ActionScript 2.0 :: Slowing / Stopping Movement At Two Set Extremes
Nov 9, 2009
I am proud of myself for getting this far, but I cannot figure the rest.I have a movie clip that moves from side to side based on the position of the mouse. If the mouse is right of center, the movie clip moves left, the speed based on the distance of the pointer to the center. Conversely, the same for the other direction. [code]Now what I need it to do and can't figure out out is this:
> How to get it to have upper and lower limits of motion.
> How to get it to slow down and stop at the upper and lower limits
> How to get it to stop at the limit until the mouse triggers movement back in the other direction
I ended up here because of the bouncing tutorial, and for awhile there I thought I was onto the solution, but I cannot get it retrofitted to work with my mouse position stuff.
Using Flash 8 - AS2. I have a movie clip that moves from side to side based on the position of the mouse. If the mouse is right of center, the movie clip moves left, the speed based on the distance of the pointer to the center. Conversely, the same for the other direction.
Here's the AS on the clip event: PHP Code: onClipEvent(load){ speed=10; }onClipEvent(enterFrame){ this._x += (_root.center-_root._xmouse)/speed; } (the speed variable is just a simple method to slow down my motion.)
Now what I need it to do and can't figure out out is this: > How to get it to have upper and lower limits of motion. > How to get it to slow down and stop at the upper and lower limits > How to get it to stop at the limit until the mouse triggers movement back in the other direction
Logically, it could be said in this manner: 1) Move the clip right or left based on mouse position. 2) If clip _x nears the maximum (or minimum), change speed as a function of the distance remaining to the extent - in order to slow down the movement. 3) When clip _x reaches the maximum (or minimum), stop motion and permit no further motion in that direction.
I am trying to create a sort of RPG. I currently have four way directional movement working, but I'm having difficulty figuring out code to make the character stop moving when he touches a wall, and them move again when you press a different key.
Normally i wouldn't find this difficult, except most of the walls are angled, not straight lines. I'm using hitTestPoint for collision detection, and that works just fine. I just don't know good code for making the character stop.
This is the URL for an awesome game. I have decided I would like to extend my flash knowledge by making a game like this. Now I have the movement downpat, but using hittests, thats how to create the game so you can not walk in certain places/areas. how to use hittest and give me the code for stopping movement when you hit a wall.
I'm having trouble making a scrolling "portfolio" for a website.
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It's a graphic thats moving left & right with a mask over the top.
//identitiy is the image moving function left(){ movement=10;
If you take a look at this site Game then you will see that when you hit the walls or boundrys you "bounce" off them. I have accomplished stopping movement when hittest occurs but how shall I get the car to "bounce" off the walls. It would be great if you could supply the full code as I am not a great coder.
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I've been trying to figure this out (see my lame attempt below) but without much luck.
onClipEvent (mouseMove) { buffer=20 //movement buffer mousePos=_root.fStrip._xmouse //store mouse position if (mymouse!=_root.fStrip._xmouse){ //if the mouse has moved
I wish to get the effect of ants scuttering across the screen or up a tree, I have not decided which direction yet. I started with the tutorial code for the snow effect from kirupa, and changed it around to fit the little vector ant I created. The way I have it now looks pretty good, but the movement is a little too fluid. They obviously move in sinusoidal paths bc the code tells them to. I have about 20 copies of the main obj, and they're all a little different in size and specs (speed, transparency, etc) but what I was wondering was if there is any way I can change the code to make it a little more hectic, or erratic, not so fluid. If there is no way of doing so, it looks pretty good right now. If there is, however, I think it could look awesome. here's the code I'm using for the object.
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quote:
var camera:Camera = Camera.getCamera(); var video = new Video(camera.width, camera.height); video.attachCamera(camera); addChild(video);
[code]....
And... this time the camera's fps stayed 25fps all the time. To be honest - I really don't know why :| I mean, I'm happy the fps stayed stabily at the level, but I don't know what to do in the mentioned, complex, project to make the fps faster. I can't just add the trace line.
I have a slideshow on the opening page of my website and about a minute and a half in, it starts to slow way way down. It looks choppy and really bad - I had the slide in its own file and it was fine - then I made it into a single movie clip and cut and paste it into the website on the first frame so it would play automatically right away - then it started doing the slow thing when I previewed it
I have a gallery flash that loads a pictures from xml. The pic slides on from the right. When btnNext is clicked it slides off to the left and the next pic slides on from the right. There is also a btnBack which slides on the previous pic. There are around 200 pictures.
I have now spent weeks on and off trying to figure out why it slows down and starts to chug! I figured out, with the help of individuals on this forum, how to remove the pictures when they are off stage. It definitely helped but its not yet resolved.
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I created a very simple application that increments a counter and displays said counter on the stage. At around 18,000-20,000 iterations, I noticed a serious drop in FPS. Here's is the entire [code]...
Is there a way in AS to double the number of frames instead of manually going back into the movie and adding more frames or slowing down the frame rate? I need to slow this movie down, but I don't want to sacrifice quality
I'm currently creating a rewind function that makes a video go to a certain frame number when a button is clicked. The issue is that the code is shooting through the frames too quickly. Is there any way to slow this down?[code]
I have a gallery flash that loads a pictures from xml. The pic slides on from the right. When btnNext is clicked it slides off to the left and the next pic slides on from the right. There is also a btnBack which slides on the previous pic. There are around 200 pictures.
how to remove the pictures when they are off stage. It definitely helped but its not yet resolved.
This flash is quite processor intensive with the amount of graphics. But the thing is, when the flash start off it goes fine but after so many pictures it starts to chug. Which seems to me that there is somehting it is not GCing or something of the sort!
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Is there anyway to do this without slowing down the whole timeline???
Currently my AS is confined to the digital volt movieclip.
This is what i have:
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fl_EnterFrameHandler_1); function fl_EnterFrameHandler_1(event:Event):void{ var newVal:Number = 12 + (int(Math.random()*10)/10); volt.text = newVal.toString();}
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I have uploaded the animation here so you can see for yourself. Also, here is a screenshot of the timeline for the first transition: It does it a little bit in the scaled down version, but if you view it full screen it really slows down. Also, if anyone can be bothered to wait through the slow stuff to see the animation that works
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