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Published: 2012-08-02 22:37:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 41887; Favourites: 690; Downloads: 642
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This tutorial deals with exactly what it is titled as...HP, Days, Money, and all of those other stats. Also it goes into stuff about a sequenced dialogue path.
It is assumed that you have general knowledge on flash (I USE MACROMEDIA FLASH PROFESSIONAL 8). If this looks like a foreign language to you, go to Pacthesis 's page and she has a very neat tutorial on the basics. Then, come back and see if any of this makes sense.
If you are confused, feel free to comment below so that I (In the rare event that I ever come on here) , or another Deviant can maybe help you.
If you think that this tutorial is a waste of megabytes go check out Youtube, kirupa, and Macromedia flash forums for better ones. Also, other Deviants here are way better at this stuff than I am, so take a tour around Deviantart also.
If you do happen to comment on the tutorial, do not be offended if I answer +/- 4 months later. Also, do not be offended if I never answer at all.
If I don't answer your question, and you see that I have answered others (aka it looks like I've deliberately avoided your question), it is only because of one (or more) of the following circumstances:
a. I don't know the answer
b. the answer is in one of my other tutorials
c. you aren't using MACROMEDIA FLASH PROFESSIONAL 8 (All of my tutorials are based off of MACROMEDIA FLASH PROFESSIONAL 8; if you do not have MACROMEDIA FLASH PROFESSIONAL 8, and run into problems, I most likely can't help you because I don't use other forms)
d. I'm not sure what you're asking
e. There's a similar question already figured out in the comment section
If all else fails, send me a note. I will answer those before heading to the comment section.
Happy Flashing
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Check out my other tutorials on this stuff down below!
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here is a tutorial on how to let the player choose their own name for the character!legiokat.deviantart.com/art/Na…
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Comments: 331
OHMYGAWD IT WORKS!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!
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my variables were named differently and I didnt remember dat :l lol
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on(release){
if (Ray == 0) {
hp -= 10;
gotoAndPlay("talk1");
}else if(hp < 9) {
_root.gotoAndPlay("hpbro");
}
}
how do i keep the hp from going into negative numbers?
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what goes wrong? how does it go into negative numbers? make it hp<10, not that it might make a difference, but try it and tell me what happens.
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Okay,i fixed it a bit my actionscript
on(release){
if (Ray == 0) {
hp -= 10;
gotoAndPlay("talk1");
}if(hp<10) {
gotoAndPlay("no hp");
}
}
Now it will go to the frame no hp if you don't have enough, but it -10 hp still :I
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but other than that, i don't know what to tell you. Because my actionscript on one of my sims has the exact coding (different names) and it works.
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all i did was try puttinghp on top and exp down and it worked
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okay so it does go to talk1, but when it gets to 0 Hp or 5 hp it should go to hbro, but instead it just subtracts 10 hp (negative -5, -10) and goes to talk1 again
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make sure your code has this in it
if (hp < 10){
_root.gotoAndPlay("blablablabla");
}
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I have a question, For the give button i put this on one of the items to give
on (release) {
_root.gotoAndPlay("br1")
yum -= 1;
hp -= 10;
exp += 0;
}
how do i keep it from going to negative numbers (hp) & (candy)
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on(release){ \\when i click this button
if (hp >= ??){ \\ if hp is greater than or equal to ?pick a number?
_root.gotoAndPlay("thankyou"); \\ go to this frame
yum -=1; \\ minus 1 yum
hp -= 10; \\minus 10 hp
exp += 0; \\you don't need to say +0 if you don't add anything
}else if(hp < ??) { \\ but if hp is less than ?pick a number?
_root.gotoAndPlay("not enough hp") \\ then play this frame
}
}
OR if you don't want to make a not enough hp frame... take away the last line that says _root.goto.... and replace it with this.enabled = false
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ic...
what about talk button, how do i make it not play the same dialog over and over again, instead i want it to do 1st dialog if u get good response, move onto the next diaglog, but if bad response stay on the same dialog?
seems kinda confusing sorry xD
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on(release){ \\when i click this button
if (exp == 0) { \\if the exp with this person is at 0
hp -= 10; \\ take away 10 hp
gotoAndPlay("hi"); \\and play this frame
}else if(hp<10) { \\ or if hp is less than 10
this.enabled = false; \\make this button unclickable
}else if(exp == 10) { \\ or if exp is 10
hp -= 10; \\ take away 10 hp
gotoAndPlay("hi 2"); \\and play this frame
}else if(hp<10) { \\but if hp is less than 10
this.enabled = false; \\make this button unclickable
***it's explained in the tutorial under the dialogue section*** If you still don't get it, just keep asking
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So this will be all on the same talk button?
if (Devin exp == 0) {
hp -= 10;
Devin exp += 20;
gotoAndPlay("talk1");
}else if(hp<10) {
gotoAndPlay("no hp left");
}else if(Devin exp == 10) {
hp -= 10;
Devin exp += 20;
gotoAndPlay("talk2");
}else if(hp<10) {
gotoAndPlay("no hp left");
and so do i continue the same coding e.g ( exp == 20, exp == 30)?
