At 3/20/09 09:24 PM, flsh wrote: i have an input text that has the var 'c'. c, however, is an array, so when the input box loads, it has

undefined,undefined,undefined,undefined,

undefined,undefined,undefined,undefined,
undefined,undefined,undefined,undefined,
undefined,undefined,undefined,undefined

as what is written in it. so my question is, is there some way to clear an input text box's value as it loads?

If it's a var, no. Not without deleting/clearing the c array. Better to use what SongSalad suggests - vars are always updated, InstanceName.text="XXX" is a one-off

Need more info if you want help. Like, the code, the instance names, which version of actionscript, etc

At 3/20/09 08:07 AM, PanzyFace wrote: Hi.
if (!_root.finish.hitTest)
{gotoAndStop(365);}

if(_root.finish.hitTest(this))

At 3/20/09 07:28 AM, Yambanshee wrote: *shakes head...*

Yeah, please use the other thread.

onClipEvent(enterFrame){
	if (Key.isDown(Key.SPACE)){
		gotoAndStop("attack");
	}
}

At 3/19/09 02:02 PM, Da-boi wrote: is that in flash 8 format cause it says unexpected file format when i try to open it

CS3 format. Try this one in MX2004 format

No whitespace unless absolutely necessary, and as much as possible one one line. Every line commented. eg (bbs formatting will probably break this)

function BREAKBARR(mc,sa,n,a){																	//SPLIT BALL ARRAY
	sa=Number(sa);a.splice(sa+1,0,[]);															//CREATE NEW SUBARRAY
	for(var i=0;i<a[sa].length;i++){if((i+1)>n){a[sa+1].push(a[sa][i]);};}		//LOOP THROUGH
	a[sa].splice(n,a[sa].length-n);																	//REMOVE ITEMS FROM OLD ARRAY 
	mc.ap=a[sa].length;a[sa].push(mc);															//PUSH MC TO FRONT ARRAY
	PUSHIN(mc,sa,n);																						//PUSH IT IN TO TRACK
}																													//

Mid blue for keywords & identifiers, green for strings, grey for comments. Font: Tahoma 8 so all the comments do line up

At 3/19/09 11:23 AM, Da-boi wrote: does anyone know how to do a fast scrolling background like you see at the title screen of these movies http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/43 8754

Like this

Anything featuring 'Here come the girls'

onClipEvent(load){
	this._visible = false;
	for(var i=1;i<=100;i++){
		_root["flashname"+i]="it works";
	}
}
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
	trace(_root.flashname4);
}

At 3/19/09 04:31 AM, spritezero wrote: i have a video that i have a sound effect in that starts a bout half way through, and at the end when you click the "replay" button, the music stays on throughout the whole clip. I was wondering if anyone could post a code for the music to stop at the end of the animation, thanks

stopAllSounds();should do the job

At 3/18/09 06:20 PM, MilkMan268 wrote: Dosen't seem to work, I did everything right. The instance I put as score? Isn't that correct

No, not the Instance Name. The var for the textbox

At 3/18/09 05:51 PM, MilkMan268 wrote: So is that place on every 30 frames, or just on the first one?
And what do I put on the first frame to reset the variables?

Just the first one
Any time you want to reset the variables, just use the first line of the code I gave

At 2/18/09 03:25 PM, big-jonny-13 wrote: So, posing a question to the rest of Newgrounds, do you ever feel the need to write properly when posting anything, and if so why?

Always. Because it's civilised and easily understood.

Pretty damn sure this is not going to work

At 3/18/09 05:41 PM, MilkMan268 wrote: Ok so I want to make a score box ( static text i guess), that after ever 30 frames it adds 1 point to the score box.

No, dynamic textbox. Var: score

And the movies at 30fps.

Main timeline:

cnt=0;targ=30;score=0
onEnterFrame=function(){
	cnt++;
	if(cnt>=targ){
		score+=1;cnt=0;
	}
}

Untested

At 3/18/09 05:02 PM, MaestroRage wrote: here is a screenshot from the game

Looks superb Maestro, if I could spare even a little time I would, but just way too busy to consider it. Good luck with the recruiting, although I have to say the lack of financial incentive will most likely put a few off.

At 3/18/09 05:35 PM, 7hl24ll wrote: first guy, how much? again i have very little cash to spend

and second guy, I know it's much cleaner to speak like a normal person yet I like speaking as i have.
Oh, and I dont care how others type... i like typing like this :D

and you dont need to speak text to read this and i dont even have a cellphone :/

Actually, that post was pretty well written, and I apologise for my rant. Just needing to blow off steam a bit, sorry you took the brunt of it.

What the fuck is it with newbies saying 'I can't learn from tutorials'? I mean, shit, do they expect experienced flashers to spend their personal time on MSN/AIM etc talking them through every onion skin/semi-colon? Is it just an amazingly extreme form of laziness, to be able to look at step-by-step instructions and say 'I can't do that'? FFS

/end rant

At 3/18/09 05:24 PM, 7hl24ll wrote: oh and yes i dont try for good grammer cuz its faster this way and i think its for old people and "the mature people" that think they are more mature because they use periods and caps and commas every sentance

Wow. Great justification for being a lazy bastard, that. How about you take two more seconds, and actually present yourself as a human being rather than some uneducated pleb? It seriously takes sooooooo little extra time to spell words correctly and use punctuation, and then EVERYONE (rather than the txtspk generation) can comprehend what you're saying.

