Movement Element Tutorial Needed
i need to know how to make a person jump, come back down, move left and right, make borders and do stuff like punch and shoot
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Posted on: 03-08-2004, 10:49 PM
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Code:
// Setup sound object
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s.onSoundComplete=playSong;
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// Currently playing song
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Error opening URL "file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Desktop/Mp3%20Player%201/songs.xml"
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Code:
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xml.ignoreWhite = true;
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// iterate through array - push into beatArray
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beatArray.push(nodes[i].attributes.url);
}
playbeat();
}
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mySound.loadSound(beatArray[nowBeat], true);
}
else {
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}
}
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to the second part of the tutorial
If anyone could help me out i would apreciate it
Thanks
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