to understand.?
are the examples useful ?
any other feedback appreciated..
and input ..
there are a few capitals that might stuff up some code..
bloody MS Word !

see attached,,
steve

I Need An Expert At Programming
does anyone know how to creat a symmbol that when clicked it will change somthing later in the game I.E. a gun you can choose then use later

I Need An Expert At Programming
does anyone know how to creat a symmbol that when clicked it will change somthing later in the game I.E. a gun you can choose then use later

useing flash 5

Games Programming
Where can i find concrete info about flash games programming for totally beginners?

Programming Opinion
Programming opinion

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I have a series of images that are being dynamically loaded. I am using an array to specify the path of each individual image. I want to make my program cycle through the individual items of the array and load each image randomly until every image is loaded. While this is going on, I am using a conditional to detect if certain keyboard presses are invoked. The keyboard presses are specific to each array item.
What are your opinions on how I should handle this keyboard event listener?

How should I go about coding the array of images to be in sync with each specific keyboard press, and be able to detect when each image has been loaded?

Thanks,
Sam

Help For Physics Programming
Plz tell me some resources from where i can learn to program physics in Action script for games like the link specified below:

http://yeti1.yetisports.org/yetipart1/?c=DFdk45(kdj/(6re80()76%)=fldfj(77345pdk=(/73647idfihj,)86r37849kojnvkdf%

Lots of games like these is avilable at:
http:\yetisports.org

Sarbjeet Gaba

Button Programming Help
Hi, i need to know how to make a button send something to an e-mail. Like on e-bay you fill out a help form telling them what your problem is and the you hit send. Im supposing it sends it to their e-mail. I need to know how to make a button send a form that i have made out. It has several Text Fields that people fill out, now i just need to know how to make it send so i can see it when they fill it out. I dunno if i can make it go to my e-mail or what, please help me. Ive been trying to figure this out for like a week now!