At 11/24/09 09:45 PM, TurboFrog22 wrote: Well guess what!? The adobe site wants me to enable cookies! NOT A CHANCE! If Adobe wants me to risk my computer security, then I can't trust them at all!

Yeah, those Adobe guys are terrorists; not to be trusted whatsoever! Sites like Newgrounds, Kongregate, and Armor Games ought to be ashamed for hosting movies and games made with software created by such vile swine!

If you're not going to download a free trial from a legit company that makes 3 billion a year, then maybe purchasing it cheap from eBay is a good alternative...

At 11/24/09 05:43 PM, NewGrounds-Lover wrote: why a wacom?

Wacom tablets are the industry standard. Other knock-off brands are cheap.

I really like this one

If you are interested in graphic design, then the Design suite will be right for you. It includes key design programs like Flash, Photoshop, and Illustator, as well as some other programs related to working with images like image organizer Adobe Bridge.

Please take the time to look at the Adobe suite selector in order to decide which suite is best for the projects you want to complete.

and this one

The Wacom Cintiq is the best but most expensive one in Wacom's line of drawing tablets. Its benefits are listed here. Unless you've extremely interested in design, drawing, and animation, I suggest getting a cheaper model so that you can try a Wacom without a $1200 price tag.

suggest all in your animator mind (or programmer)

You could have all of the best tools in the world, but if you're no good with them, then why bother? Regardless of whether you're an animator or a programmer, start off small and test the waters. If you feel that you really enjoy Flash and are getting better, then feel free to make the next purchase.

after buying all this where can i found some tutorials?

There are plenty of Flash tutorials on Newgrounds. Though a lot of them are a bit outdated, they still contain useful information, especially the ones regarding drawing and animation. There are also interesting resources and tutorials elsewhere on the web:

-Kirupa
-EntheosWeb
-Adobe Flash Developer Center
-W3Schools

At 11/14/09 02:28 PM, zack7521 wrote: You don't have to worry much about the actual in-game, because i will handle some stuff (Story mide levels, making some art, etc.)

Hot damn! I can't wait to see what the game will look like with art like this!

I'm really intrigued -- any more details about the game that you could share?

At 11/12/09 12:04 AM, fluffkomix wrote: what's teh website you buy them from?

http://www.mysuitestuff.com/shop.html

If only I had $130 bucks plus shipping to spend.... D:

At 11/10/09 10:48 PM, curiouluke101 wrote: Well I got none and was wondering any loop holes? I really need away around besides mouse cause I cant use it for the life of me.

The Wacom Bamboo line of graphics tablets is nice and affordable. Once you have $199 to spend on the Bamboo Fun, get it. If you want a tablet, don't bother with any other knock-off, cheap alternatives. Wacoms are the standard for a reason.

Oddjob has never looked more menacing.

Using blur values that are powers of 2 (ie. 2, 4, 8, 16, 32...) enables Flash to compute it faster, which, according to Adobe, give a good performance boost.

Still want to reduce lag? Click on your blurred background movie clip and go to the Properties panel (Ctrl + F3). At the bottom of the Properties tab, you should see a "Use runtime bitmap caching" checkbox. Click this. Why is this useful? Because it converts the movie clip into a bitmap, making rendering it a lot easier. Note this trick only works well for static (non-changing/moving) movie clips.

See here for more info.

If it doesn't reduce lag, then I guess you'll have to manually blur it using an external image editor like Photoshop, or get rid of the blur if it's not necessary.

At 11/8/09 08:43 PM, squidly wrote: Ok, if common logic holds true, this should make it so that if MC Heroman hits a door, and door is an MC on a frame in the timeline, not in any MC, it's on the exterior, then the main timeline should go to the next frame, however, it doesn't, why?

I mean, seriously, this should work, unless I'm missing something critical.

You are. :P
Your timeline control refers to the movie clip, not the main Timeline. Add _root. before nextFrame();.

At 11/7/09 09:39 PM, OblivionDrake wrote: Ok so I've been searching the web and experimenting with all the flash tutorials I can find from simple block breaker tuts. to tower defense, but there is one type of gameplay interaction that can't find a tutorial for which involves an interactive animation that is player controlled by buttons and I feel ac ward saying this but the best example I can think of are the games in the adult section that allow the player to change what is happening in the animation by clicking on buttons.

does anyone know of any tutorials on this

There won't be any specific tutorials on such a basic idea. And if there is, well, it won't help you learn. Programming isn't about rote memorization, it's about learning concepts and applying those concepts in different situations.

All interactive animations really consist of is buttons that take the user to a different frame when clicked. Kindly take a look at the below tutorials on how to create something of that nature:
AS: Beginning
AS: Starting Out
AS: Stop and Play Buttons

If you're working in AS3, here's an equivalent:
AS3: Basics

This thread is ace, Heinrich. Great work!

