At 5/9/08 10:13 PM, zrb wrote:

if i wanted to delete a coin i would use 'unloadMovie();' but then the loop still runs 5 times. I can't 'coinAmount--;' because what if my coin was made first then it would stop looping the last coin.

Try removeMovieClip or _visible = false where you would have put unloadMovie.

thank you for your help but i might of not made it clear what i needed help on lol. I want to stop the loop, looping through a "deleted" coin.

lets just say i had 5 mc's of a coin and each one hadthis code in it:

onClipEvent(load){
_root.coinAmount++;
}

And their was a loop running on the main frame:

for (i=0;i<=coinAmount;i++){
//do stuff
_root['coinAmount'+i].dosomething=1;
//do stuff
}

if i wanted to delete a coin i would use 'unloadMovie();' but then the loop still runs 5 times. I can't 'coinAmount--;' because what if my coin was made first then it would stop looping the last coin.

So how do I delete the coin and take its "part" out of the loop?

help would be much appreciated

cheers

thank you for your help=)

hello all and happy pico day

this is going to be hard to explain so let me set the scene.

iam making a platform game and i have lots of levels. I have over 200 coins in all the levels so far(each level is in a different frame). after a few levels the coins aren't where they were spose to be or aren't their at all. i have a feeling its sumfin to do with depths but have no idea how to fix it.

hes my code:

coinAmount=0;

inside each coin:
onClipEvent(load){
_root.coinAmount++;
this._name = "coin"+_root.coinAmount; /
}

in my actions frame:

for(i=0;i<=coinAmount;i++){
if(_root['coin'+i].hitTest(_root.char)){
_root['coin'+i].unloadMovie();
}
}

help would be much appreciated

ok im assuming you get this all the time so ill try to make it quick.
if i have a platform and a char what methods could i use to stop the char falling through the platform when he is falling at a fast rate?

for instance(40 fps):
if (_root.platform.hitTest(char._x,char._y+
50){
//stop him falling code
}

cheers

do u mean sumthing like

if (!this.hitest(_root.object1)){
//code
}

thanks every1 for your ideas and help..... lol.

ill be sure to fix the issues : )

cheers

hmmm yes but f i post my code it will be stolen lol

lol thanks for the replies

i suck at art work so i havnt really work on it, lol.

just wanted to fix the lag problem b4 i really did anything?
cheers

hello all

my game is here

anyway i would like to thank the people of that help me in the NG fourms work on my lag problems in my platform game. Im new to as2 and i really appreciate your help.

But i still belive my game is laggy!
anyideas?

oh and lol my collision engine aint perfect, yet.....:P

cheers

thank you for all your replies! =)

just a quick question

is the v-cam advisable in games or does it cause lag?

chees

thanks!
and doing this to images like background will help reduce lag?

so im on the hunt to make my platform game code more efficient (less laggy).

my question is, well most of my main code is 'char' related so i write most of the code inside my main char's mc. Is this less efficient then the main code being written inside a frame?

and also, how do i reduce lag in my graphics? e.g. transparent pngs, how do i do that?

cheers

wow, i really nether even thought of that.
nice code

thanks a lot!

ohh and heres what i have so far...

onClipEvent(enterFrame){
if (this.hitTest(_root.char)){
_root.score+=2;
unloadMovie (this);
}
}

pretty much plan=)

ok, so iam trying to reduce lag in my platform game...

so i was wondering what the most efficient code for a coin would be in a platform game writtin in actoin script 2.

p.s. preferably not OOP.

cheers

thank you for all you replies, and sorry or my noobyness but bitchweed how do u convert movie clips to transparent png's?

this is harder then i thought...... : (

so fps and resolution have no effect on lag?

thanks guys for your replies but i would also like to know if my game resolution (800 x 600) or fps (60) would have anything to do with it?

p.s. i still think its graphic related....

cheers

thank you for your repliy ill be sure to try them out : )

how do i reduce the lag in my cs3 platform game?
I belive it is mostly graphic related , but how do u 'tune' down my graphics?

cheers

thank you for your reply and advice.

ok

Iam currently working on a game and i wanted to know what are the publishing settings needed to post a game?

e.g. frames per seconds, resolution, cpu usage....

oh and i realize my cpu runs at about 50% when i play my game but when i remove my background in the game it runs much smoother at around 16%. Is this ok or those cs3 have somthing buit in to lower the cpu usage?

cheers

thank you all for the quick response and ill try the teleport thing...

cs3 should made it easier....

ok please bare with me as his will be very hard to explain.

iam working on a platform game but the levels iam making dont fit into, well the stage boundary's. ok lets say my document is 800 x 600 and iam using a v-cam. and the level iam making is very long(x axis). after a while of drawing my level and scrolling right the 'stage boundary's'(the gray part) stops scrolling and i can no longer scroll or make the level bigger.

i was wondering if i could change this so i can make a longer level or if there were any techniques on getting around this.

cheers

thank you so much for your replies and yer mechanixnut

i thought about it i prob wouldnt put mi code on a fourm etheir...
any way thank you ill take a look at the tutorial now!

hello all

those anyone have a good open source platform game engine i could take a peak at?
I would just like to take a look at the fla and see how the pro's do it

cheers

Thank you for your reply

my code looks something like this:

speed=7;

function Update_keys(){
if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)) {
this._x+=speed;
}
if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)) {
this._x-=speed;
}
if (Key.isDown(Key.UP)&&ativate_jump==0 ) {
ativate_jump=1;
}
}