At 12/31/05 09:52 AM, -liam- wrote: No. It was covered by Glaiel in that topic of his, the tidbits one.

Ok, didn't know. Sorry =/

Why don't you go cover the > operator? No, not really.

I'll actually aim higher, and make a tutorial on both > and <

XD

but someone could do an AS on the components and how to use them with AS like menus
or is there one...?

At 1/1/06 07:39 AM, glompho wrote: but someone could do an AS on the components and how to use them with AS like menus
or is there one...?

there is one on makign youre own components, but not one on using the ones already in flash, just look through documentations of flash, its a bit complicated, but alot of the components are complicated to use

Denvish is away until tomorrow, so I'll try my best to be a stand-in. I know some of the new topics aren't merited, but I'll just put all the new topics in and Denvish can pop them out if he wants to.

AS: Main - Alphabetic List
Notepad version of the list

BASIC - GENERAL
AS: Animated Buttons by Inglor
AS: Bad Ideas by GameCubeFreak2004
AS: Bars (Health/Score/etc) by Inglor
(NEW) AS: Bars (Health/Score/etc) by Darkfire_Blaze
AS: Basic A.I. by Dancing-Thunder
AS: Beginning Actionscript by Ninja-Chicken
AS: Bounce & Gravity by ImpotentBoy2
AS: ClipEvents by Inglor
AS: Drag & Drop by Inglor
AS: Duplicated Movie Clips
AS: Dynamic Color Changes by Rantzien
(NEW) AS: Dynamic Color Changes by -Thomas-
AS: Dynamically Resizing Objects by Spamburger
AS: Frame Functions by Spamburger
AS: Hierarchy by Rantzien
AS: loadMovie() by Spamburger
AS: loadMovie() by -Snail-
(NEW) AS: loadMovie() - unLoadMovie() - loadVariables() - loadClip() by shazwoogle
AS: Loops & Conditions by BleeBlap
AS: Loops - For... In by Inglor
AS: Loops - While by Ninja-Chicken
AS: Maths - Basic by T-H
AS: Movement - Basic
(NEW) AS: Movement - Boundaries by scottmale24
AS: Movement - Scrolling Background by DrDeath2k3
AS: Movement - Scrolling Objects by lan00
AS: Performance & Optimisation Tips by T-H
AS: Print by -Thomas-
AS: Quality Toggling
AS: Random by -Reedo11-
AS: Random - More by Spamburger
AS: Replay Button by Inglor
AS: Sound
AS: Starting Out by -Thomas-
AS: Stop & Play Buttons by Inglor
AS: swapDepths by -liam-
AS: Symbolic Operators (and, or, not) by SpamBurger
AS: Symbols by Joelasticot
AS: Timeout by Inglor
AS: Tricks and Titbits by Glaiel_Gamer
(NEW) AS: unloadMovie() by -Snail-
AS: Variables by Rantzien

BASIC - SPECIFIC
AS: Clock by Glaiel_Gamer
AS: Custom Cursor by lan00
AS: Elastic Mouse Chaser by lan00
AS: Inventory 1 by Inglor
AS: Moving, Dad 'n Me style by -Thomas-
AS: Mad Libs by SpamBurger
(NEW) AS: Mini RPG by xflashmanx0
AS: Password by Dancing-Thunder
AS: Preloader
AS: Photo Negative by Glaiel_Gamer
AS: Subtitles by -Toast-

INTERMEDIATE - GENERAL
AS: Arrays
AS: Basic Combos by -Toast-
AS: Camera Control by Inglor
AS: Collisions by Glaiel_Gamer
AS: Collisions - Boundaries by Spamburger
AS: Collision Detection by BleeBlap
AS: Collisions - HitTesting Duped MCs by SpamBurger
(NEW) AS: Conditional Operator (?:) by Claxor
AS: Constant Distance (Ragdoll Basics) by T-H
AS: Debugging Syntax by Inglor
AS: Dynamic FPS by -dELta-
AS: Elasticity by Joelasticot
AS: Filters (Flash 8) by Inglor
AS: Flash & PHP by shazwoogle
AS: Flash > ASP > Txt
AS: Functions - Basic by Inglor
AS: Intervals by Inglor
AS: Linear Increasement by Inglor
AS: Listeners by F13
AS: Load External Data/Cross-Domain
AS: Logical Thinking by Glaiel_Gamer
AS: Maths - Intermediate by Inglor
AS: Mouse Wheel by Inglor
AS: Movement - On slopes by Joelasticot
AS: Movement - Random by -liam-
AS: Pointing/Shooting at Mouse
AS: Popup Window (Javascript/Flash) by Ozcar
AS: Save and Load
AS: Specific Anti-theft Protection by authorblues
AS: Strings by Inglor
AS: SWF Copy Protection by JackSmack
AS: SWF Right-Click Menu
AS: Text Fields by -Snail-
AS: Text - HTML by shazwoogle
(NEW) AS: Try and Catch (Error Handling) by authorblues
AS: Upload/Download (Flash 8) by -liam-

