arrow keys...

[biohasard]

how do i make a mc (spaceship) move when i use the arrow keys... im a little stuck in doing it every tutorial i have found it doesn't seem to work. please help!

[Polioman]

At 11/30/08 10:30 PM, biohasard wrote: how do i make a mc (spaceship) move when i use the arrow keys... im a little stuck in doing it every tutorial i have found it doesn't seem to work. please help!

your MC does not have an instance name

[biohasard]

At 11/30/08 10:32 PM, Polioman wrote:

At 11/30/08 10:30 PM, biohasard wrote: how do i make a mc (spaceship) move when i use the arrow keys... im a little stuck in doing it every tutorial i have found it doesn't seem to work. please help!

your MC does not have an instance name

... ? what does that have to do with anything?

[Alpharius120]

At 11/30/08 10:33 PM, biohasard wrote: ... ? what does that have to do with anything?

Your instance name is how the AS identifies the MC.

[CrustySheet]

At 11/30/08 10:30 PM, biohasard wrote: how do i make a mc (spaceship) move when i use the arrow keys... im a little stuck in doing it every tutorial i have found it doesn't seem to work. please help!

give the mc an instance name Spaceship (to do this select the MC and in the prroperties it says instance name)

then select the frame on the main timeline and press f9 and type

var Speed:Number = 5;
onEnterFrame = function(){

spaceship._x += Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)*speed;
spaceship._x -= Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)*speed;
spaceship._y += Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)*speed;
spaceship._y -= Key.isDown(Key.UP)*speed;
}

[biohasard]

At 11/30/08 10:35 PM, Alpharius120 wrote:

At 11/30/08 10:33 PM, biohasard wrote: ... ? what does that have to do with anything?

Your instance name is how the AS identifies the MC.

yeah i know that but what does that have to do with asking people to link me to tutorials? once i see the tutorial and it tells me to give it an instant name i would...

[biohasard]

im sorry that's not working did i mention my mc is a triangle so i think that has something to do with it when i use it it gives it that choppy look that im trying to avoid... please help.

[CrustySheet]

At 11/30/08 10:40 PM, biohasard wrote: im sorry that's not working did i mention my mc is a triangle so i think that has something to do with it when i use it it gives it that choppy look that im trying to avoid... please help.

oh yeah triangles defiently make it harder to work with :)

whats your frame rate set at?

[jesseRYU]

Well if you have the code down from the tutorial you should do like everyone is saying and check the instance name on your MC. so if the code calls your MC say "Ship" click on your MC and make sure you instance is "Ship" and not "ship" or whatever. If you looking for tutorials though just go above in the search bar by the newgrounds banner and type in tutorials.