Move Objects On A Semi-circular/elliptical Path
Hi guys,
I'm stumped ... I need to move a bunch of attached movieclips along a concave elliptical path to the left and right. It should stop when the extreme left and right movieclips hit the stage center point while moving left or right.
Really need your help ... in a jam ... or maybe a soup .. HELP !!!!!!!
- Oz
FlashKit > Flash Help > Flash ActionScript
Posted on: 07-20-2007, 07:09 AM
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I'm working on a flash version of Grand Theft Auto. I got a level laid out that you can drive across and where you can encounter AI. The AI works in the sense that it is able to make decisions at intersections. I also get the AI to move at their own speed BUT with the displaying of turning at intersections arises a problem.
The ai needs to calculate its own path from start of the turn to the end, taking into account its starting direction and the direction to end at. I thought about solving this by simplifying the turn to a quarter-circle but then the code wouldn't work for intersection with roads at an arbitrary direction.
so the AI basically needs to calculate the path from A to B with the code supporting any direction of road A and B.
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any ideas? thanks
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How do I get a movieclip move along circular path when the mouse is moving in AS3?
The MovieClip's instance name is object.
Here is how I did it in AS1.
Code:
stop ();
startDrag ("/drag", true);
/:width = 200;
/:height = 200;
/:ox = eval("/:width") / 2;
/:oy = eval("/:height") / 2;
/:radius = 52;
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It's been a while since I used Flash - so I'm rusty (and I using Flash 5)
Anyway, I am making a semi-circular image gallery where the thumbnails rotate around the main image in the center of the semi-circle. Kinda like "the Fan"
I need help loading the thumbs from a db or an xml file?
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Drag An Object Along The Elliptical Path
Hi
I want to drag an object along elliptical path.
Example :
I am having Sun (Graphic) in the center of the stage, User need to drag the earth(Graphic) around the sun in the elliptical path.
Can any one suggest any way to archive this...
Thank you
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Hey guys, I've been racking my brain on this, but I can't seem to figure it out.
I have a group of items that are positioned into an ellipse. I'm trying to get the items to rotate collectively to specific rotations. For example, I click one of the items in the ellipse which rotates all the items collectively until the clicked item is at the top of the ellipse.
Placing the elements to form an ellipse is easy, as is collectively rotating them. The problem is the further the ellipse is to being a circle, the rotations are off. I have been hitting the math sites like crazy, but I can't seem to crack this.
The function below is what I am using to attempt to rotate all items along the ellipical path so that the specified item is at the top of the ellipse
Code:
public function rotateCellToTop(cell:Cell):Number
{
var xR:Number = cell.link.x-(_x+_width/2);
var yR:Number = cell.link.y-(_y+_height/2);
var rads:Number = Math.atan2(yR, xR);
//rotation of individual object
var a:Number = rads*(180/Math.PI);
trace("item rotation", a);
return a;
}
This function is what I use to move each item in the elliptical path
Code:
private function adjustLayout():void
{
var len:int=this._cells.length;
var rOffset:Number = _rotation*(Math.PI/180);
var w:Number = this._width/2;
var h:Number = this._height/2;
var sb:Number = Math.sin(rOffset);
var cb:Number = Math.cos(rOffset);
var rad:Number;
var c:EllipseCell;
for(var i:int=0; i<len; i++)
{
c = this._cells[i];
rad = ((Math.PI*(i))/(len/2))+rOffset;
c.x = (w*Math.cos(rad))+(w+_x);
c.y = (h*Math.sin(rad))+(h+_y);
}
}
This has been absolutely killing me - any help at all would be beautiful. Thanks.
Using Trig To Make A Varying Elliptical Path ..
Posted this before, didn't get any replies .. Will try to be more clear as to what I'm asking this time ..
I'm wondering how to make a varying elliptical path for a movie clip to follow. Here's a crude drawing of what I want to do: http://asuaf.org/~fsjrn2/ellipse.gif
And here's the AS I've been using, but it is limited to a regular ellipse:
Code:
onClipEvent (load) {
cnt = random(10); // randomizes start position
speed = 10; // speed of rotation
height = 560; // height of movie
width = 990; // width of movie
centerX = width/2; // center X coord
centerY = height/2; // center Y coord
pi = Math.PI; // pi variable
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (cnt<2*pi) {
_x = centerX-((width/2)*Math.sin(cnt));
_y = centerY-((height/2-40)*Math.cos(cnt));
cnt += speed/256;
}
else {
cnt = 0;
}
}
Anyone have any pointers or ideas?
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...
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Hi guys,
Basically I'm attempting to build a scalextric (slot car) race game - simple 2d top-down style.
The basics are easy - for now I'm using a timeline motion guide/path and adjusting the frame depending on speed etc. - this works well and I'm happy with it (although eventually I'll upgrade to dynamic paths and track builder)
The problem I'm having is that of getting the car to 'realistically' skid out on corners depending on speed - I'm doing a little calculation where I work out the difference between the car's previous _rotation and the car's current _rotation and then multiply this value by the current velocity and smooth out the result using a method very similar to the old 'smooth preloader' tutorial - this new rotation value is applied to the _rotation property of a movieclip inside of the movieclip that is following the path/guide.
