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Published: 2008-06-01 23:28:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 7955; Favourites: 136; Downloads: 554
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ok, so the major disclaimer is that the code in this tutorial is not great at all, it also isnt a good introduction to actionscript, this is a tutorial about scripting in flash. subtle I know, but I was really pissed off at how horrific other tutorials were, even this ghastly attempt is better.anyhoo, I cover basic key movement and collision detection.
and like I say, the code isnt great, its just to give you a taste of what it does, and to let you know it doesent have to be scary.
and just because I will have to say it sooner or later:
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO BE GOOD AT SOMETHING, READ THE REFERENCE FILES THAT COME WITH IT FIRST!
seriously, the people whe write the flash help are not retarded, they know their stuff and they write so begginers can understand it. learn to code first, THEN go looking for tutorials on how to code the stuff you want, be it games, dress ups, interfaces or whatever, your first step should always be the flash help
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Many thanks for the tutorial. Could it be applied to recent flash programs if I may ask?
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yes it can, but make sure the actionscript settings are set to ActionScript2 ^u^
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SOS! I used it on flash MX, and when i checked for errors there weren't any, but it still didn't work
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sorry, it's been so long since I've worked with flash I cant remember what the differences are between mx and cs3
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ooo i love this tutorial!
but, i have adobe flash CS4, and the AS line 'onEnterFrame=function(){' wont work D:
it keeps coming up with an error, but all the other lines work.
any thoughts why?
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thats because this tutorial is for actionscript 2 (which is now outdated) and you are probably using actionscript 3.
to get it to work when you start a new flash file make sure its actionscript 2, however I would reccomend you start with as3 and ignore this tutorial, sooner or later you will want to use AS3 and its less work if you just go for that now
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yeah but i do use AS2 D:
i dont know if i'm just typing it out wrong or something, but its not working.
i'll use AS3 for now though, thanks
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Hey! You are my savior! ToT
Im working on a flash game projekt and I've spent the whole day trying to figure out how to make a wall... T_T
thanks o/\o
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um, I'm looking for a easy-to-use and get animation program, do you have any suggestions? like where to get one cheaply... the economy after all...
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easytoon is free and awesome
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thanks! I made a thingie...it's a first animation, and it's stick figures, but I tink it at least looks better than the one my friend made... it jumped all over the place...
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dude, ur a genious. Any chance of you joining evolvd studios? We need an actionscript genious like u mate. None of us know nothing about it XD [link]
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cool, but you should make the code copy and pastable
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thats an awesome loader and nice i learned a little that i hadent figured out yet
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Ok i was trying to do this tutorial, but even the onEnterFrame function doesnt work here?
I keep getting the error: Access of undefined property onEnterFrame
And i've typed exactly the same as you did:
onEnterFrame=function(){
player._X = player._X + 1;
}
Can you help me please
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you are using actionscript 3.0 and the tutorial is for 2.0.
I'm going to be making video tutorials for alot of flash stuff including scripting and I'll be covering AS3 then
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Ahh that's the problem XD
I was allready searching for what Actionscript you where using, but i saw you used Flash CS3, so i thought actionsscript 3 was the best..
But ill be awaiting those tutorials
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Awesome but theres a problem.. when i added the code at first and pressed test movie it didnt go to the right..
And which A.S is this? 1.0 2.0 or 3.0?
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this is 2.0, but theres a 3.0 version of this tutorial on the way
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So, nice tutorial. The viewer would need to know a little of the basics like what the 'if' statements and 'conditionals' but, I suppose if someone is interested in learning flash they will learn all that eventually.
Anyways, I used to be big into flash, but have been out of it for about 2 years and am looking to jump back in, do you have any online sites with good tutorials or books that you can recommend? The last version I played with was MX... a bit before adobe ate flash ^.^
Thanks.
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well if you are looking at picking up AS3 I would reccomend 'Learning ActionScript 3.0' (978-0596527877), its useful if you are beggining coding for the first time, but really a great way to get your feet wet if you are used to AS2 or 1.
as for websites, I guess the same sites that were good 2 years ago are still good, gotoandlearn.com, flashkit, kirupa... just google whatever else you need
as always flash reference files are the best resource of course
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hmm... I bet sooner or later someone will ask you to post the script 
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oh I think I see what's wrong, I'm using Action Script 3.0~ but anyways:
[link]
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lol, its like the thing is speaking another language or something
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the T thinking of making gameses?
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XD I didn't even know there was a boolean hit(instance x) method. I've been using four+ conditions to test for hit detection. @@
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Depends on your needs, you need 4 for shapeflag (this._x, this._y, true), and only one for hitTest (this)
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aww thats rough, but it will only help you with square objects unfortunately
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Still, the less code the better.
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so whats in the plans for the next one...
oh and you might want to put for name on it so it dosnt get stolen
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lol, I dont have any plans to continue on from this tbh, as for putting my name on it, I dont care if it gets 'stolen'
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oh my im gonna go make a game now
haha
good tutorial
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ohmmmm... Nostalgia...
thanx 4 recolling me this
8- )
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Thx a bunch! ^_^
that really motivated me to want to do it~ seeing how easy it is now...
and yeah, haha, the moment I saw you create a simple function based on checking every tick- first thing I thought to myself "man, this code is really inefficient, it uses up WAY too much memory. (or will if I write a big function)" but you guarded yourself with "this code sux." but indeed, I do enjoy how simple it is. X3 (the function calls are easy and understandable)
You got my feet wet.
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Eww AS2
It's nice for what it is, having screenshots for everything will make it so much easier for people. Even just for telling the difference between library names and instance names, that seems to get a lot of people just starting out.
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I wanted to do it in AS3 actually, but it started out as a tutorial for a person in #flashers who had mx2004. at least the principles (sucky as they are) are transferable
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Cartoon Smart has amazing flash tutorials, if u happen to have the time u should check it out.
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they do look pretty good, but the free stuff barely goes into scripting, and your money would be better spent on an actual actionscript book
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Yeah the action script bible isn't to expensive either i have one, always good to keep back up resources just in case u stumble onto it.
You got good skills keep up the good work
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Cool. I'm writing this as it's loading. Thanks for the tutorial. Yes, there are some pretty lame tutorials out there.
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