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any news of a as3 vcam? or anywhere i could download one?

At the moment Im finding the hardest thing with AS3 is actually integrating with flash. Im completely stumped as to how to get my fla file to find packages Ive written as .as files. I dunno theres probably something Ive completely overlooked. So any tutorial which doesnt look at the technical aspect of the code but actually how to link it into your work would be greatly appreciated :)

At 6/12/07 11:36 AM, Battered-Prawn wrote: any news of a as3 vcam? or anywhere i could download one?

I think I'll make one...

Alright, I haven't been on the flash scene in almost 6 months so I'm pretty new to flash CS3... which is why I don't plan on getting it for a while.

Although when I do get it, this thread will help me heaps more than AS:Main ever had.

And Denvish, when did you get to level 20? xD

Can I request a tutorial?

If there isn't already one, an Introduction to AS3 would be cool. I'm not too bothered abour memorising functions and junk, but if someone could set out the basics to help people actually understand how AS3 works it'd be great. Stuff like event phases, how classes and code and stuff should be laid out - all the foundation stuff.

Sweet, I've been waiting for a computeSpectrum tutorial :D!

Can someone tell me how the fuck you removeMovieClips that were created using a class? Such as I do var myHero:Hero = new Hero(20, 30); // 20,30 are just initial X and Y
stage.addChild(myHero);

The movieclip of my hero is linked up in library with the class Hero. In the class is the function heroEnterFrame() which is called upon the Event.EnterFrame. That part works perfectly. But when he hitTests something I want him to be removed! I know its gotta do with removeChild but I cant figure out scope from within classes. Like if I try stage.removeChild(myHero) I get some kind of error like trying to access myHero from a static class displayObject or something!

Im so confused.

At 6/14/07 04:17 PM, LCurtis wrote: Can someone tell me how the fuck you removeMovieClips that were created using a class?

Easy peasy, once you know (it took me a loooong time to figure this out). Ok, this is what I've got:

function coinoef (evnt:Event){
if(evnt.target.scaleX > 2.3){ //dont worry bout this
evnt.target.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_F RAME, coinoef)
evnt.target.parent.removeChild(DisplayObject(
evnt.target))
}
}

The main reason why you need so much more, is that you have to refer to the targets parent, then call the removeChild thing; and you need to show that its a displayObject.

That code also gets rid of the object's event listener.

I think I'll write a tutorial on this...

Thanks for the help! You should defiantly write a tutorial. I'm sure lots of people are going to run into this problem.

At 6/15/07 03:19 PM, LCurtis wrote: Thanks for the help! You should defiantly write a tutorial. I'm sure lots of people are going to run into this problem.

You should. Dude you're the man. Good shit.

I don't think this AS3 is gonna make much difference to me..LOL i'm still crap at AS.

At 6/28/07 12:21 PM, TheLastPioneer wrote: I don't think this AS3 is gonna make much difference to me..LOL i'm still crap at AS.

Yeah we were all wondering how this was gonna affect you.

I might make a tutorial on how to make this game:
http://denvish.net/ulf/280607/54147_first_AS3 .php

It uses classes for the eggs and hero.

If anyone is interested let me know. Otherwise i wont make it.

Whoops. You click to move in that swf. = )

At 6/28/07 04:03 PM, LCurtis wrote: If anyone is interested let me know. Otherwise i wont make it.

Interested, just letting you know :D

At 6/28/07 04:03 PM, LCurtis wrote:

At 6/28/07 12:21 PM, TheLastPioneer wrote: I don't think this AS3 is gonna make much difference to me..LOL i'm still crap at AS.

Yeah we were all wondering how this was gonna affect you.

I might make a tutorial on how to make this game:
http://denvish.net/ulf/280607/54147_first_AS3 .php

Nah, it seems simple. More like a combination of tutorials on variables, events and properties and methods, which we probably either already have or are going to pretty soon.

Yeah, there are a lot of tuts on AS3 to make that type of engine self-explanatory :)

could someone explain or make a tut on event.target?

thanks

As3: Buttons Explained

Buttons in As3 for beginners

Anyone got a tut for drag 'n drop in AS3? old code doesn't work =/

AS3: Basics, by Paranoia's demand :P

Btw, does any mod plan on updating this anytime soon?

Is this any good?

since almost everyone is using AS2, it would be easier if the tutorials refer to AS2 when explaining the code.
it makes it easier to understand for people who already knows the AS2 language, and i thing its a nice way to learn.
also if someone made a list with cons, and pros about AS2, and AS3 so people can see what fits there needs most.
i cant make tutorials my self because i dont know the AS3 language, and i know its easy for me to say, but its just some ideas for those who write the tutorials.

WHY THE FUCK DID THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE CODES SO FUCKING LONGER?!?!?

At 8/10/07 07:21 PM, WisdomVsLogic wrote: WHY THE FUCK DID THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE CODES SO FUCKING LONGER?!?!?

So that only people that knew what they were talking about could use AS3... and maybe for the speed increase. But don't forget, for every time they make you do:
addEventListener(...);
function blah(Event){ ...etc...
...they shed an '_' (underscore) from all the properties :)

AS3: basic platform

At 6/15/07 12:15 PM, trig1 wrote:

At 6/14/07 04:17 PM, LCurtis wrote: Can someone tell me how the fuck you removeMovieClips that were created using a class?

Easy peasy, once you know (it took me a loooong time to figure this out). Ok, this is what I've got:

The main reason why you need so much more, is that you have to refer to the targets parent, then call the removeChild thing; and you need to show that its a displayObject.

That code also gets rid of the object's event listener.

I think I'll write a tutorial on this...

well....can i see that tutorial please? lol its been a while hasn't it? I'm just anxious all about it lol...

What happened to _global?

At 7/2/07 03:32 PM, medhopz wrote: could someone explain or make a tut on event.target?

thanks

event.target is basically "this" from AS2.

has anyone made a list of the differences between as2 and as3? i.e. what functions are gone and any new functions?