ActionScript 3.0 :: Finding A HitTest Or Anything Similar That Will Return A Value Other Than Boolean?
Aug 29, 2011
I've got 30 movie clips on the stage and I want to see if any of them are overlapping a drop point I have at the bottom (i.e., if any of them have been "dropped off".)I could say dropPoint.hitTestObject(obj1) and then dropPoint.hitTestObject(obj2). (Assuming that because of the object's names there is is no way to do a for loop). But that's a lot of code.It would be way easier if I could just say "What object is overlapping dropPoint?" instead of "Is object 1 overlapping dropPoint? No? Well, is object 2 overlapping dropPoint?" etc.
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Aug 29, 2011
For instance, what if I had an object, say obj1, and I didn't just want to say, "Hey, is obj2 touching obj1?" But I wanted to say, "Is there any object touching obj1? Which object is it?" If there are lots of objects and you just want to know which object is touching object 1 without asking about every single possible object on the stage
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i have a game in which the character shoots bullets and kills enemies and whatnot. Now, i am trying to get the bullet to disappear when it collides with a wall.[code]when the bullet goes out of bounds, the bullet disappears, but when it hits the enemy or wall, it seems that the collision is not detected. I have checked each instance name and linkage, but have so far come up with nothing.
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I'm trying to make a custom ConfirmBox.I have this movie clip: http:[url].....and I'm trying to make a function confirm() which return a boolean value.Obviously true when the user press "SI" and false when he press "NO:.Something like this:
ActionScript Code:
public function confirm(msg:String):Boolean [code]....
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Dec 20, 2010
translation API for Flash that can return multiple translations/definitions for a single word.
e.g.
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etc.
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Jan 15, 2009
i just would like to know how to create an "hitTest" script inside a movieclip that is actually part of that hitTest code?I mean... I have mc A, and mc B. and the current hitTest code im using (that is on the timeline) makes mc A, destroy mc B when collide with it... but there are many mc B on the stage (with the same instance name) so, when mc A collide with one mc B, it destroys ALL mc's B... but i want it to destroy only the mc B that he collides, not all the others... maybe an hitTest script inside a movieclip B would work (somethig like "if MC A hitTest ME = i die" (not all the others)).
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Feb 8, 2010
i am controlling a tractor mc with right and left keyboard keys and let the user move the tractor till it reach a certain point where it touch a mc i want to go to a certain frame and stop the keyboard event listener and also the hit test listenerso finally the tractor is moved by user till it touches the mc then we will jump to a certain framethis certain frame will not have both of the tractor and the mcPHP Code:
import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
[code].....
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Aug 4, 2009
I'm having some troubles with the use of interface and inheritance in AS3. I've done lots of OOP in the past and what I'm trying to do seems obvious to me, but doesn't work in AS3. The question is : Is it possible to override a function that return an Object of class A, and make it return an Object of Class B which extends A ? It seems not to be possible, since I'm getting a signature error in Flash, when compiling. For example, the following set of class do not compile (the code in function definition doesn't matter):
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Apr 30, 2010
Is there a better way to do use a use a boolean with visible? I'm setting up animations that have conditions for visibility, and I don't want to use something that performs poorly. This animation blinks 30 times and stops. It works without error, but takes a moment to load. I would like to learn other ways of using visibility with conditionals.
This is what I used 'waits before playing'
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This works fine 'no pause'
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[Code] .....
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ok so i am trying to change a boolean with a keyboard event
my code is this:
Code:
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, keyPressed);
function keyPressed(evt:KeyboardEvent):void {
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Jul 7, 2009
Is there a possibility to attach a boolean to specific array?
Like for example:
Code:
var flag= true;
var myArray= new Array;
for(i=0; i<myArray.length; i+=1)
[Code]....
I'll need to display that particular item in the array if it returns "true" in the flag.
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Been trying to get a flash map to zoom in and out but I can't seem to get it working, it'll zoom in fine, but not zoom out.I'm zooming into a particular area of a map (Uganda in this example) with a function for a button, I'm using a boolean value to check if I am zoomed in and it registers whether it's true or false (checking with a dynamic textbox). [code]
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Nov 9, 2009
having an issue with a variable set. It is set as a string to default "no" on the very first frame of my movie, as follows:
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Within my movie, there is an object. When this object is pressed, it is to change the _root.myaccess="yes"; I am tracing the variable within the movie clip and it shows me: I do not understand why it is changing my string definitition from "no" to false. Because of this, my variable does not seem to change to "yes' on object (button) pressed.
