AS2 problem

[TheSexualHero]

I have problem with copies in flash... Some codes arent working for duplicate's of some movieclip...
like this:
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/5392/helpqy.jpg

help pls? :$

[Barzona]

At 1/19/13 12:09 PM, TheSexualHero wrote: I have problem with copies in flash... Some codes arent working for duplicate's of some movieclip...
like this:
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/5392/helpqy.jpg

help pls? :$

Everyone is going to tell you to switch to AS3 and they will be right, but starting with AS2 isn't all that bad as long as you change eventually.

Add all of your ground objects to an array and then use a for loop to hittest your player against them. I hope you can do that in AS2.

[GMR516]

You know your FIRST ground_mc? Draw the extra grounds in there. i'm guessing that your checking by instance names, and duplicate instance names won't work in Flash AS2, (dunno about 3) so just draw the REST of the grounds in your first MC. It should work.

[egg82]

At 1/20/13 06:20 PM, GMR516 wrote: i'm guessing that your checking by instance names, and duplicate instance names won't work in Flash AS2, (dunno about 3)

it won't work in 3, either, but that's because it's a variable and not an "instance nam-"
you know what? Just learn AS3. For the love of all that is holy, do it.

[MintPaw]

What you'll need to do is place the objects in an Array and loop though them, by the time you've done it correctly you'll be abandoning instance names and junk. It's probably a good idea to make the switch.

[FlyingColours]

At 1/20/13 06:33 PM, egg82 wrote:

At 1/20/13 06:20 PM, GMR516 wrote: i'm guessing that your checking by instance names, and duplicate instance names won't work in Flash AS2, (dunno about 3)

it won't work in 3, either, but that's because it's a variable and not an "instance nam-"
you know what? Just learn AS3. For the love of all that is holy, do it.

I have to agree with Barzona. I'm still using AS2, I'm not going to migrate to AS3 for another couple of years, and I'm not ashamed of it. :P

Just wanted to offer some extra perspective on the issue. When variables have the same scope, they can't have the same name. That means if you can access both variables in the same way (e.g. they're in the same function, same instance, same class...), they must each have a unique name. Any variables you declare on the main timeline are dynamic properties - properties that are not defined in the class definition, but dynamically added there with code during runtime - of the main timeline.) While AS2 does allow multiple variable declarations on a timeline, the first variable will be masked and cannot be accessed until the second one dies and is removed. (Multiple variable declarations in a class definition are not allowed.)

[egg82]

At 1/30/13 07:06 AM, FlyingColours wrote: I have to agree with Barzona. I'm still using AS2, I'm not going to migrate to AS3 for another couple of years, and I'm not ashamed of it. :P

you code in AS2 properly. I don't honestly know what to say about that.
i've actually done some proper AS2 coding before, and it's all well and good, but AS3's structure is just more logical (and thus simpler). You don't need to jump through any fancy hoops to get classes to work. Plus, you get a bunch more built-in classes and thus a bunch more freedom in what you want to do.

but it's up to you, I suppose.

at any rate, you are correct (both AS2 and AS3, though there's some rules with variables having the same name in AS3. For the most part, the rules are "don't do it.")

[MintPaw]

At 1/30/13 07:06 AM, FlyingColours wrote:

Make sure you're actually using proper AS2 and not some thrown together AS1.