AS3 Help : if Condtion wont work :(

[asdqwe2311]

What else i can do? i just made a text like this :
in frame 1 :
stop();
if (Keyis.DOWN(Key.DOWN)) {
gotoAndStop(2);
}
in frame 2 :
if (Keyis.UP(Key.DOWN)) {
gotoAndStop(1);
}
----
What's wrong with this Text?
it's just wont work, what i really want to do is to when i press the Down Botton it goes to the next frame wich it has Swinging sword(i wanna do a swing sword when hit down botton)and it just didnt work, Any ideas?
no errors found while testing the Syntax.

[liaaaam]

The problem is that you're only checking the key state (if they down key is pressed) once per frame - when the frame is loaded, in fact. You need to check this every frame, thus you need an event listener. In AS2 this is very simple - look up "onEnterFrame" or perhaps "onKeyDown".. and other such things.

[asdqwe2311]

Ah, well, could you Geanerate me the Syntax?
like what i say : when key is Down (key Down) goto and stop on frame 2
when the key is up (unpressed) (key Down) return to frame 1.
is it possible to go like this motto?

[grafik2d]

first of Key.isDown isn't part of AS3, if you want to use AS3 you need to use event listeners like this

stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY _DOWN , checkKeys);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY _UP, keyUps);

function keyUps(event:KeyboardEvent) {
if (event.keyCode == 39) {
event.keyCode = 0;
varRight=false;
trace("Right key is NOT down");
}
if (event.keyCode == 38) {
event.keyCode = 0;
varUp=false;
trace("Up key is NOT down");
}

function checkKeys(event:KeyboardEvent){
if (event.keyCode == 39) {
trace("Right key is down");
varRight = true;
}
if (event.keyCode == 38) {
trace("Up key is down");
varUp = true;
}

If you want to go with As2 then you can do this

this.onEnterFrame=function(){
myFunctionName();
}

function myFunctionName(){
if(Key.isDown(someKeycode)){
do this
}else{
do that
}
}

[asdqwe2311]

At 11/7/09 07:56 AM, grafik2d wrote: first of Key.isDown isn't part of AS3, if you want to use AS3 you need to use event listeners like this

stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY _DOWN , checkKeys);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY _UP, keyUps);

function keyUps(event:KeyboardEvent) {
if (event.keyCode == 39) {
event.keyCode = 0;
varRight=false;
trace("Right key is NOT down");
}
if (event.keyCode == 38) {
event.keyCode = 0;
varUp=false;
trace("Up key is NOT down");
}

function checkKeys(event:KeyboardEvent){
if (event.keyCode == 39) {
trace("Right key is down");
varRight = true;
}
if (event.keyCode == 38) {
trace("Up key is down");
varUp = true;
}

If you want to go with As2 then you can do this

this.onEnterFrame=function(){
myFunctionName();
}

function myFunctionName(){
if(Key.isDown(someKeycode)){
do this
}else{
do that
}
}

oh, could you Explain me what does Listner means? does it means an Effect or a Condtion?
this Really look like AOE2 Triggers or something, and i've used to work out with them.

[asdqwe2311]

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 1: ')' or ',' expected
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY _DOWN, checkKeys);

Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1

[Joelasticot]

At 11/7/09 09:08 AM, asdqwe2311 wrote: **Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 1: ')' or ',' expected
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY _DOWN, checkKeys);

Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1

That's because Newgrounds breaks apart long strings. Remove the space from "KEY _DOWN"

[YoinK]

I don't think it's a good idea to put if statements on separate frames.... it usually works better to have them on the same frame.

[Yambanshee]

At 11/7/09 10:16 AM, YavonnaHugstand wrote: Gosh, that's loads simpler than AS2

AS3 is more complicated but better, fact. Its not that hard getting the hang of it

[henke37]

as 2: breif, messy, hard to debug, insane event system, evolved into what it is today
as 3: descriptive, easy to debug, easy event system, clearly designed with the full system in mind from the start.