At 3/18/09 11:34 AM, d8b wrote: It doesn't work.
Heirarchies are difficult. :/
I need to get both scripts to refer to the 'INST' movieclip.
And INST.//actions
Doesn't work.

on(rollOver){
     _root.INST.gotoAndPlay(2);
}

on(rollOut){
	if(_currentframe==17){
		 _root.INST.gotoAndPlay(33);
	}else if(_currentframe==18){
		 _root.INST.gotoAndPlay(34);
	}
      //etc etc
}

At 3/17/09 10:43 PM, bl00db47h wrote: how did you guys learn it?

I learnt AS by setting myself a target to make a certain kind of game, starting with simple ones. Then I just read the relevant parts of the Flash help files, googled like crazy (see the useful links section of AS: Main for some really good sites/tips), and occasionally decompiled other peoples' work to see how they achieved their ends.

When someone posts a bunch of code, you can't expect to learn by copy/pasting. The point of people distributing code samples is so it gives you something to analyse and attempt to write yourself. You can learn a hell of a lot from seeing how different coders approach the same problem/coding.

In terms of the syntax etc, again, the Flash help files teach good practices and proper syntax. Also, AS: Main is not just about specific game info, each of the 'General' topics covers a wide variety of different, common, problems, and shows you (quite often with detailed explantions) how to go about solving them.

You can look for a book if you really want to, but it's not necessary. There are huge amounts of information online which show actionscripters from newbie to advanced how to achieve their goals. I think in your case, you need to get your head around the fact that you CAN learn from studying existing code - in fact IMO that's the best and easiest way to get to grips with AS.

Not sure exactly what you're asking, but try this

on(rollOver){
     INST.gotoAndPlay(2);
}

on(rollOut){
	if(_currentframe==17){
		gotoAndPlay(33);
	}else if(_currentframe==18){
		gotoAndPlay(34);
	}else if(_currentframe==19){
		gotoAndPlay(35);
	}else if(_currentframe==20){
		gotoAndPlay(36);
	}else if(_currentframe==21){
		gotoAndPlay(37);
  	}else if(_currentframe==32){
		gotoAndPlay(48);
	}	
}

I don't feel guilty about stabbing kittens, mutilating baby seals, or throwing grenades at whales.

Goldencat and Tahnok are two that spring to mind, although that's going back a couple of years now

Also as an afterthought you may want to consider using an array for the speed values rather than all those case/switch statements

onClipEvent (load) {
	var xS:Number = 10;
	var yS:Number = 10;
	spdArr=[1,5,10,15,20,25,30,35];
}

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
	//movement
	_x = _x+xS;
	_y = _y+yS;
	//bouncing X
	if (_x>695) {
		xS=spdArr[random(spdArr.length)];
		_x = 695;
		xS = xS*(-1);
	}
	if (_x<25) {
		xS=spdArr[random(spdArr.length)];
		_x = 25;
	}
	//bouncing Y 
	if (_y<25) {
		yS=spdArr[random(spdArr.length)];
		_y = 25;
	}
	if (_y>455) {
		yS = random(8);
		yS=spdArr[random(spdArr.length)];
		_y = 455;
		yS = yS*(-1);
	}
}

At 3/18/09 01:46 AM, Marsume wrote: Now when the ball hits the top or left wall...it sticks to it. if it hits the top wall, it doesnt bounce back, but sticks, and continues moving left along the top of the wall until the center of the ball is at (25,25) i
and the same thing happens when it hits the left wall

When the ball hits the left wall, you don't need the xS = xS*(-1); since you're assigning positive values for the xS... then you're turning them to negative values, so the xS is negative - which keeps it moving leftwards, not rightwards. Same applies to the yS = yS*(-1); if _y<0 (which should be 25 btw)

Usual things that bump up swf size are huge bitmaps (crop them externally), and audio (crop externally/adjust export settings from File>Publish Settings>Flash Tab>Audio Stream/Event

At 3/17/09 03:43 PM, Veranan wrote:

so i click on the Button layer i go to the ACTIONS panel and type in:

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Button_ONE, frame=1:Line 1: Mouse events are permitted only for button instances
on (release) {
Total ActionScript Errors: 2 Reported Errors: 2

Don't click on the button layer, click on the button itself. Remove the code you have on the timeline and put it on the button instance

At 3/17/09 11:56 AM, geohoundz55 wrote: onClipEvent (load) {
function randomW() {
clearInterval(ChangeW);
W = int(Math.random()*10);
}
ChangeW = setInterval(randomW, 2000);
trace(ChangeW);
beginInterval();
}

onClipEvent (load) {
	clearInterval(ChangeW);
	ChangeW=setInterval(function(){
		W=int(Math.random()*10);
	 },2000);
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
	if (this.hitTest (_root.mainRanch.ranch.wall1)) {
		W=8;
	}
	if (this.hitTest (_root.mainRanch.ranch.wall2)) {
		W=9;
	}
	if (this._x<0) {
		this._x = 0;
	}
	if (W == 9) {
		this.Darkus1._x -= _global.mySpd;
		this.Darkus1._xscale = -100;
		this.Darkus1.gotoAndStop(2);
	}
	if (W == 8) {
		this.Darkus1._x += _global.mySpd;
		this.Darkus1._xscale = 100;
		this.Darkus1.gotoAndStop(2);
	} else if (W<=7) {
		this.Darkus1.gotoAndStop(1);
	}
}