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Apr 15, 2009
I know this doesn't work, but basically, I'm looking at something like this:
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because I know I can abbreviate stuff like
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May 21, 2009
I'm using the following array to storing multiple variables for similar movieclips: public var ballPlaced:Array = new Array(false, false, false); ....however, its not storing the boolean value properly in the array? I'm using the following code in the ZoneFill and ZoneEmpty to assign it a value of true or false, e.g;
[Code]....
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Jul 17, 2011
Should I do it like this:
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}
or
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I thought I saw that flex/as3 does an internal check on booleans before they are assigned to make sure you are re-assigning stuff but I can't find it to confirm.
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Jul 26, 2006
I'm pulling data from an xml file. How do I convert a String value to a Boolean.
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Jan 24, 2011
Currently I have a rotating globe with 2 buttons. when i click on "right" button, it will go to next frame. when i click on "left button", it will go to prev frame. I have no problem making it rotating fully.
But now I'm trying to make the globe rotate itself when I mouse over the button. And globe will stop when I mouse out.
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Apr 14, 2011
I'm sure it's possible I'm just writing it wrong. Can anybody clue me in the correct way of writing it? I get compiler errors this way...
ActionScript Code:
for(b=0; b<=15; b++)
{
var ["ping" + b]:Boolean = false;
}
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Jul 7, 2009
Is there a possibility to attach a boolean to specific array? Like for example:
[Code]...
I'll need to display that particular item in the array if it returns "true" in the flag.
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Oct 29, 2009
I've been trying to get a flash map to zoom in and out but I can't seem to get it working, it'll zoom in fine, but not zoom out I'm zooming into a particular area of a map (Uganda in this example) with a function for a button, I'm using a boolean value to check if I am zoomed in and it registers whether it's true or false (checking with a dynamic textbox). [code]
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Mar 2, 2010
I have an AS3 program that is loading an external XML file. I seem to be having a problem setting Boolean values from the nodes with true or false in them. When I set a Boolean var from a node in the XML it always traces as true. When I trace out all of the XML I can see that those nodes do indeed say false, but the trace shows true. I don't seem to have this problem with uint and String, only Boolean.
Code:
<question type="multichoice" number="">
<msbref>
<textnode>1</textnode>
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I have four possible directions on a grid (right, left, up, down) and I've already determined how to make a Boolean array to determine which positions are possible, returning something like (true, true, false, true). What I'm trying to figure out now is how to randomly choose one of these without choosing a false one. I've tried several permutations of If and While to no avail.
This is the closest I've gotten:
var rOrient:int = Math.floor(Math.random()*orientArray.length);
var orientDecider:int = 4;
while (orientDecider >=3) {
[Code].....
but the problem is, that by splicing the Falses from my Array, I can no longer match up the index number to (Right, Left, Up, Down).
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Aug 31, 2009
I have started my movie with the var "nowPlaying" to be true because "mySuper_mc" will be playing at start. I have then created a Timer function that will tell the "mySuper_mc" to stop playing after given amount of time and to also set "nowPlaying" variable to false, however the setting the variable to false doesn't seem to work. I can mouse over in the begging of the movie before the timer has stopped it and will still get the trace statement that "The Movie Is Stopped"
PHP Code:
stop();
var stopTime:Timer = new Timer(500);
var nowPlaying:Boolean = true;
[code]....
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I want to trigger a sound from my Library (linkage is: INM_Alarm). I have a problem with the code below. When I click the button a second time the sound should stop, but I get an error like this:
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at M_fla::MainTimeline/alarmFunction()[M_fla.MainTimeline::frame1:48]
Code:
alarm_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, alarmFunction);
var sndAlarm:SoundChannel;
var alarmPlaying:Boolean = true;
function alarmFunction(evt:MouseEvent):void{
if(alarmPlaying){
var sndAlarm:INM_Alarm= new INM_Alarm();
sndAlarm.play();
[Code] ......
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May 4, 2009
I would like to toggle my boolean value when I click my button. My boolean var looks like this: var playAllOn:Boolean = false; Then I have a button that calls a function to set the playAllOn to the boolean value it currently is not. So, if for example if playAllOn is false, I would like to call:
[Code]....
I know I could do this with an ifStatement in the myToggleBtn.onRelease, but am wondering if there is a better more efficient way to write this. Something like setPlayAllBtn(!= playAllOn); <!-- Obviously that one does not work...
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