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Jon
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code:
acceleration = 10;
newpos = function () { ranx = Math.round((Math.random()*250));rany = Math.round((Math.random()*250));};
newpos();
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this._x += ((ranx-this._x)/acceleration);
this._y += ((rany-this._y)/acceleration);
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}
};
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Jon
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I am trying to get a movieclip to move along a path using actionscript;
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I have attached an outline of the path I want the mc to take,
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Thanks
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in every object
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PHP Code:
function moveTo(clip, speed) {
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ytarget = clip._y-clip._height/2;
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var speedY = Math.abs(ytarget+_y)/speed;
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//up
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var j = 3;
}
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var j = 4;
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var j = 5;
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var j = 6;
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var j = 7;
}
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}
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_y += speedY;
buttons._y -= speedY;
}
if (j == 2 || j == 5 || j == 7 || j == 8) {
_y -= speedY;
buttons._y += speedY;
}
if (i == 1) {
if (-xtarget-_x<0) {
buttons._y = buttons._y+(this.height/2);
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}
if (i == 2) {
if (-xtarget-_x>0) {
buttons._y = buttons._y+(this.height/2);
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}
if (i == 3 || i == 4) {
if (xtarget+_x>0) {
buttons._y = buttons._y+(this.height/2);
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}
if (i == 5) {
if (xtarget+_x<0) {
buttons._y = buttons._y+(this.height/2);
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}
if (i == 6) {
if (xtarget+_x>0) {
buttons._y = buttons._y+(this.height/2);
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}
if (i == 7 || i == 8) {
if (xtarget+_x<0) {
buttons._y = buttons._y+(this.height/2);
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}
};
}
Path To Sound Objects
Hi, first post here so any help much appreciated.
I have a main swf, lets call it main.swf ! and into I am loading an external swf called...external.swf. This external swf has sound objects in it that need to play when a user rolls over a button contained with in external swf.
I've defined my sounds in the root timeline of the external swf like this:
firstSound=new Sound();
firstSound.attachSound("kitchen1");
and set up the linkage from the library to those sounds, the sounds are contained in the library of the external swf
When the mouse rolls over a button I activate the sound using:
firstSound.start();
When this is played as a stand alone file ie: when i test the external swf without it being loaded into the main.swf, it works fine and dandy, but when I go through the main.swf, load in the external.swf and try the rollover nothing happens. I know this is something to do with the paths and I've tried lots of variations on the buttons by adding 'this' or '_root" and tried adding those to the sound definitions as well but to no avail !! I'm guessing this is pretty easily fixed but I'm afraid I'm at a loss to do so....any and all suggestions welcomed.
Thanks.
LS.
How Do I Move Objects With The Keyboard?
I know its a stupid question.
I draw something on a frame and make it a symbol(Button)then I add an action to it:
I select on (KeyPress) <Right>
SetProperty, _x(XPosition), 10
so when I press the right arrow it moves 10 pixels right.
BUT my question is how can I make it so that If I press the right arrow again my symbol will move again, and also should I make the picture a button or what?
any help is greatly appreciated.
Objects To Move In Front And Behind Each Other
I've been trying to work out how to have a load of buttons (which enlarge to fill most of the screen on rollover & which are all on one layer) also move in front of all the rest of the buttons on rollover, so that the other buttons are no longer visible. Currently, when they enlarge, depending on where they are arranged - front to back - there may or may not be other buttons visible in front of them. I presume it's possible to attach an actionscript which sorts this out, but I've been looking for ages and still no luck!
Any Ideas?
? - Move Objects On Elipse Via AS
So, my coworker has been challenged with rotating some objects around an elipse. Somewhat similar to moving the planets around the sun but all on the same elipse. Then, as the object comes to the foreground we will make the object bigger so it stands out.
Anyone willing to share some code or know of a new component that would do this?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jason
How Do You Move Objects Across Stage?
Hi i can't seem to move the picture to the stage..I loaded the picture in but when i press play all it does is show the picture...i want the picture to load to the x and y cordinates of 0,0 (center of stage) and it doesn't matter where the starting point is...can somebody please help? Here's the code so far...please tell me what i should do to fix the problem
var startX:Number = myImageHolder._x
var startY:Number = myImageHolder._y
var endX:Number = 0;
var endY:Number = 0;
myImageHolder.onEnterFrame = function () {
if (this._y > endY && myImageHolder._x > endX)
{
myImageHolder._y += ((endY - startY)/100);
myImageHolder._x += ((endX - startX)/100);
trace("x/y start:"+myImageHolder._x+"/"+myImageHolder._y);
trace("x/y end:"+endX+"/"+endY);
}
}
// create the XML variable
var xml:XML = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite = true; // you must ignore whitespace
xml.onLoad = function() { // the function that is called when the xml is loaded
var nodes = this.firstChild.childNodes; // tells you the number of child nodes
numOfItems = nodes.length; // tells you how many items you have
for (var i = 0; i<numOfItems; i++) { // attach icons
myImageHolder.loadMovie(nodes[i].attributes.image);// attach image to the myImageHolder MovieClip
nextimage();
myText.text = nodes[i].attributes.caption; // set the text
}
}
xml.load("xml/images.xml");// load the xml
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