Maybe I'll post a dream at a later date, once I've had an interesting one.

At 11/4/09 08:46 PM, iam2ku4u wrote: I recently joined the WTF Boom collab, now I'm noticing all these other collabs sprouting all over the place, not that its bad just that it worries me. If one collab outdoes another collab and completely destroyers the said weaker one, wouldn't the efforts of the collabers be all for not?

Collabs are completely independent from one another -- they are started on different days, and are released on different days at the collab organizer's discretion. Even if one collab becomes more successful than the other, the efforts of the collaborators wouldn't go to waste, as they would've learnt something from partaking in that collab. Collabs are a great way to meet other people and to improve your Flash skills.

Also if the collab wins an award, say daily 1st, who recieves it?

All of the collaborators receive it.

At 11/4/09 02:50 PM, iloveicelollies wrote:

At 11/4/09 02:30 PM, hdxmike wrote: If the gun rotation is within a range of degrees on the left/right _xscale *= -1 and vice versa

What?

Create a variable that stores the movie clip's _xscale, then have the movie clip's _xscale equal the negative of your variable (simulating flipping).

var scale:Number = _xscale;
if (_rotation > 180) {
_xscale = -scale;
}else{
 _xscale = scale;
}

Something like that, anyway.

At 11/4/09 11:22 AM, wEiRdO-dUde wrote: I'm still having the same problem I was having earlier. The bullets are firing fine, but whenever the character changes direction, all the bullets (including those already fired) change direction as well. Meaning you can keep turning back and forth and the bullets fly from one side of the screen to the other.

Sorry for being so awkward, I'm sure there must be something very simple I'm missing here.

if (_root.cow1._xscale>0) {
_x += 50;
} else {
_x -= 50;
}

This block here is causing the problem. Because it's on an enterFrame handler, it will continually execute, meaning that it will always travel in the direction that cow1 is facing. Correct this by checking which way cow1 is facing in the section of code where the bullet is being duplicated, then move it accordingly in the enterFrame handler.

At 11/4/09 07:06 AM, GP-studios wrote:

At 11/3/09 12:29 PM, ProfessorFlash wrote: 250mb lmao. Stop trying to fit your entire mp3 collection into your flash.

All i get is people telling me that sort of shit. Shut up.
It's not MP3s.
It's all vector drawings and some bitmaps.

Are said vector drawings/bitmaps large, high quality and/or detailed? If so, then you REALLY need to optimize what you've done. Take a look at the AS: Optimization and FIle Size tutorial and try to lower the file size. If said Flash is a game (say, another rabbit shooting adventure of yours, hehe), then you also should look at the optimization tutorial geared toward programmers.

Alternatively, it could be that some symbol became corrupted when you copy-and-pasted each symbol and swapped it with your old one. This actually happened to me once; I eventually found the corrupted symbol and was able to throw it out and have the flash file run again, but at the expense of a couple of hours manually going through each individual symbol. :X

Regardless of which instance it may be, I highly recommend making daily back-ups of your work next time, so that you can go back to where you left off if your current .fla is having problems. :)

At 11/3/09 08:41 PM, rmbrstrongbad18 wrote:

At 11/3/09 08:29 PM, Fion wrote: Hey look at that Kart-man and I have both given you the method you need to get the job done. Perhaps if you took a look you might solve your problem.

Well, I'm looking for something that helps...I want to be able to know what the code does and then use what's needed of it and apply it to what I need. To simplify things for me...what would I do in this situation: Say I wanted to push the A key and cause the scene to go to frame 65? Nothing else, just push the A key and go to frame 65 (Yes, it's just an example).

Fion linked you to the AS: Listeners tutorial in AS: Main, which covers exactly what you have just asked. To answer your question though, you need to create a onKeyDown function that will cause the timeline to go to frame 65 when "A" (known as "65" in Flash keycode format) is pressed.

if (Key.getCode() == 65) {
gotoAndPlay(65);
}

Follow the tutorial (it has explanations too!) and you'll see how listeners work. In fact, Denvish's post right below the OP's is precisely what you need.

Event listeners are your friends.

var pressed:Boolean = false;
var keypresser:Object = new Object();
keypresser.onKeyDown = function() {
if (Key.getCode() == your key code number here && !pressed) {
//do something
pressed = true;
}
}
keypresser.onKeyUp = function() {
if (Key.getCode() == your key code number here) {
pressed = false;
}
}
Key.addListener(keypresser);

At 11/2/09 12:07 AM, samus802 wrote: **Error** Escena=Escena 1, capa=Capa 1, fotograma=1:Línea 4: El bloque de declaración debe finalizar con '}'
onClipEvent(enterFrame){

This line, in English, means that your enterFrame function must be closed with a '}'. It's similar to how you closed your if statement with a '}'.

**Error** Escena=Escena 1, capa=Capa 1, fotograma=1:Línea 10: Error de sintaxis.
}

This means there is a general syntax error.

