Adobe ActionScript is the open source multiparadigm language supporting object oriented, imperative, structural and functional programming and used within Adobe Flash Platform. ActionScript 3 is a dialect of ECMAScript, targeted for Adobe Flash Player 9 and higher.
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Using timer to reverse enemy movement in Flash game made with Flixel
I am creating a 2d flash game using Flixel 2.5 in Flash Builder. I am trying to reverse enemy movement on an interval so that they will move back and forth over a set space. I felt that a timer would ...
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Help for choosing a cost effective game server for Flash client
I am developing a flash-based game primarily for desktops, to be hosted on facebook platform (like cityville, sims social etc). The gameplay doesn't involve real-time communication between players ...
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Extract derived 3D scaling from a 3D Sprite to set to a 2D billboard
I am trying to get the derived position and scaling of a 3D Sprite and set them to a 2D Sprite.
I have managed to do the first part like this:
var p:Point = sprite3d.local3DToGlobal(new ...
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Tile-based maps in AS3
I want to make a tile-based platformer in AS3.
I want my game to read an external maps file (in xml or json or somethimg similar) to draw a tile-based map.
I've seen loads of tutorials for this in ...
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Virtual Camera preventing correct use of Touch Events
http://www.youtube.com/embed/jkk0k6HvDa4
How come when I try to use e.stageX and e.stageY the virtual camera messes the coordinates up? (watch video)
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Smart terrain generation to avoid unconnected tiles
To make this clear from the get go;
I'm not looking for HOW To randomly generate a terrain (I know I can use Perlins noise for that).
I'm looking for an algorithm that can help with the terrain ...
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AS3 Rect-Rect Collision
Basically, my game has the player's attack hitbox change based on the attack being performed. I tried to make a simple collision test that takes an enemy's coordinates and have it check to see if it's ...
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as3 3D camera lookat
I'm making a 3D camera scene in Flash, draw using drawTriangles() and rotated and translated using a Matrix3D. I've got the camera to look after a specific point, but only on the Y-axis, using the x ...
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Use of FlxG.camera.follow to follow a character vertically
I am developing a prototype for a game in Flixel in which a character floats upward continually to traverse the level. I would like to have a "tall" layout for levels and set the FlxG.camera to follow ...
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What are the best practices for Flash / Server communication? [closed]
Most social games (web) these days are in Flash with a lot of server intensive processes. What are the best practices to talk to the server end using flash in the context of social games?
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Is there a way to squash/stretch a sprite based on an angle?
I have a ball that can move along any angle, and I want to squash and stretch it based on this angle.
To be clear, if you dropped the ball down at a -90 angle, the squash would be all along the y, and ...
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How to determine mouse position outside stage, and center the cursor?
I was wondering if it is possible to have my flash game determine the position of the mouse, even when the cursor is not inside the stage.
My movie clip should move horizontally between x = 100 and ...
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Smudge and Erase Image using Flash and AS3
I am developing an app where in I have to smudge and erase a portion of the image which is loaded on stage.
The logic I am using is adding two Images on stage one above the other.
I am able to ...
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Hello World with FlashDevelop, Flixel, AS3: uneffective SWF macro
I just started with FlashDevelop and Flixel, and I already have a question. I created this basic hello world:
package
{
import org.flixel.*;
[SWF(width = "640", height = "480", ...
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ScaleX and Y for stretching MovieClip
I'm developing a game, and the game has a shop. In that shop there is an option for a house expansion. This is a movieclip that I want the user to be able to spend their coins to increase their ...
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Error 2007 after gotoAndStop [closed]
My most unfavorite errors, error 2007 and error 1009.
TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter hitTestObject must be non-null.
at flash.display::DisplayObject/_hitTest()
at ...
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An “AABB Physics Engine” [closed]
I've been working on the physics for my 2D game and for the past two weeks it's been doing my head in. I wanted something a little more complicated than what you see in 2D platformers, but I wanted to ...
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Walk to nearest attackable range node
My game has 3D environment which is partitioned in 2d cells(nodes). I have implemented A* for path finding.
Now I am just breaking my head to how to implement the algorithm to move the hero to the ...
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AS3 UML Tools other than Crocus Modeller [closed]
I have been using Crocus Modeller a lot this past year, and it's been great. It's the first UML tool I've used, and so I don't know how it compares, but it seems to work very well. However, today I ...
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Importing a transparent image to flash [closed]
How do I import an image that has transparent background to flash and give it class and use addChild to show it on the screen? Transparent background should stay transparent.
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How could you create climbing movement in a 2D platformer?
Basically what I want to do is have a playable character that is able to "walk" on an organic surface at any angle, including sideways and upside-down. By "organic" I mean I want my levels to have ...
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Moving player in Box2d without forces
How do I move player with keyboard without applying forces? If I do playerBody.setLinearVelocity(new B2Vec2(0, 2)) it moves the player but when I release the key for movement, the ball is continuously ...
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Strategy for controlling the physics of a bike
I'm new(ish) to Actionscript 3 and I was wondering what the code what would be like for controlling the bike in a game.
How would the animation of the bike work? Would I have to create a bike ...
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Best practice for organizing/storing character/monster data in an RPG?
Synopsis: Attempting to build a cross-platform RPG app in Adobe Flash Builder and am trying to figure out the best class hierarchy and the best way to store the static data used to build each of the ...
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Orbiting multiple objects evenly around a changing radius
I have multiple objects (circles) and I want to place them in a circle, with even distance between each one, and have them orbit the center of the screen.