INTERMEDIATE - SPECIFIC
AS: Black and White (Flash 8) by fwe
AS: Fading Trail Effect (Bullet Time)
AS: Fireworks (API) by Inglor
AS: Flash Registration Form by bigftballjock
AS: Game 1 - Moving and Jumping by Ninja-Chicken
AS: Game 2 - Shooting & Power-ups by Ninja-Chicken
AS: Jumping Engine For All by Rystic
AS: Maze by Begoner
AS: Movement - Asteroids Ship by -Snail-
AS: Movie Control by Spamburger
AS: Platform Game Basics by Atomic_Sponge
AS: Platformer: N00b to Pro by MusicianEXE
AS: Platformer by Thomas2005
AS: Pong Physics & Gravity by -Toast-
AS: Rain Effect (API) by Inglor
AS: Random Enemy Attacks by Flash_Kid
AS: Scoreboard by Inglor
AS: Starfield (API)
AS: Timer by -Snail-
AS: Typewriter Effect by Atomic_Sponge
AS: Varispeed Rollover Scrollbar
AS: Volume Slider by Star_Cleaver

ADVANCED - GENERAL
AS: 3Dimension - Basic by -dELta-
AS: 3Dimension - Intermediate by -dELta-
AS: Actionscripted Tweens by BleeBlap
(NEW) AS: Angled Collision and Bouncing by Khao
AS: API by -liam-
AS: API Curves by Glaiel_Gamer
AS: API 3-Gradient Fills by Inglor
AS: Binary Increasement by Inglor
AS: BitmapData - Basic by -liam-
AS: Components by -dELta-
AS: Faux Tile Boundaries by GooGum
(NEW) AS: Line to Circle Collision by Inglor
AS: Line to Line Collision by Glaiel_Gamer
AS: Modular Programming by Inglor
AS: Non-Tilebased Pathfinding by -dELta-
AS: Scoreboard Protection
AS: OOP (Object Oriented Programming) by Inglor
AS: Prototype, Proto & Inheritance by BleeBlap
AS: System Capabilities (Flash-PC Communication) by Inglor
AS: Tile-based Game Development Map by Inglor
AS: Tile-based Line-of-Sight Algorithm by zoohl
AS: Tile-based Pathfinding by -dELta-
AS: Trigonometry by BleeBlap
AS: Very Basic Wireframe 3D by Begoner
AS: XML by Inglor
AS: XML For Online Interactivity by -KhAo-

ADVANCED - SPECIFIC
AS: Flash Game Instant Replay by Cojones893
AS: Key Queue by Inglor
AS: OOP Inventory System by Afro_Ninja
AS: Syntax Checking Stack by Inglor
AS: XML Sockets - Chatroom by Ninja_Chicken

OTHER USEFUL LINKS:

Flash Newbie Help by -ArcticHigh-
Flash (noob) tutorial by -hellraiser-
Starting with Flash by Otacon

NG's best tutorial movies
Flash tuts list by AGH
The Big Tutorial List by IWantSomeCookies

Flashkit
actionscript.org
AS: Main
Kirupa
good-tutorials.com

NG Preloaders
Xenosteel's guide
NG Submission Tips
Get your Flash deleted

Liveswif 2.2 - Free Flash maker
Sham Bhangal's Flash V-Cam
Custom XKey Class by authorblues
Flash: FP Version Checker (component) by JeremysFilms
Keycode Getter by gorman2001

Flash/ASP scoreboard
Flash/PHP scoreboard
Cross-domain policies

Sprite page list by different
Music and Sound Effect sites V2 by different

Flash: Shortcut Keys by -Unknown-
Flash: Code Shortcut keys by Rantzien
Claymation info by schorhr
Fixing problems with importing sound
(NEW) Make a scroll bar by Danny_Is_On_Fire
How to: Flash to animated .gif

Cheers people, i am hoping that you will all see some decent flash games by me coming in soon, i have been learning actionscript for a while and i owe about 75% of my learning to this form, thanks to everyone that has posted tutorials!

