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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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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Enemy collision detection with movie clips
I have created multiple movieclips with animations within them. It is an obstacle avoidance game and I cannot seem to be able to get my enemies to contact my playableCharacter. The enemies I have ...
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Basic AI FSM - Handling state transition
I'm starting to study on how to implement game AI, and it seems to me that a very simple FSM for my Pong demo would be a nice way to start.
My vision on implementing this would be to have a basic ...
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This for array colllision function doesn't work with anything but first object in array [closed]
For some reason, this simple simple loop is totally broken.
(characterSheet is my character Class, it's just a movieClip with some extra functionality)
(hitBox, is basically a square movieclip)
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Setting up speedtests in Actionscript 3 for an entire game
I'm very new to this so please forgive the questions possibly ill-stated nature.
Firstly is this even a valid way to speedtest:
public function L1() {
tree.x = 200;
tree.y = 200;
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AS3 Internal preloader (one swf) for flash game with Embeded() images?
So I am using the Flash IDE.
And I am trying to make a preloader on Frame 1 so that it displays and loads progress before anything else is exported/loaded. So all my assets from the Library are on ...
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AS3 Replay all the child timelines?
Flash CS5 AS3
Is there a way to reset all the timelines while/if the Frame 1 en Scene 1 is called?
I happen to have lots symbols with timelines, if I gotoAndPlay Scene 1 frame 1, most symbols won't ...
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Help with AABB collision detection [closed]
making my first attempts at implementing AABB collision. I got it to work...kinda. I've run into an odd issue I cant seem to fix.
Basically when the objects overlap, I push one out. The pushing part ...
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Camera in Flash
Im having a hard time trying to work out how to implement a smooth camera in flash.
In something like openGL i would use a transformation matrix to move the camera around the scene.
However with ...
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Industry standard to output multiple sized sprite sheets?
I have to take out three different sized sprite sheets for that I have three different fla files. Obviously mantaining 3 files takes more time than one. I was wondering is there an industry standard ...
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Are Flash AMF calls blocking on AS3 client side?
Are Flash AMF calls blocking on AS3 client side i.e. Do they block the client till the response is returned from the server side? What is the underlying transport protocol used for AMF, If it is HTTP ...
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Make colour change depending on time
I'm making a Flash game (ActionScript 3) and for dynamics I'd like to make the background change colour depending on the clients' time of day.
I have a rough idea on how I want to do this,
At ...
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How do I get the child of a unique parent in ActionScript?
My question is about targeting a child with a unique parent. For example. Let's say I have a box people can move called box_mc and 3 platforms it can jump on called:
Platform_1
Platform_2
Platform_3
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How to check the device type using Adobe AIR for iOS
How do I check what kind of device the user is running my Adobe AIR app on?
Example: if(device == ipad3) { stagestuff.width = 300; }
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Flash game made with Flixel does not appear when using regular zoom [closed]
I am having an issue getting my Flash game (made using the Flixel library) to display when I use Zoom = 1 in the call to Super() in the game's constructor.
I have made a map using Dame which is ...
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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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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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Coordinates user taps
I am using e.stageX and e.stageY to locate the user tap, only I have a vcam that constantly changes the view, until eventually off the stage. Is there another way to do this? Like e.SomeMovieclip.x ...
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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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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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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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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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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: Camera pans the whole screen
I am trying to create a 2D Stage3D game where you can move the camera around the level in an RTS style. I thought about using Orthographic Matrix3D functions for this but when I try to scroll 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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Read an object from compressed file generated from ActionScript 3 [closed]
I have made a simple game Map Editor and I want to save a array that contain map tile info to a file, as below:
var arr:Array = [.....2d tile info in it...];
var ba:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
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Affect movieclip scale from a .as doc to another [closed]
I've been working on a game following a tutorial on the internet, the game is an avoider where you have the Avatar, that has to avoid the objects that fall.
The way it is made is: I have a ...
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How to code a 4x shader/filter which emulates arcade crt display behavior?
