At 7/26/08 02:56 PM, Ivan1996 wrote:

At 7/24/08 10:52 PM, Shadowshot2 wrote: It's already been done,Newgrounds Rumble
Basically the same thing.

not a game a movie

Then why do you need an artist..?

At 7/26/08 06:11 AM, Resolution wrote: This is how I convinced my friend to move onto learning Flash and ditch Gamemaker :]

Flash is better in almost every respect, apart from how easy it is to learn.

Flash IS better in every aspect. Although that post is very biased :/

At 7/25/08 08:11 PM, Climbnaked wrote: Im pretty new to flash and actionscript. So before I start learnign these languages, are there any large differences between the two that I should be aware of?

They may as well be two completly different languages. Actionsctipt 3.0 has been redone from the ground up and is now ever so much better than AS2. So learn AS3 and you will be better off. It may seem complicated at first, but once you get the hang of it you realize how simple and nice it really is :)

At 7/25/08 02:50 PM, Matt-Porter wrote: I used to lurk the forums a ton way back in the day, like a ton, never really posted though

That's what I do now.. Guess I never really have much to say (:

At 7/25/08 01:51 AM, titan210 wrote: i have flash 8 and was wondering if i should ubgrade to 9 what new things can you do in 9?

You can use ActionScript 3.0
Yup that's really about it. Oh, and Flash 9 is called Flash CS3 now.
And if you are not interested in using ActionScript 3.0 then you may as well just stick to what you have.

At 6/10/08 06:32 AM, SadisticMonkey wrote: Oh, and HOLY SHIT, I just found this.

Does this not look like the very epitome of epic ^_^

Well that has to be one of the few few movies that I'm looking forward to. Thank the mouse I used to click my way to this page c:

Yeah I'll leave now.

I want to change my name to just "Wurmy" but some meany took it long ago :c

On another note today I finally beat solitaire and minesweeper for the first time ever. How very exciting my life is c:

Hows about someone makes me a sig with worms in it. By worms I mean these worms. Preferring using this style. If you use that sprite make sure you get the frame where he looks annoyed :p And stick mah name in there too.. Hopefully this is enough to work off of.. right?

Waet i taut dis was naut genrael foraum wtf....

At 7/22/08 08:34 PM, Phantox wrote: How about you sell your PS2 and get a better console?

Like a computer. Best games ever.

At 7/21/08 03:05 AM, Soul-Blade wrote:

At 7/20/08 10:09 PM, VenomKing666 wrote: Was a level 5X Dit in mardia, stopped because this game is a grindfest.

Yeah it can be but you can do carnival party quest in kerning it gives mad exp, But you only can do it till lvl 51 which sucks.

Getting two teams to trade wins is the hardest thing i've ever tried. Seriosly these people must be fucking retarded, who are incapable of making a team of 3 and will just jump around and start yelling "OMG U GUYZ R NUBS U SUX GTFO" or something gay like that.. I was able to find a decent party ONCE and that was it.. never since.. I hate monster carnival for this reason..

Otherwise MS is just another grindfest

although it's kind of nice when I'm bored to tears

I don't think you should add guns.. they're not even badass. Rakes however...

At 7/20/08 05:46 PM, mechias3 wrote: Well, I'm mainly a graphics guy, but I'm learning actionscript. Could you please with sugar on top give me the actionscript to do so, or tell me how to do it? Or both?

No. If you want to know how, then learn actionscript. What you're doing now is NOT learning how to AS, but just asking other people to AS for you.

If you really want to learn how to AS then google some basic AS tutorials, and learn from the beginning. Start off by making small ( I MEAN SMALL ) games. No really, don't make your first game some super pwnage whatever game because it won't be a super pwnage whatever game.

At 7/20/08 05:40 PM, mechias3 wrote: Well, actually, i know that halo is 3-d, and flash is 2-D. I just want everything else to scroll in the opposite direction of the mouse. Let's say there's a building. If you move your mouse Left, then the building would move right. That's what i'm trying to do. If I can do that, then it's total pwnage game, here I come.

If you can't do that there won't be any pwnage game.. what you're asking for is very simple :/

At 7/20/08 03:00 PM, dELtaluca wrote: Anyone who hasn't seen this yet deserves to rot

:'(

At 7/19/08 09:00 PM, hunter24o wrote: Malachi117!!!
Im not fat this is fat!!!
And I am not related to him!!!!!!!!!

You are one fucking idiot.

All of these "screenshots" are fake photoshops that some people made because they like to make fun of people who are too stupid to know that these are photoshops.

Here's what I would do for a perfectly accurate minimap.

Lets say you have a map that is 10 units by 10 units (what the units are doesn't matter, this is an example). You have a minimap that is 1 unit by 1 unit.

So the minimap is 1 tenth the size of the real map. What you do next is get the position of the player relative to the map (the 10 by 10 map)

Then divide the x by 10, and the y by 10. Those are your relative coordinates to use in the minimap!

At 7/19/08 06:17 PM, seanmore wrote: nouradin or whatever your name is... why did you just copy his own message and send it back to him before replying..?

