I've got a movieclip connected to a check box, it's x position is supposed to be +100 if unchecked, and -100 x if checked.I have several movieclips with several check boxes along the same lines, and wrote up two functions.
function Sh(card){navigation.tableu8.card._x = -63;}
function Hd(card, numx, numy){navigation.tableu8.card._x = -numx;navigation.tableu8.card._y = numy;}
These didn't work so I wrote this one to test if there was something wrong with using a function to move items, and it worked fine:
function ShA(){ navigation.tableu8.cA._x = -63; }
What can I do to avoid making 26 functions, ShA through ShZ ? Are there brackets or something I'm missing, or do I need to type "String" or "Number" somewhere?
I have a series of calculations i'm doing over a bunch of objects stored in a array. Each function is pretty CPU demanding but if you only run one function, it just works fine.
I've got a project thats getting a bit big, so Im taking the actionscript out into separate as files. I want all the basic functions to be in BasicFunctions.as and the make a library for more specific functions. I find that a lot of people use the import statement but I cant get that to work with a simple Hello World trace, yet the include statement works fine (see attached). I understand that import/include work differently, but which is the better method? If import, then is that heavier to work with. Any rate, what's the best way to organise code when it gets to the 1000+ lines?
I'm trying to find a way to have global functions in my as project, similar to how flash does with stuff like the util functions (describeType()...), where you can just call the function wherever you need it. For example:
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So when I call Test(), it prints out "hello world" fine. My problem comes in that I can't change the name of the Test function, and I can't add any other functions without compiler errors. Is it possible to have a load of global functions in one file, or do I have to split them up into separate files like in the example? Also, I know that I can make a Global class and call static functions like Code: Global.doSomething() but I'd like to know if there's a way to do it as flash does it (describeType(), getDefinitionByName(), etc), or rather, how does flash do it?
I have one function that puts text in a text field and makes a button goto a url onRelease.The code is like this:
Code: item.onRelease = function() { myButton.onRelease = function() { getURL("http://google.com", "_blank"); } talk = this.txt; } the only problem is that the button doesn't work onRelease. i think that it is because there are too many functions there, but at the same time,
im currently making an "AS3 beat em up" ala streets of rage or double dragon.Currently i have my character moving and a few animations done and i am trying to figure out how to make attacks work.I have some "basic" animation for his attack, but im not sure how to get it to work correctley.What happens is, if you press control (the attack button) whilst the character is walking he just keeps moving and is stopped on the attack frame.I want the character to stop moving if the attack is pressed and once it is released start moving again.
hero.gotoAndStop('still'); var left:Boolean = false; var right:Boolean = false;[code].......
what i have is a tween on a movie clip of a popcorn kernel on one layer and a tween on a button on another layer to follow the movie clip. i want to be able to roll over the kernel and make it "pop". i changed my over on the button to popped corn (this works) but i want it to stay popped for the rest of the tween.
Functions embedded inside other functions? In all my years of ActionScript programming, I've never seen this (this is part of legacy code written by someone else which I am adapting):
Its a complicated senario for me. I have a sound management singleton with an asset like dictionary storing all referances to my urls and assets and the guff inside it-
I have a function called addItem(id:String, url:String):Object
I would love to do something similar as soundManager.addItem(id:String, url:String).play() or soundManager.addItem(id:String, url:String).stop() of which it'll both add my item to my dictionary, and begin playing the sound
Let's I have a class Square that has a several functions. I want to call it from a class Grid, which is a group of Squares.So in the class file for Grid, how would I do this:
Code: public function doSquareFunction(thisFunction:Function):void{ square1.thisFunction();
I have a function with 4 necessary arguments (aka parameters) in order to perform the actions. I would like to have the ability to pass the same function to itself as an argument (sort of like a recursive function) along with its arguments. Basically I want to "base" to engage an onMotionFinished event handler if there is another function passed as an argument. Something like...
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Would there be a way to use listeners to do this or the AsBroadcaster?
I have some simple script that has 2 "movie clips". What I want to do is to start moving the second movie clip at the same time when the 1st starts moving. (both start moving at the same time) I tried the following script but it never works:
the only problem is that the button doesn't work onRelease. i think that it is because there are too many functions there, but at the same time, i think it's just me..