AS: Binary and Bitwise operators by Claxor

One about Binary, and the bitwise operators.

Draw Your Own Cursor in an Swf By Mofongo9

Righty-ho. I've just updated the Notepad and off-site versions. A few tuts got dropped.

scottmale's because he didn't seem to fully understand the code he was posting
-Snail-'s unloadMovie because the subject was too limited.
mini-RPG because it appears to be stolen

From this page
Hoeloe's because random has been covered, plus it's becoming obsolete soon
I would have included mofongo's but there was no linkback to AS: Main in the first post

Thanks Rantzien for posting the updated list while I was AFK

AS: Mouse Avoider Another one by me

AS: _name by Darkfire_Blaze

its not that great... :3

is there a tutorial on classes? the only time i saw the word class was autorblues key thing. if not then can someone make it?

What does everyone think of having tutorials sponsored? I've been thinking about it and I think it would be a good idea. It wouldn't be for much like 5-10 dollars per topic but it would entice people to share the information that they get. although AS MAIN covers ALOT of topics.

At 1/8/06 03:51 AM, JackSmack wrote: What does everyone think of having tutorials sponsored? I've been thinking about it and I think it would be a good idea. It wouldn't be for much like 5-10 dollars per topic but it would entice people to share the information that they get. although AS MAIN covers ALOT of topics.

Yeah, unless things start getting REALLY detailed like:

AS: Autoformat button

I think it covers damn near everything, lol. Yet new stuff continues to come out. I want to write one, but I'm just stumped on what's left besides cut and paste engines.

Denvish, in you functions tute, you cover passing arguments a hair. Do you think that needs elaboration?

I would like to see an engine broken down. Reverse enginered. Or even a basics of what code should go in which clip tutorial. I personally use a clip that contains most of the actions off stage. That way I know where my code is.

Sponsoring AS: Main? Sounds like a good idea. If I hadn't written AS: Combo yet I could be rich, the thread was 5 pages long. :P

Even 5 bucks isn't bad for that, it's a good source of motivation to write more tutorials.

Will you also sponsor FOSS?

Basic Movement
AS: Basic Movement

This is my only tutorial for now!

I notice there a a lot of Platform Game tutorials, but none of them are brilliant. They aren't really platform tutorials, more like main character engines. I, personally, would like to see a full Platform project, where it shows you the character engine, enemies, Background scrolling, everything.

At 1/8/06 08:32 AM, Shift_Dragon wrote: I notice there a a lot of Platform Game tutorials, but none of them are brilliant. They aren't really platform tutorials, more like main character engines. I, personally, would like to see a full Platform project, where it shows you the character engine, enemies, Background scrolling, everything.

That's what I'm currently working on.

At 1/8/06 08:32 AM, Shift_Dragon wrote: stuff

Yes, but that would provide an entire game that would probably score quite well. When it is just copied/pasted.

At 1/8/06 08:47 AM, _Nick_ wrote:

At 1/8/06 08:32 AM, Shift_Dragon wrote: stuff

Yes, but that would provide an entire game that would probably score quite well. When it is just copied/pasted.

That's the whole thing in AS main: It's not copied and paste.
Sure there are many people who make their AS threads codes which are easy to copy and paste, but a good AS:___ makes it too complicated to copy and paste.

No full game can be copied and pasted, outer MCs are needed unless it's API.

You should never give the entire code at the end, you need to explain each line and not give a final code, which will be easy to copy & paste and have a full game.

At 1/8/06 09:09 AM, theodor wrote: Thats why i prefer AS: Main to tutorials submitted to the portal. Because all the ones submitted to the portal are just "Copy this onto that" and so on... without much of an explanation of what the script is doing or how it works.

But do you think a tutorial which is only text (like AS: Main) would have a good score? No one wants to have a bad score just to help 1 or 2 of the rare viewers who would actually use that code.