It's called quoting someone. You click "Replay & Quote"
Either way nouradin is right. If you want people to take you seriously you need to post some form of work that you have done, so we can judge whether or not you're a waste of time. Simple as that.

You made an AS3 document.

Flash CS3 comes with two default ActionScript languages. AS2, and AS3
You have been using AS2 which allows you to put actionscript right on buttons, moveiclips and whatnot.

AS3 is VERY different (do not read hard) and it does not allow you to put actionscript on buttons or movieclips. Only on frames or other AS files.

All you have to do is create a new AS2 document and you get AS2. Voila!

At 7/19/08 03:17 PM, ZekeySpaceyLizard wrote: play chess?

I like chess. Even though I fail horribly at it.

Get Empires. It's a free HL2 mod so you may as well give it a try. This has to be the best mod ever made imo

You're supposed to promote Camp North.

You know this is all fake. Except Half Life 2 wars which is just a mod for Half Life 2. You can download it here.

Well it works fine with Firefox. Either way I did report the IE bug because it doesn't work with IE for me either :(

Hopefully that will be sorted out because the site is awesome.. I love the smileys

IT BE UP
Camp North that is. Looks really nice. I like the smileys they has :3

I'm stupid.

I think it should be looked at in a different perspective (what most people are doing):

Flash is made for web design
3D Apps like Maya and XSI are made for advanced 3D animation, rigging, game models, whatever.

I still think comparing those two just doesn't work :|

At 7/18/08 04:29 PM, Zac-Donald wrote: 1. Flash is pretty limited when it comes to animation features and tools, even more so compared to 3D programs like Maya or XSI.

How can you compare Flash to Maya or XSI? This is not a 3D modelling tool. It's made for 2D animations and whatnot.

2. The program hasn't changed much in years, basic changes would really improve the program like making the stage be able to be animated (basically built in and improved vcam)

Yeah I guess it really hasn't changed (since MX I believe) but a built in Vcam? I guess it could come in handy.

3. There's no rigging, well besides the ghetto movie clips with pivot points.

There isn't supposed to be rigging. Again, this is not a 3D program this is 2D. Yeah sure rigging could be useful but really I don't think it would be that useful :/

4. Coding is more complicated that it could be ( http://community.softimage.com/showthrea d.php?t=1686 using basic nodes this artist makes a character behavior system with no coding, just tweaking settings)

Coding is easy as pie. AS2 and AS3 are both very easy to learn (Yes AS3 is easy to learn stop bitching). And, once again, this is not XSI or Maya. You cannot compare these.

5. Come on, no easy particle effects? it'd be easy to implement being able to attach movie clips to particles and randomize the path along a line/curve would be nice

Make your own particle system. It's really not that hard.

Going back from 3D to 2D all I feel are limitations.

Wow....

Someone may be interested so here goes.

What I would recommend to anyone who wants to start making games is this. Start off small and build up. Yes, it's been said a million times before and it's been true very single time. If you really want to make games, get the free trial of Flash and start messing with it. Learn how to script in AS (ActionScript), how things work and so on and so forth. You may even want to buy it so you can spend more than 30 days playing with it. It's really fun too.

After you have decided you learned enough AS (1-2 years AT LEAST imho) you may want to move on to another programming language where you can make a real program. I would recommend C++ because that's what most of the gaming industry seems to use (I have been researching some).

Of course once you get into C++ don't just automatically say "I MAEK MMO GAEM NOW K THX" because you won't. Learn how C++ works because it is VERY different from AS. If it's so different, why bother learning AS? Because if you can't handle AS there's no way you'll be able to handle C++.

Personally I recommend buying a book that teaches the fundamentals of C++ instead of relying on the internet. Sure, it's a great source but to me a book just works better. Once you think you've learned enough C++ and you've made enough "hello world" programs, you may want to get into something more exciting. Maybe even make a 3D game (!).

For this I recommend Truevision3D. Now, mind you this is NOT A GAME ENGINE. It is solely a graphics engine, which means you will have to code the back-end of your game. TV3D is still a good thing though, because you probably don't want to make your own 3D engine at this point.

A note about Truevision3D. It is a FREE 3D engine, for life. There is no "free for 30 days then pay up". It's free for life. However, if you get the free version you CANNOT sell your game, and it will have a watermark at the bottom. If you want to sell your game you will have to buy a one time license ($150 I believe), which is good for ONE game. Or you could buy the unlimited license which is $500. I suggest you don't pay up until you're certain you are going to use this.

And what comes after TV3D? Who knows. For all you know you may stay with TV3D and just become some indie game programmer and just make games by yourself, or maybe you'll want to make your own 3D engine (have fun!) or something weird like that. Who knows what comes next!

But then again. What do I know, I'm just 16, rite?

At 7/18/08 06:52 AM, GustTheASGuy wrote: Linked lists win!

Searched around and found a great tutorial on this. Thanks for mentioning it!

At 7/18/08 12:01 AM, zrb wrote:

At 7/17/08 09:50 PM, Flash-Gamers wrote: Still can't make a picture for my movies!

Get a program such as fireworks and take a screenshot of your movie and then cut out a picture the size of 46x46 pixels.

MS Pain wins. Either that or just use Flash. No real need for another program. It's not like you're making a work of art here.,