I want to write a shader/filer probably in adobe Pixel Bender that will do the best job possible in emulating the fill of an oldskul monochromatic arcade CRT screen. Much like this here:
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Faking Display tree (Sprite) parent child relationships with rasters (BitmapData) in ActionScript 3
I am working with Rasters (bitmapData) and blliting (copypixels) in a 2d-game in actionscript 3. I like how you can move a sprite and it moves all it's children, and you can simultaneously move the ...
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Is there is IO text files in actionscript2 or 3?
i tried actionscript recently,am little scared
i want to make a game that input a word from about 3000 randomly,
do actionscript support that,or
should i try another language?
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Stage3D Agal Anti-Aliasing
I created an engine which draws 2D planes in the Stage3D API in Actionscript 3. And my question is, how do I turn all anti-aliasing off, because when I scale it all the pixels get really blurry, and ...
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Pac - Man game collision ActionScript 3.0
I'm making a very simple Pac - Man game and have everything working except for a small bug. I'm using a grid based system where Pac - Man can only move if the tiles in front of him are open. ...
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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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How do I create a Dynamic Text Button AS3?
I am having difficulties creating a button that has Dynamic text in it for my interactive quiz game.
The text on the button has to change to show a selectable answer based off of what the current ...
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Tutorial on creating simple fighting like Mortal Kombat in ActionScript 3.0 [closed]
I'm looking for a simple tutorial on creating a side-on fighting game like Mortal Kombat, but at its most simplest. So two fighters on a stage (one looking right and the other looking left) and the ...
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AS3: StageWidth for BOX2D?
I know BOX2D uses meters, and AS3 uses pixels.
I'm trying to create objects which are limited to the stageWidth.
If I do this variable:
for (var i:int = 0; i<(stage.stageWidth); i++){...}
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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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Dropping multiple objects using an array in Actionscript?
I'm trying to get these fireBalls to drop more often, I'm not sure if I'm using Math.random correctly.
Also, for some reason I'm getting a null reference because I think the fireBalls array waits for ...
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I need a book to continue experimenting with ActionScript 3
I am a CS student who finished his third year in school, and I'm interested in game development. This summer, I bought a book named "Foundation Game Design with Flash" by Rex Van Der Spuy. I'm halfway ...
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What is faster, TimerEvent.TIMER or if(timer.running)?
In my game, I'm trying to prevent lag. I have timers for pushback. I'm using if(pushtimer.running), but is it faster to do pushtimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER)?
Basically, should I add a ...
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as3 game levels : frame to frame
which is easy and comfortable when programming a flash game levels. I ask this question for that because if I use frame to frame I will need to write code for each frame code area so the main class ...
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Flixel or Pygame for a small game? [closed]
I have some experience in Bash and Python, Lua.
I've always wanted to try and make point & click quest games. Most
quest games I loved aesthetically and gameplay wise were made with
Flash.
So ...
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How to use an object created in a function in other functions? [closed]
I am making a game where i want to be able to shoot zombies to make their health go down, but i get a null property error on objb.
i have declared abjb and objz as Object variables
Here is my code ...
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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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What technologies were used to create “Dueling Network”?
I want to make a similar browser online multiplayer game like "Dueling Network" (link below) but for a different TCG.
What technologies you believe they used to create it?
Could anyone kindly refer ...
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Random AI movement on tiles [closed]
To make things quick, I have an arrangement of tiles that a player and an enemy are on.
public static var floor1:Array = new Array(7);
floor1[0] = [0,1,1,1,1,1,0];
floor1[1] = ...
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AS3: Handle collision with ground. Velocity's and hitTestObject() [closed]
I'm working on a sidescroller game but i'm having issues with my screen region and collisions.
I will just stick to 1 problem because once this is fixed i can probably also fix my screen so it scrolls ...
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Help with tile-based collision [closed]
I've been working on a 2D platformer using Flash. I've managed to get the collision detection working, but its not exactly perfect. Below is the code I'm using
//Get the speed of the player
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Any multiplayer webgame engine based on Flex
My team is developing a multiplayer webgame (like a virtual world) in a short time(several months using after-school time), and I wonder if there are any webgame engine based on Flex.
When I googled ...
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Calc direction vector based on destination vector and distance from enemy in AS3
I'm working on a zombie game in AS3 where I want a character to be able to move away from a zombie depending upon how close the zombie is. The character also has a destination that it's trying to get ...