If I remove one object, I want the orbit ...
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Use an external sprite or image file in flixel game in flashbuilder
Is there any way to use an external image/sprite file for the graphic of a FlxSprite instance?
Say I declare my player FlxSprite as follows:
player = new FlxSprite(FlxG.width/2 - 5);
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Use FlxAnim to Animate a FlxSprite in Flixel on FlashBuilder
I am trying to animate a FlxSprite, whose image I loaded from an embedded sprite sheet. I instantiate the sprite like this:
// embedding a png file given a relative path
...
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Change the tilemap shown on stage in Flixel
I am building a simple platformer using Flixel, beginning with the source code from Flixel creator's EZPlatformer . I would like to adjust the level's tilemap when the player sprite enters/overlaps ...
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LAN game in Actionscript 3
I know this may be a somewhat dumb idea, but is there any "easy" resource that anyone can point me towards that shows how to set up a simple LAN connection in an Actionscript application? I only need ...
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What's a good Flash game development tutorial, in FlashDevelop, for an absolute beginner?
Ok, here's my situation: I'm tutoring a 14yo homeschooled student with very little previous programming experience, and I'd like to teach her how to program. I think that Flash Actionscript 3 is a ...
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Flixel level ceases to show on screen
I was following along with the EZPlatformer flixel tutorial(with some of my own modifications), and suddenly find that my level is not appearing on screen. I am unable to detect any changes I could ...
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How can I develop Flash games without expensive software?
I've been playing with writing flash games in my spare time, but up to this point, I've just been using a trial version of Adobe Flash Professional. I'm aware of FlashDevelop, but their documentation ...
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Socket.io v.9 with Actionscript
I'm attempting to develop an online multiplayer game using Node.js for the server and Flash to display the client.
I've been reading up a bit and have found quite a few recommendations for the ...
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Zelda like multiplayer combat
I have in mind coding a multiplayer game with a similar combat to zelda's. Since i will use flash, i'm limited to use TCP. My question is, is this goal possible? It's not as fast-paced as some ...
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How do I create a game that runs on Windows, iOS and Android?
I use C++ to create windows games and now I want to step into another other OS like Android or iOS. I'm totally familiar with C++ so I tried to create app for iOS using objective C it was working ...
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box2D simulation doesn't work [closed]
has been a while since last time i used box2D, and i needed to make some stuff, and i saw that my simulation don't worked (compiles, but do anything). i haven't been able to even have working the ...
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Stage3D engine with FlashPlayer 10 compatible (no wmode setting) fallback to software Rendering
https://github.com/pshtif/Genome2D/downloads ist the only Stage3D engine with FlashPlayer 10 compatible (no wmode setting) fallback to software Rendering i am aware of.
Unfortunatly they drop this ...
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Can anyone explain step-by-step how the as3isolib depth-sorts isometric objects?
The library manages to depth-sort correctly, even when using items of non-1x1 sizes. I took a look through the code but it's a big project to go through line by line!
There are some questions about ...
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Create and use a Button class on AS3.0
I am currently working on a game and it is all going well.
On the shop screen there are several buttons that affect the player's stats for when the player restarts the game.
The button's names (with ...
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Can't click on a button with startDrag() active on stage
I need to know how can I enable mouse click on a button when I have a MouseEvent listener for the stage.
I have an MClip associated with the mouse cursor:
Mouse.hide();
scope.startDrag(true);
And ...
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Collision Detection fails with AI cars
I am making a car parking game in flash and AS3 wherein I drive my car along with other AI traffic cars moving along a specified path using Guidelines.
I am using CDK for collision detection.
The ...
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How do I check on non-transparent pixels in a bitmapdata?
I'm still working on my window cleaning game from one of my previous questions
I marked a contribution as my answer, but after all this time I can't get it to work and I have to many questions about ...
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Help needed throwing a ball in AS3
I'm working on a flash game, coding on the time line.
What I'm trying to accomplish is the following:
With the mouse you swing and throw/release a ball which bounces against the walls and eventualy ...
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Best way to generate pieces in match-3 games, and then tracking them?
I've been working on a match-3 style game in Actionscript using Flixel, and so far, I've been able to build the core mechanics of the game, including board generation, piece generation, piece swapping ...
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Flick Kick like game with box2d and flash as3
What would be the best approach for creating a game like flick kick with box2d and AS3?.
To make my self more clear, what i would like to do is to use the physics of box2d in the z-axis, i know that ...
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How to add a ramp in a flash game?
I am a huge novice and this isn't really a programming question, but here I go, say I want to make a game that involves rolling up a ramp like this one:
to move upwards, similar to how it would work ...
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Is ActionScript 3 used by Serious Indie Developers? [closed]
This question is for dedicated independent game developers:
My dream is to be a game developer. I am a senior in high school who has taken Computer Science for all four years. I have used Java the ...
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RTS-style fog of war woes
So I'm trying to make an RTS-style line of sight fog of war style engine for my grid based game. Currently I am getting a set of vertices by raycasting in 360 degree. Then I use that list of vertices ...
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Why I'm getting the same result when deleting target?
In the following code we use target in the function:
moon.mouseEnabled = false;
sky0.addChild(moon);
addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onDrag, false, 0, true);
...
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Panning a 3d viewport in 2d direction with rotated camera
I am using below code to pan the viewport (action script 3 code using flare3d framework)
_mainCamera.x-= Input3D.mouseXSpeed;
_mainCamera.z+= Input3D.mouseYSpeed;
Where as Input3D.mouse[X|Y]Speed ...
