Yeah, I'd use a for-loop instead.

for(var i:Number = 0;i< collectibleArray.length;i++)
{
    collectibeArray[i].descend();
}

My guess is that they were given a NaN for one of thier coordinates sometime while falling, or SOME field on them is NaN.

If testnum is the dynamic text field's instance name, then

gameBox.testnum.text = "3";

What's the money split like?

The artist has to pay to work with you?

I don't understand what your questions are, could you please be way clearer and speak in flowing english?

The one thing I did understand was that you wanted buildings to go semi-transparent when you walk behind them. You can just change its .alpha property after you know if you're behind it or not. This code will probably be almost identical to your platform hitting code.

Well, Array.splice takes two parameters, and you didn't get either of them right.
Array.splice(startIndex:Number, length:Number);

What you should do is

var collisiondetection:Collision=new Collision();
var bulletArray:Array = new Array();

var timer:Timer = new Timer(2000);
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, testShots);
timer.start();

function testShots(e:TimerEvent):void {
	var darkShot:DarkShot = new DarkShot();
	addChild(darkShot);
	bulletArray.push(darkShot);
	darkShot.x = darkTester.x;
	darkShot.y = darkTester.y;
}


function enterFrameFunction(Event) 
{
	for (var i:uint=0; i<bulletArray.length; i++)
	{
		bulletArray[i].y += 3;
		if(bulletArray[i].y >= 400)
		{
			this.removeChild(DisplayObject(bulletArray[i]));
			bulletArray.splice(i,1);
			i--;
			continue;
		}
		if (collisiondetection.isColliding(player, bulletArray[i], 1))
		{
			trace("collision");
		}
	}
}

stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, enterFrameFunction);

You could take this a step furthur, and create a DarkShot class that has a function called Update():Boolean. So your enterFrameFunction would look something like this:

function enterFrameFunction(e:Event):void
{
	for (var i:uint=0; i<bulletArray.length; i++)
	{
		if(bulletArray[i].Update)
		{
			this.removeChild(DisplayObject(bulletArray[i]));
			bulletArray.splice(i,1);
			i--;
			continue;
		}
		if (collisiondetection.isColliding(player, bulletArray[i], 1))
		{
			trace("collision");
		}
	}
}

.... Inside the DarkShot Code

public function Update():Boolean
{
	this.y += 3;
	if(this.y >= 400)
	{
		return true;
	}
	return false;
}

Those look really cool, can't wait to see this game done

http://www.spamtheweb.com/ul

Lolz0rs. Your nesting was off, you should make use of that auto-formatter built into flash, cause your code was butt ugly.

onClipEvent (load)
{
	moveSpeed = 5;
	_root.laser._visible = false;
	laserCounter = 1;
	startgaptimer = false;
	gaptime = 00;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) 
{
	if (_name == "laser")
	{
		if (Key.isDown (Key.SPACE) and !startgaptimer)
		{
			laserCounter++;
			_root.laser.duplicateMovieClip ("laser" + laserCounter,laserCounter);
			_root["laser" + laserCounter].startgaptimer = true;
			startgaptimer = true;
		}
		else
		{
			if (startgaptimer)
			{
				gaptime++;
			}
			if (gaptime > 10)
			{
				startgaptimer = false;
				gaptime = 0;
			}
		}
	}
}
onClipEvent (load) 
{
	laserMoveSpeed = 15;
	_x = _root.player._x + 20;
	_y = _root.player._y + 10;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame)
{
	_x += laserMoveSpeed;
	if (_x > 840)
	{
		this.removeMovieClip ();
	}

	for (i = 1; i < 50; i++)
	{
		if (this.hitTest (_root["enemy" + i]))
		{
			_root["enemy" + i].gotoAndPlay (7);
			this.removeMovieClip ();
		}
	}

}

So... Not a tweener library? Not even the built in ones?

You're looking for something like,

SomeLibrary.BounceLikeABall(myBall);

?

I'm not trying to be sarcastic or anything, but if its not the tweener libraries then idk, I've never heard of something like that.

'/n' has to be typed in by hand, when you press enter though, the char code of that is 13. Also, your code wouldn't get out spaces, so I used this trick to get those out too, they ended up being 160 and 32. 32 is the character code for a space right after a letter, and 160 is the character code for extra white space. Pretty neat stuff actually. So here's what I've got.

var spacedString:String = test.text;
var noSpace:String = new String();
for (var l:Number=0; l<=spacedString.length; l++) 
{
	if (spacedString.charAt(l).charCodeAt() != 13 && spacedString.charAt(l).charCodeAt() != 160 && spacedString.charAt(l).charCodeAt() != 32) 
	{
		noSpace += spacedString.charAt(l);
	}
}

Haha, the smart programmers are ;), but people still submit as2 things all the time, and I'm pretty sure just about every animation out there is in an as2 document anyways.