I have some buttons on a stage that when click change the scale and the position of another movieclip sitting on the stage. All works well but I'd like to make it bit more....cool
Is it possible to tween, maybe with an ease, between the current position and the position when the button is clicked?
I'm loading XML into a file, and then I want to replace the onscreen text with different snippits of text from the XML based upon button clicks.
However, I keep getting an undefined property error every time I try to use the xml in another function other than the load function, because the variable doesn't exist until the load function runs. I get that part.
First, I couldn't pass it to the function that parses the XML and puts the content on the screen (adds the text to the text box and inserts line breaks). So, I added an XML property, so that works finally. However, now I'm passing to a button event. I can't require an XML property there. To get around that, I've tried to encapsualte the XML into every variable type I can think of, and it doesn't work, because it's coersion. It's like a regressive issue now. So I'm screwed? I hope not![code]...
I have a main MovieClip in which I have several frame labels, each will eventually have different MovieClips associated with them. First time through I want to play an "intro" MovieClip, which I have placed on the stage at the begining of the main timeline, then at the end of the "intro" Clip, go to the first frame label and play that MovieClip.
The way I was going about it was placing this code in the last frame of the "intro" MovieClip:
Code:
MovieClip(parent).screen_mc.gotoAndPlay("home");
'screen_mc' is the instance name of the Main MovieClip.
I'm stuck on the code for the following situation:A mc is costumed as the mouse cursor, 1. when we move the "cursor" near a character (mc), this character will gotoAndPlay frame2.2. If the "cursor" touches the character, this character will gotoAndPlay frame3.I've got the code working for #2, but not #1.
Assume the main time line is A. On A I've got movie clip Z also On A I've got movie clip B and inside B I've got a movie clip C (I need it to be this way because it soft of a TAB meanu). My problem is the actionscript written in C makes few objects called planet 1, planet 2, planet 3 on A function well. But when I move planet 1, planet 2, planet 3 to a movie clip (planets_mc) it wont function! How can I put planet 1,2 and 3 in to one mc and still make the actionscript in C work? I've used the _root. command in the script C.
However, I'm trying to do something new that I've not done before, and hasn't been covered in any of the tutorials I've gone through.
In general, I've got a spaceship shoot-em-up. I'm wanting to use a "tractor beam" to scoop up other items off the stage. I have it set up so that the t-beam is it's own MC, and class/.as. When a button is pressed it shows on the screen fine. However, I need it to move along with my ship.
Is there a way to do this currently, or do I need to redo the t-beam to be another layer on my ship class/MC and work it from there?
how to move Children in As3.I've a MC called mainClip with an instance child1 and child2.In Child 1, there is another MC wich has the name "aniMC" wich is a clip with a animation inside.I now want to move this aniMC (with its animation inside) to the child 2.So, as I read here I have to first remove the clip and then addChild it.But this doesnt work. My Code-Snipplet looks like this:
mainClip.child1.removeChild(mainClip.child1.aniMC) ; var testMC = mainClip.child2.addChild(mainClip.child1.aniMC)
The strange things is, that testMC traces me a Object-Movieclip and has the name "aniMC". But ... its not visible. Alpha and visible are 1 and true. But I cant see it. Could it be that the Clip was added but not its content?
If I have a function and I want to call a variable from another function (only 1variable), how do I do it? I know in the olden days you could set the variable to local or global, but that does not seem to work anymore. There is only 1 variable I need access to, but all the tutorials I have come across talk about making classes for multiple variables.
Is using custom functions a preference? It's possible to make a game work with everything happening inside event listeners but I want to know how often should I use functions. Like in a game of Tic Tac Toe, if I click on a square it will change color, the turn variable will change, check if there are any winners or anymore moves. For all that I just put all the results in that Mouse_CLICK event listener. I don't know when I should use custom functions.
Code: function myFunction(val0,val1,val2){ trace(this["val"+0); trace(this["val"+1); trace(this["val"+2); } myFunction("hello","test","hi")
All i get is undefined. If i just put "trace(val0)" i will get "Hello" -- so i cannot work out how to get the value of the dynamic variable inside hte function?
