I went on some tutorials and pieced this together:

http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/3808/778 92_Customized_Preloader.php

I hope it's ok, I found the enlarging script and pieced the script bit by bit

At 10/28/08 10:27 AM, WolfAkela wrote: removeMovieClip() only works for MCs which have positive depth.

Use swapDepths(_root.getNextHighestDepth()) before that.

Even when I do that it comes up with this:

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 2: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler
this._x=_root._xmouse

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 3: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler
this._y=_root._ymouse

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 6: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler
this._xscale = this._yscale = Math.random() * 40 + 10

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 9: Syntax error.
var xSpeed = Math.random() * -3 %uFFFD 3

Total ActionScript Errors: 4 Reported Errors: 4

Hey NG I've been playing with some actionscript and don't know why it doesn't work this is the code I've got so far...

this._x=_root._xmouse
this._y=_root._ymouse

this._xscale = this._yscale = Math.random() * 40 + 10

var xSpeed = Math.random() * 6 %uFFFD 3

var ySpeed = 2

this.onEnterFrame = function()
{

this._x += xSpeed

this._y -= ySpeed

this._alpha -= 1;

if(_alpha == 0)
{

this.removeMovieClip();
}
}

At 10/27/08 08:20 PM, Alpharius120 wrote: Why does it matter about the font size?

Well ok that doesn't matter as much just the font type

Heyy guys, how would I change the font type and size on this actionscript?

Thanks

Fractureboy

var string1:String = "Made By Fractureboy";
function stringToMovieClips(string:String):Void {
for (a=0; a<string.length; a++) {
createEmptyMovieClip("mc_"+a, a);
_root["mc_"+a].createTextField("my_txt_"
+a, a+1000, 0, 0, 300, 100);
_root["mc_"+a]["my_txt_"+a].selectable = false;
_root["mc_"+a]["my_txt_"+a].text = string.charAt(a);
}
onEnterFrame = function () {
Mouse.hide();
for (a=0; a<string.length; a++) {
_root["mc_"+a]._y += (_root._ymouse-_root["mc_"+a]._y)/(a+1);
_root["mc_"+a]._x += (_root._xmouse-_root["mc_"+a]._x+a*15)/(
a+1);
}
};
}
stringToMovieClips(string1);

Thankyou everyone for the advice!

I'm getting Flash 8 For Dummies

Oh by the way, the other book was actually by Dummies

Fracture

At 10/26/08 10:06 AM, Murad136 wrote: Flash 8 for dummies will teach you all the other stuff you need to know to make a good game, not just a game, get that one.

So it will cover making characters, moving basically how to code by giving me the actions needed?

Hey NG!

I know I've already posted this before, but I now need your opinion

I want to start learning actionscript for flash games which one?

1. Beginning Flash Game Programming Dummies

OR

2. Flash 8 For Dummies

Thanks

Does anybody know where I can learn how to make different and weird preloaders?

(Like loading circle ones etc.)

Much Appreciated

Fracture

Does anybody know?

At 10/23/08 11:44 AM, SpoonFactory wrote: Where can I download a trial version for Flash? I really want to start making some flash here on Newgrounds, but I don't have the money to pay for the full Flash program, yet. So, all I need is a link or something, that can show me where to download a trial version for Flash.

Thanks!

You can get it from www.adobe.com you'll have to sign up though (costs nothing)

Good luck animating!

Does anybody know how to make boundaries for a certain movieclip without drawing squares and then adding the actionscript to them?

At 10/19/08 12:49 PM, andy70707 wrote: okay, thanks funky and fracture, I still need the icons though (100x100)

What do you mean by icon?And you're welcome =D

Username: Fractureboy
Real Name: Rob Turner
Year Born: 1993
About: This is my first flash animation, and I hope to make many more in the future!
Part:

At 10/18/08 04:43 PM, VinceDash wrote: create an empty movieclip in wich you will past the copy your frames and layers.

Where on the same file? on a different layer? (more detailed explanation please)

Does anybody have any idea on how to do this?

Yer well at the moment my school's getting photoshop cs4 and selling it for about £20 after they've bought the licences, which I couldn't believe, but my school's got I think mx 2004 instead of 8, should I still buy it? And thanks

I'm not being funny but that looks an awesome book, shame it's out of my price range, anyway

Thanks I looked at the Dummies one in Borders and I liked it

Oh and another thing, are there any retailers in the UK that sell Flash +?

At 10/18/08 12:36 PM, sirtom93 wrote: Flash for dummies, trust me - dummies books are very good.

Yer I was looking at that one, does it cover all those things from basic to expert?

Hey I'm thinking of buying a book on flash 8 and I was wondering which is the best one to get?

It has to cover everything really such as preloaders, tweening, music players, actionscript etc

Can anyone suggest anything?

How do I do that though to mine?

I really like the sound of this of this thread and would like to take the oppurtunity to make a or even two, but I must ask, how, say on the iGrounds one, do you make a different loader other than a bar (is the coding different)?

Hey I've made a preloader and it's got quite a few layers
Thing is though, how do I make it like the NG ones?
(With only one layer)

Thanks

Fracture

Heyy does anyone know where I can watch the whole of Viva La Spring Break?

Thanks

Yo Andy!

Been wonderin recently, can I make another part because I'm bored with nithing to do and I could bang something together easily, since as though that part I gave you was my first ever completed flash animation, and I'd love to make another, because I'm getting used to it now

At 10/11/08 12:54 PM, ssjskipp wrote: at the start of the flash, set a variable to keep track, so, on frame 1 of the whole thing, put:

_root.deathCount = 0;

where should the first actionscript go?

Could somebody please tell me how to make a death counter (that counts how many times a certain movieclip has played)

Thanks

I'm not sure wether to post this here but I'll do so anyway:

On "The Ultimate Tutorial 2" The bit where he's explaining about the spaceship (basic) game, I don't know what he means on the bit about the explosion, and where to put it.

Could someone sum up, in simpleton terms, what he means on that page

At 10/5/08 03:19 PM, OctoFlash wrote: maybe i don't understand correctly but i think you need this code for the button:

on (release){
play();
//or gotoAndPlay(framenumber);
}

I tried that but it then flickers wth both of the frames

Say if I wanted to make a menu for my game with the buttons play and contact, what would i do to make it once a click on the play button, for it to go and actually play the game?

Cause when I do it, the next frame already shows on the menu