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nintybloke In reply to gooseofinsanity [2004-08-06 05:09:57 +0000 UTC]

I'll do my best to include a multiplayer mode. This game is meant as a single player platformer but i like your idea. Killable enemies are made and coins would be nice too. Expect to hear from it in a while...
Thanks for inspiring me !

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stateless In reply to nintybloke [2004-08-01 05:58:54 +0000 UTC]

haha no problem, glad to help ^_^

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nintybloke In reply to stateless [2004-07-28 21:20:48 +0000 UTC]

i'll try to fix the jumping sound soon.. thanks for your help.
By the way, those games rock ! Too bad you had to remove it...

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stateless In reply to nintybloke [2004-07-28 21:44:12 +0000 UTC]

thanks ^_^

I plan to upload a new 'game' that just links to the banned games on my site...I don't see how deviantart can bitch about that haha

if you have any problems with anything, drop me a line and I'll see if I can help

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nintybloke In reply to stateless [2004-07-29 11:12:17 +0000 UTC]

About the repeating jump sound...
I haven't put the sound "in" mario...
I've actually done this with a simple trick...
I placed a movie clip off-screen. This movie clip contains two frames. The first one had a button that makes you go to the 2nd frame on the press of the spacebar. The 2nd frame obviously contains the jumping sound, see ?
I'll give you the code i used for mario. Maybe you can edit the code so that i don't need to use this trick anymore and that the sound doesn't repeat anymore. If you can do this, i shall fix this bug...
BTW, the sound's name is smw_jump.wav
this is the code for mario:

onClipEvent (load) {
fall = false;
_name = "circle";
jump = 0;
speed = 6;
jumpheight = 11;
maxfall = -54;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
xmin = getBounds(_root).xMin;
xmax = getBounds(_root).xMax;
ymin = getBounds(_root).yMin;
ymax = getBounds(_root).yMax;
if (Key.isDown(Key.SPACE) && fall == false && jump == undefined) {
fall = true;
jump = jumpheight;
}
if (jump<>undefined) {
if (jump>maxfall) {
jump--;
}
_y -= jump;
}
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)) {
_x -= speed;
if (_xscale == 100) {
_xscale = -100;
}
}
if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)) {
_x += speed;
if (_xscale == -100) {
_xscale = 100;
}
}
}

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stateless In reply to nintybloke [2004-07-29 18:11:43 +0000 UTC]

A couple of pointers too, it's best to comment as much as possible to make the code easier to follow, especially for later. I didn't comment my code much at first, and when going back to complex programs a year or two later, it takes forever to figure out again what is going on in the code.

Also, onClipEvent(enterFrame) is not very efficient, since it relies on Flash's frame rate, which can fluctuate according to graphics moving on screen and other factors. A better solution I found is to use setInterval(someFunction, 32); use 32 for 30 frames per second. someFunction is whatever function you wish to use for the main loop, and in the main loop you can have the code for when a key is down. By using setInterval to control everything, you can ensure that events happen at exactly the same speed as 30 frames per second, even if flash is drawing the frames slower than 30 per second. Because of this, games run FAR faster. I have tested the speed of both strategies of code, and setInterval is always faster by a fair bit than onClipEvent. It also becomes easy to make a 'pause' button, by making a button that toggles between clearInterval and setInterval, assuming that all the level movement and enemy code is also controlled by the same main loop function.


To eliminate the need for the two frame movieClip to make the jump sound, use code to attach/call the sound. I used to use that two frame movieClip trick all the time, but lately I can usually get around it. Start by going into the library and finding the sound. Right-click it, and pick 'Linkage.' Then checkmark 'Export for Actionscript'. In the 'Identifier' field, give it the name jumpSound.

Then, in the main timeline somewhere near the beginning (but after any loading code), add the code:

jump_sound = new Sound ();
jump_sound.attachSound("jumpSound");

Now the jump sound has been attached to the main timeline and can be called from anywhere at anytime. Next in your code in your post, there are the lines:

if (Key.isDown(Key.SPACE) && fall == false && jump == undefined) {
fall = true;
jump = jumpheight;
}

Change it by adding this line to it:

if (Key.isDown(Key.SPACE) && fall == false && jump == undefined) {
//play jump sound
_root.jump_sound.start();
fall = true;
jump = jumpheight;
}


I think that should work, if I am correctly interpreting what your code does.

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nintybloke In reply to MeepieRemus [2004-07-28 13:59:59 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah, the going under the bricks is possible, but i placed that one brick too low so his head bumped against it... If i had placed it higher, that was possible...
But i'll update it soon enough so i hope i can fix all that you just mentioned. I'm not sure if i can fix the jumping sound though. Anyway, i'll continue on working on the movement engine now, check back later for a more polished version. Thanks for your comment, it's from people like you i can figure out what i need to change...

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