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take away the part that says devin exp +=20. In each dialogue, where it has the choices for you to choose from, you put +20 exp on the good choice. but other than that, yes
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I'm sorry to trouble you xC
Just really new to virables
so i did what you told me to do but theres an error. the virable is called Devin, but when i put (Devin == 0) {
it has 3 errors
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Text, frame=37:Line 9: Statement block must be terminated by '}'
}else if(hp<10) {
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Text, frame=37:Line 10: Syntax error.
gotoAndPlay("no hp left");
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Text, frame=37:Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler
if (Ray == 0) {
Total ActionScript Errors: 3 Reported Errors: 3
but if i put ( Devin exp == 0) { it says
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Text, frame=37:Line 1: ')' expected
if (Ray exp == 0) {
Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1
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I need to see your actionscripts...
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is ur exp for this character named
"Devin" or
"Devin exp"
ok, make the frames for this actionscript and end it properly, with two
} after the last thing and see what happens.
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Exp is called devin, should i change it?
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It needs to be the same each time.
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This is the actionscript
if (Devin == 0) {
hp -= 10;
gotoAndPlay("talk1");
}else if(hp<10) {
gotoAndPlay("no hp left");
}else if(Devin == 10) {
hp -= 10;
gotoAndPlay("talk2");
}else if(hp<10) {
gotoAndPlay("no hp left");
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argh. it worked alright... at first. When ever I go to talk to the guy and go back to map the day will be 1 again... what to do?
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make sure you declared you variables not on any actual part of the game that involves interaction. Id say make a title frame and declare all of you variables there. Because where ever you declare them, it's going to reset the variables to whatever you had whenever you go to that frame. If necessary you can make like a blank slide in the beginning without a stop() code.
I hope this is what you meant
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I have no idea what I did... but it worked! Thanks so much! But how do I make "dates" (minium exp 300)? and how to make my day stop at 30? I'd be really happy if you'd answer
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on(release){ \\ when I click this button
if(exp >= 300){ \\if exp is greater than or equal to 300
_root.gotoAndPlay("whateverthedateframeisnamed"); \\go to this frame
}else if(exp < 300){ \\but if exp is less than 300
_root.gotoAndPlay("notenoughexpframe")\\ go to this frame
}
}
*i just made up frame names. the first one is like what you would see if you had enough exp; the second is like a "sorry, i don't know you well enough" frame.
hope this helps
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okay i made a sleep button, how do you make the day stop at 30
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on(release){ \\when you click this button
if(day >= 1){ \\ if the day is greater than or equal to 1
day += 1; \\ then add one day
}else if(day>=30){ \\ but if the day is greater than or equal to 30
this.enabled = false; \\ make this button un-clickable
}
}
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aw man, I was close, I was trying to make the code by myself, but the 'else' kept messing up~
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nope, everything is running smoothly (most of the time)
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yay! When do u think it will be done?
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hmmmmm, maybe in about 2-4 weeks give or take
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ok, i ran into another problem ( i tried to figure it by myself, but that wasnt working)
i placed my dynamic boxes inside my menu mc and declared my variables on my main timeline.....
my vars wont appear in the dynamic boxes....
why is this?
I tried _root.exp and var exp = 0;
myMovieClip.myField.text = exp;
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on the very first frame of your game, you say...
var whateveritis = 0;
var whateveritis = 0;
bla bla bla...
then you go into your menu and make a dynamic text box. the var name has to be whatever you named it in the first frame of your movie.
So...
first frame : var exp = 0;
menu frame: (make a dynamic text box)---> instance name = whatever you want var name: exp
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OH!! So I would put my var in the instance name?
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no, the var for your textbox has to be the same as the var you had in the first frame where you declared it. your instance name has to be different i think.
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So for example I would do this:
On my very first frame ----> var exp = 0;
On my menu movie clip -----> dynamic box ----> var ----> exp
|
V
Instance name ----> love
I would do that?
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i cant do that
the var appears on the main frame x_X
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The var exp goes like this:
var exp = 0;
This goes with ur hp one and day one.
Now. Make a dynamic text box and give the instance name "energy" and in the var box, type "exp". Make sure you are using a visible text color and make sure something isn't covering it. If u still are having trouble go to ~fishisfriendz dating som tutorial. It has a good section on variables.
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thx it works ;D
one last question, srry kinda new at virables D: so i made a map, and you can go in and out, i made a house where the sleep button lies. it works perfectly fine, but when you go back to main map, than go back to house it resets days,money,hp?
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make sure that you declare ALL your variables on the VERY first frame. So maybe make a title slide if you want. Because wherever you declare them, it is going to reset them to what you declared them as. And only declare them once on that very first slide.
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Your a life saver, Thanks for the help! i can finally continue on to my game
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