[Mrkrabz]

Well i have had request's to make a flash tutorial because of my past games i have made (Maze, Zombie. etc.)

Well here it is, the main tutorial was on Underground-gfx.info

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This is just a quick picture tutorial, which can make an object move with arrow keys :3

First start a new flash document (File > New) if you are using adobe CS5 then it may ask for which script. make sure you choose ActionScript 2.0

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Right click on our first frame and select Actions

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Type stop(); into the action coding area. This stop the frame looping and carrying onto the next frame. Now close the window.

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Now, draw a basic square/Circle or w/e you want to move onto our frame.

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After we have done that, select the object we just drew, by holding your mouse down and selecting a box around it (Make sure you don't just click it.)

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After right click > Convert to Symbol

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Call it Person and make sure it's a movieclip

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Press Ok. Now we want to right click our newly made square/object and select actions.

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In our action window type:

Код:

onClipEvent(enterFrame){
	
}

This is required on all objects etc. I will mention later on what this does. It should now look like this:

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Inside the onClipEvent you want to type:

Код:

	if(Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)){
		this._x -= 3;
	}
	if(Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)){
		this._x += 3;
	}
	if(Key.isDown(Key.UP)){
		this._y -= 3;
	}
	if(Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)){
		this._y += 3;
	}

You may now be like BLAHSBW what is that?

I will now describe it line by line.

Код:

if(Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)){

Basically this is saying If the key is pressed down, which is key Left, so if Key left is pressed down then.. (Key left is left arrow key.)

Код:

this._x -= 3;

this. is our object (our person w/e)
_x is our x axis, Y is up and down. X is left and right.

So what we are doing here is taking 3 from X which makes him move 3 points left. you should now be able to guess what the rest means as it's the same as what i have just described but changed slightly.

Your code window should now look like this:

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Now press CTRL + Enter to run your animation and try pressing your left right up and down arrow keys.

A new tutorial will be coming soon. check the forums.

[Calgon]

Basic, but shows basic functionality of Flash Pro CS5. Nice work.

[Mrkrabz]

I'm not sure if this work's in action script 3 as I have not done that yet, but I'm guessing.

If someone can confirm that would be nice

[BMGP]

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Originally Posted by Mrkrabz I'm not sure if this work's in action script 3 as I have not done that yet, but I'm guessing. If someone can confirm that would be nice

So far as i know there is no "Key.isDown" in Actionscript 3 anymore - and you have to do it with "AddEventListener"(Or how they are called :P)

[Mrkrabz]

Quote:

Originally Posted by BMGP So far as i know there is no "Key.isDown" in Actionscript 3 anymore - and you have to do it with "AddEventListener"(Or how they are called :P)

Oh great, it will be like learning it all over again -.-

[BMGP]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrkrabz Oh great, it will be like learning it all over again -.-

exactly xD - you are moving to As3 instead of 2?

[Mrkrabz]

Quote:

Originally Posted by BMGP exactly xD - you are moving to As3 instead of 2?

Not yet, I'm going to do a little more in AS2

[.::: Ecko :::.]

Actually I have to admit, that the tutorial is quit good
btw did you notice your PM ? you don't seem checking them :^ :P

- Ecko

[Mrkrabz]

I don't check my PM's i have like 50 unread PM's from 2 weeks ago. but ill have a quick check.

[cessil]

I'd put all my script on the main time line instead and giving the movieclips instance names, also it wouldn't work in AS 3.0.