What does this all mean? It means you forgot a '}':

onClipEvent(load){
total = _root.getBytesTotal();
}
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
cargado = _root.getBytesLoaded();
porcentaje = int(cargado/total*100);
_root.cargador.barra._xscale = porcentaje
if(cargado==total){
_root.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
}

Select your dynamic text box and press the "Embed" button in the Properties panel (Ctrl + F3 if it isn't open already). You'll be given choice as to how many characters you can embed into your Flash movie. Keep in mind that the more characters you embed, the heftier the filesize, so only use the bare minimum of characters you need.

Alternatively, you can create a new font symbol from the Library menu, which you can ID it using a linkage name and use it in Actionscript.

For more information:
Adobe Developer Connection: Embedding Fonts

Johnnie Cochran, fearing his client might lose, took his Chewbacca defense one step further by dressing in silly costume.

IF THE GLOVE DOESN'T FIT, YOU MUST ACQUIT!

Congrats on modship, Mr. knugen! :D

Quite relevant to Newgrounds.

Sadly, most people only know the bassline as the "Oh, it's what's-his-name-Vanilla Ice!" one...

Da-duh-duh-da-da dun dun!

Da-duh-duh-da-da dun dun!

UNDER PRESSURE

At 10/22/09 02:57 PM, Argentin wrote: Rusty I will have to say you're wrong.
My portfolio is also made in flash but it looks pretty decent.
I-Design Flash

I decided to go with a flash site because it was the only way I knew how to make it.
I couldn't code in php at all so I went with flash.

Flash sites also allows you to have more interactivity then any other sites so that's also a good thing.

What interactivity? On your site? Unless there were easter eggs or something, I did not see anything remotely interactive on it. :P

Just because you know Flash and Actionscript and do not know any other languages doesn't mean you should use Flash for everything. In fact, here are 6 examples of places where it doesn't belong. Your site can be easily done using HTML and CSS, which is extremely easy to learn. W3Schools is a great place to gain knowledge on said languages, and more.

I'm referring to both Argentin and the OP, btw ;p

Here are some sites you can visit to learn about web design, both coding and artistic tutorials:

W3Schools
Entheos Web Design Tutorials
Web Designer Wall
Web Designer Depot
NetTuts+ Tutorials

At 10/21/09 12:28 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: My answer to that dude : No... when the thing get's old, stop trying to make new stuff with it. It's like what Disney did to Cinderella... There is no Cinderella 2 story. It simply doesn't exist.... because the story was made to finish at the end of the movie.

Sorry to disappoint you. :P

At 10/18/09 11:30 PM, PBass wrote:

At 10/18/09 07:43 PM, zrb wrote: Grahhhh stupid incompetence of mine.

If you feel that you have too many ideas, you should write them/draw them and store them for later. That way if you get excited about a great idea that just came to you, it doesn't end up killing your current project.

It also helps to storyboard your entire animation from beginning to end (or, if you're a programmer, draw a giant visual web of your game) so that you know exactly how the pieces will be put together. I usually find that if I ever abandon an idea, it's because I haven't fleshed out the idea enough, or I don't have the coding knowledge or artistic ability to create a certain aspect.

Now if only I had the TIME to quickly finish one of my projects... XD

I gave it a shot to see how it works. It's not a masterpiece by any means lol.

Nice site btw.

At 10/18/09 05:08 PM, hdxmike wrote: But before i do anything i was wondering if i could get some feedback on the design, no content , just the interface.

Why create a Flash website? It's harder to update and change, and there was nothing in your Flash site that you couldn't do with XHTML and CSS.

Take a look at this year's web design trends to get some idea of what kind of designs are current (HERE and HERE). Though none of the examples they show are of a Flash-based site, you can use it as inspiration for designing how your site looks. Some basic things:

-The purpose of filters is to draw your attention to what is on the page. Overusing them makes nothing stand out, and it ends up being tacky. You may want to reconsider your site design, seeing that it uses a black glow on everything.
-Ditch the unnecessary trailing thing that follows the cursor.
-If you really want to go the Flash route, make sure you know how to dynamically load content in.

And on that note:

Also if anyone could tell me how the fuck i dynamically load text from an external txt file in AS3 that would be useful :D

Merry Christmas.

At 10/11/09 02:25 AM, zrb wrote: LOLOLOL.

This thread actually made me laugh IRL.

"Who's Keita Tachibana?"

The answer, my friend, is blowing in the w-Inds.
The answer is blowing in the w-inds.

BA DUM TSHH

At 10/11/09 12:52 PM, BloodSucker150 wrote:

At 10/11/09 12:35 PM, andy70707 wrote: account>flash submissions>delete

i cant thets why i asked...

It's been submitted into a collection already, so you can't delete it. I guess you should just send a PM to Tom asking him to delete it and why you'd like him to.

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