as requested by the kind gentleman:
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9477/11 782324hw6.gif

the reason I didn't post this image in my original post is that the actual shape of the maze is not important, as I'm not even done with it. And it's not even a maze game lol, I just want to know how to be able to make my character stay on a specific shape.

thnx in advance for any of ur help.

hello.
I have a movie clip of a certain "maze", if you will, and I wish for my character to only be able to walk ont he 'maze'. The maze is in a certain shape, for example:
|------------|
| |-------------|
| | |
| | |
| |-------------|
|------------|

I tried solving this problem with the hitTest function, but it didn't work... any suggestions, guys?

yo i looked through some tutorials but couldnt find the answer to my solution, if someone would simply tell me the solution or direct me to the tutorial teaching how to solve it, that'd be awesome... here it is:

i have an integer type variable named angle. its content is the angle i want the object to move. for instance if the angle is 45 it should move diagonally upwards, and to the right. ... help please.

that... wasn't very... good... =/

I thought (I'm sure I'm not the first) of an interesting concept for voting. If, for instance, the flash you wish to vote for has a current rating of 4.3. You, personally, think that that is too high, and believe it is deservant of a lower rating. 3 for instance. What I sometimes do is vote 0 for the flash, so its ranking will decrease more than if I would have voted a 3, therefore furthering the rating to what I thought it deserved in the first place. What I would like to know is what you think of this concept. Wethear it is good or not and why.

If this sort of method is frowned upon in the NG community, I apologize beforehand, as I did not know, and if so, I will immediatley stop.

lol gerbil don't spam.

yo how do i change the text's size??

how do i change the color not to a solid color, but to a gradient color (linear / radial)?

can someone please help me with a problem...
I have two movie clips, one of my main character, who walks with the arrow keys, and one of a stamina bar (with the width tweened accordingly). This is the actionscript I have for the movie clips. What I want to know is why doesn't my stamina bar shrink as my character walks.

stamina bar
onClipEvent(load){
this._width=200;
}
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
this._width=_root.stamina*2;
}

main character dude
onClipEvent(load){
_global.stamina = 100;
}
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)){
this._x-=speed;
stamina--;
}
if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)){
this._x+=speed;
stamina--;
}
if (Key.isDown(Key.UP)){
this._y-=speed;
stamina--;
}
if (Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)){
this._y+=speed;
stamina--;
}
}

btw... I already posted this in another thread, no one helped me, and that is why im posting it again here.

At 8/9/05 08:58 AM, Rantzien wrote: Global variables are variables that are accessible from everywhere in your Flash file. They can be changed and read from every timeline and scope, as long as you don't have a local or timeline variable with the same name. In that case, the global variable can only be accessed from outside the other variable's scope. When you declare a global variable, you can't use var, which means you can't apply Strict data typing to a global variable. Instead, you use the word _global when declaring. Like this:
_global.variableName = value;
For example:
_global.myPassword = "3ehjTEx56";
A global variable can be declared anywhere, just remember, and this goes for all scopes, that the variable must be declared before you can access it.

can someone please help me with a problem...
I have two movie clips, one of my main character, who walks with the arrow keys, and one of a stamina bar (with the width tweened accordingly). This is the actionscript I have for the movie clips. What I want to know is why doesn't my stamina bar shrink as my character walks.

stamina bar
onClipEvent(load){
this._width=200;
}
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
this._width=_root.stamina*2;
}

main character dude
onClipEvent(load){
_global.stamina = 100;
}
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)){
this._x-=speed;
stamina--;
}
if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)){
this._x+=speed;
stamina--;
}
if (Key.isDown(Key.UP)){
this._y-=speed;
stamina--;
}
if (Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)){
this._y+=speed;
stamina--;
}
}

The reason I put this post in this thread and not in the bars tutorial is because I am quite sure the problem is the global variable.

At 11/5/07 02:12 PM, UnknownFury wrote:
Well just check out here and actionscript.org etc.

The newgrounds collection is really helping. Wow thank you so much.

At 11/5/07 05:03 PM, Fickludd wrote: There are two versions of AS used currenty:
AS2.0
The older version which is in my opinion has less logical syntax and many strange ways. It also doesn't require you to define you're variables proper, which is cool for small programs and worthless for larger ones. Works fine with procedural programming.
AS3.0
Newer version with streamlined syntax compared to the previous version. It also executes up to 8 times faster because of a more effective language and compiler. Works best with OOP (Object Oriented Programming).

I've learnt first AS2 and then AS3 and I think AS3 is definitly the thing to know. Kirupa has a lot of good material, but I can't find the link right now.

Thank you very much, I will explore further the actionscript version differences, as I now see it is important.

At 11/5/07 01:11 PM, souled wrote:

At 11/5/07 01:04 PM, mayoarm11 wrote: I already know C programming, and know for a fact that these languages share quite a lot of similarities ("for" and "while" loops for example), so I am not totally new to the field.

What exactly does C do? If it sounds interesting then I'll teach you Actionscript and you could teach me C. =)

lol. It is the basic computer programming language. It is used in EVERYthing... from programming windows itself, to the Microsoft Office programs, to programming video games. Although it requires a lot of experience and years of learning to be able to program at that level, as well as frustration ^.^.
The level at which I can teach you goes no higher than programming seemingly (they're actually hard) programs such as printing on the screen all prime numbers from 1 to a number given by the user. Such programs that will not interest you (i assume). sorry :(... but if you still wanna learn it I will be more than happy to teach you what I know, and vice-versa.

At 11/5/07 01:15 PM, Pepperoach wrote: I'm pretty sure buying a GOOD book is the best way to learn, but most of the stuff I know I either found out by myself or learned with tutorials :P

That does seem like the best, and most logical, solution, although I will wait for a bit more replies until I empty my pockets :)

Hello everybody. I am a new actionscript programmer, and also a new newground-forumer :) (first post).
I wanted your advice on how I should precede on learning actionscript. I already know C programming, and know for a fact that these languages share quite a lot of similarities ("for" and "while" loops for example), so I am not totally new to the field. I want to know what the best way is to learn actionscript... should I:

>> purchase a book (I don't mind spending $50-)

>> learn from countless online tutorials that, from what I have seen up to date, do not teach you EXACTLY what each line does. If this is the method you reccomend for me, please state some websites / toturials that provide extremely detailed explanations of each and every aspect of everything they go about teaching.

Thank you, your help is (will be ^.^) very much appreciated.