Gl with your animating.

I'm pretty sure it doesn't work because you never set startgaptimer to true after you make a laser.
Try this plz.

onClipEvent (load) {
    moveSpeed = 5;
    _root.laser._visible = false;
    laserCounter = 1;
	startgaptimer = false;
	gaptime = 00;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if(_name == "laser") {
    if (Key.isDown(Key.SPACE) and !startgaptimer) {
        laserCounter++;
        _root.laser.duplicateMovieClip("laser"+laserCounter, laserCounter);
		_root["laser" + laserCounter].startgaptimer = true;
       startgaptimer = true;
    }
} else {
	if (startgaptimer){
		gaptime++;
	}
	if (gaptime>10){
		startgaptimer = false;
		gaptime = 0;
	}
}
}
onClipEvent (load) {
    laserMoveSpeed = 15;
    _x = _root.player._x + 20;
    _y = _root.player._y + 10;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
    _x += laserMoveSpeed;
    if (_x > 840) {
        this.removeMovieClip();
    }

	for (i = 1; i < 50; i++)
	{
		if (this.hitTest(_root["enemy" + i])) {
			_root["enemy" + i].gotoAndPlay(7);
			this.removeMovieClip();
		}
	}
	
}

If you're just doing an animation, and you already have a working as2 preloader, then why are you bothering with as3 at all?

Add me on aim, mibbygames. I'll try to answer your questions.

In AS3, just figure out what line you need to go to and then do:
textWall.scrollV = targetLine;
myScrollyBar.scrollPosition = targetLine;

How to find the line you need to go to? Idk, find the index of where it occurs in the text, divide that by how many characters can fit on a line, then round down. This will take some adjustment if you have any newline stuff ("/n").

That's the best I can do for you.

The code looks fine to me, you have like gotoAndPlay(1) when it reaches the run frames right?

I'm really not sure what you're problem is, could you upload the swf?

So you installed it right? I just want to be clear, you say you set it up, but that doesn't mean just downloading it off the site right?

Haha yeah no kidding, gl dude.

Oops, I made that picture too fast. I meant worldX = 50, worldY = 0.

At 6/28/09 05:12 PM, CHINESEMANZOMG wrote: Thanks for replying Woadraiders,

I'm afraid I got lost in your code. Basically what you do is that you get the current position of the object, then every time it moves you get that movement...then you tell the player to....what?

Sorry if I seem like a noob.

No, you don't sound like any noob I've ever ran into on these forums.

So, let's go through a short scenario.

1. When the game starts, nothing has been scrolled, worldX and worldY are 0 and 0.

2. The player moves right 5 pixels a frame, so 5 is added to worldX every frame.

3. An object gets added to the game, maybe a coin. We want this coin to be placed where the player is. So it's modernX and modernY is the current worldX + player.x and worldY + player.y.

We add worldX and worldY to offset however much has already been scrolled. Check out this picture, maybe it will help to visualize?

If you have uneven terrain, but not a ramp (I would use exact math for that), then you should be using the optional flag in your hittest.

while(_root.ground.hitTest(_root.player.
_x, _root.player._y, true))

or

while(ground.hitTestObject(player.x, player.y, true))

It won't push you up until you get to the top of its bounding box if you use this.. About scrolling, I use two variables, worldX and worldY. When you create something, it sets its own fields called modernX and modernY.

public function Object(startX:Number, startY:Number, master:Gamescreen)
{
this.modernX = master.worldX + startX;
this.modernY = master.worldY + startY;
UpdatePosition(master);
}
public function UpdatePosition(master:Gamescreen):void
{
this.x = this.modernX - master.worldX;
this.y = this.modernY - master.worldY;
}
public function Update(master:Gamescreen):void
{
UpdatePosition(master);
//Do any AI here.
}

And when the player moves:

.....
master.worldX += this.xvel;
master.worldY += this.yvel;
.....

It's just an option, i do it this way because everytime I try using a Vcam it makes my HUD jitter =(.

Doesn't look 3d to me.

I think a simple setInterval, clearInterval would be cleaner.

Yeah they should.

I made a sweet game called Starbound with a dude named "HeliosStar".
Here's a link to the game, http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/41 6573.

Do you think I could script the ninja game? I added you to my aim and msn, I'm using a different hotmail account now.

Cya Taylor.

http://www.flashgamesponsorship.com/ - Check it out

Since mass is a static field, you need to say DocClass.mass, there is only one instance of this mass variable, and you can only access it directly from the DocClass, not from any instances of the DocClass.

There's a little miracle called google, use it sometime.

Some tutorials about buttons in as3.
http://newsourcemedia.com/blog/create-bu ttons-using-as3-in-adobe-cs3-and-cs4/

http://flashspeaksactionscript.com/movin g-from-flash-as2-to-flash-as3-button-pre ss/