People browsing the portal do not want to learn more, they want to play and watch movies.

Also, to nick: You said people could just submit good scoring games thanks to that does that mean you have something against the good score? Would you be happy if their copied and pasted games have a bad score? I wouldn't mind much, if copying a code would make them happy, then it's good for them, not bad for us.

At 1/8/06 09:14 AM, -Toast- wrote:

Also, to nick: You said people could just submit good scoring games thanks to that does that mean you have something against the good score? Would you be happy if their copied and pasted games have a bad score? I wouldn't mind much, if copying a code would make them happy, then it's good for them, not bad for us.

Well, it's hard to explain what I mean. You said that you would be making a tutorial on how to make an enitire platform game with enemies and everything. Some people, would actually read what you had written and attempt to understand what you are saying and then use the code to make a game and submit it to the portal. Thus, probably deserving a good score.

But others will just come along copy and paste all the code where you tell them. Then they submit and get a relatively good score, but they haven't learnt anything.

I guess the same could be said for alot of tutorials on As: Main though, if people are silly enough to just copy and paste all the code then I guess it's their loss.

AS: OOP Classes by authorblues

At 1/8/06 05:51 AM, -Toast- wrote: Will you also sponsor FOSS?

Eventually what I would like is to sponsor source code and keep it in a database that isn't readily available to everyone. Just quality developers. So there isn't a noob party with an engine when others could make quality games. Nothing against noobs but people have to put in thier lumps. Remember the flood of Jumping Engine For All? :) Most of the noobs don't know about AS Main so that is a good/bad thing I guess.

We are pretty far from doing any kind of tutorial sponsoring just so everyone knows, but I think it would be a good idea personally. And when we get going I'm sure it will come about.

I'm really swamped with getting visitor content and stuff at the moment. But in the next few months I will try to get a system set up that will let you create the pages like on flashkit so you can use more images and perhaps post flash in your tutorials. Then they would have to be approved so I don't get 100 ball bounce tutorials. Also I have to make sure the tutorials are not stolen.

Anyway keep up the good work guys!

I feel somewhat responsible for that wierd little Flash thingy that popped up Print windows and stuff.

If people that are crap even come here.

At 1/8/06 09:23 AM, _Nick_ wrote: But others will just come along copy and paste all the code where you tell them. Then they submit and get a relatively good score, but they haven't learnt anything.

I guess the same could be said for alot of tutorials on As: Main though, if people are silly enough to just copy and paste all the code then I guess it's their loss.

i.e. the reason why i in the tutorials ive made for AS:Main (par one) i havnt included any source code that can really be used, so if someone wants to use it, they have to write their own code and CAN'T just copy and paste. Apart from the dynamic fps tutorial (which was only very small and basic concept anyways) i dont think ive given any usable source-code

At 1/8/06 02:59 PM, JackSmack wrote: ...

The whole idea of AS:Main (as delta has said) is that you don't post complete code, and aim to teach something instead.

With foss however, noobs are not well informed enough to work out what many of the examples do, let alone where to put them or how to implement them, so there's no huge danger I feel, so long as we don't start posting game engines with big labels on.

At 1/9/06 05:42 AM, TimHeasman wrote:

At 1/8/06 02:59 PM, JackSmack wrote: ...

The whole idea of AS:Main (as delta has said) is that you don't post complete code, and aim to teach something instead.

Hmmm. Well actually, if you look at my first post on page 2 of this thread:

At 6/27/05 07:22 PM, Denvish wrote: These will not be tutorials as such, just snippets of code with basic instructions on where to put them, and any links that seem relevant.

I know that sometime providing people with code that can be simply copy/pasted can actually cause more problems, when the user can't adapt it to fit their game. However, since I learnt by copy/pasting and adapting myself, I still feel that it's one of the best ways to teach AS. It's not as if most scripts can be used directly in a game anyway, they usually require some adaptation, and whether the user adapts it by themselves, or with help from Flash forum users, it's still a learning process.

I'm not going to knock anybody (like dELta) who is not willing to post complete game codes, but you have to understand that everybody has a different approach to learning. Taking an existing code and placing into your game is not necessarily a bad thing (so long as you don't then try and write an AS: topic with the same code, lol).

In other words, blehh.

Better get ready to update the list I suppose...