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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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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Best practices when coding a TD [closed]
I was thinking about what technical challenges could appear when coding a Tower Defense like game.
Some thoughts were: (creeps = the ones that want to go trough the level)
What approach could be ...
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In general terms, how does a peer-to-peer game model work? [closed]
after some time of playing with Cirrus (a P2P model communication between users) I could made a simple game.
However, the game is turn based, so, it works like this:
Player A sends a message
Player ...
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Packet handling system architecture?
I'm working on a multiplayer Flash game (ActionScript 3) with an accompanying server written in Python and I'd like some tips regarding networking, and specifically, the handling of packets and ...
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What are the advantages and challenges of using HaXe over ActionScript 3?
I read this:
http://webr3.org/blog/haxe/bitmapdata-vectors-bytearrays-and-optimization/
And this:
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Setting a Box2D Bodies Center?
How do I set the center of a fixture/body consisting of multiple shapes (triangles)?
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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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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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How to Generate Spritesheet from a 'problematic' animated Symbol in Flash Pro CS6?
In the new Flash Pro CS6 there is an option to generate spriteheet from a symbol. I used these tutorials:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/using-sprite-sheet-generator.html
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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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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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Increasing height increases width
I have a game, where the user presses a button to spend money and increase the height of a Movie Clip. I use the following: height ++.
The problem: When I test this out, it seems the width ...
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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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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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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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How to stretch Movie Clip according to user's touch coordinates?
I have code like this:
touchX = stage.stageX;
touchY = stage.stageY;
I also have a player movieclip that I'm trying to make shoot lasers. So I got the MovieClip to appear and rotate according to ...
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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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X and Y values same as width and height? [closed]
I'm trying to make an expandable box in flash. The registration of down and up is to the left. the registration of left is in the middle. This is the code:
down.width -= 10; up.width -= 10; left.x ...
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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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How can I disable the forward/back buttons in AS3?
How can I disable the Flash player forward and back button in AS3? These buttons make it possible to cheat in my game by moving from level to level.
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add new variable? [closed]
Is it possible to add a variable twice?
For example:
var variable:Movieclip = new MovieClip;
addChild(variable)
addChild(variable)
How would I make it spawn the variable twice?
this code only ...
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addChild with same MovieClip after RemoveChild
I have quite a bit of code like this:
var mov = new movclass;
if(somethinghappens){
addChild(mov);
}
inside the movclass class:
//im not going to put code right now, so just imagine a thirty ...
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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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AS3: Using singletons for sound managers [duplicate]
Is it necessarily a bad thing to use a singleton for a sound manager?
I am having a really tough time determining whether or not I should go ahead and use a singleton (which is easy/it works) or if I ...
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Hide movieclip parts that are out of bounds
I'm making a game where one takes a picture of their face to use on a character. I have them zoom in on the picture, but the bitmapdata extends out of its movieclip. How do I assign bounds to my ...
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Actionscript 3: Which side of object is hit?
I have a two objects colliding with each other. I am testing for the collision with if(ob1.hitTestObject(ob2)){//do something }. Is there a way to determine which side of the object was hit, i.e. if ...
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Develop a 2d isometric mobile game on Flash [closed]
I'm building a game on Flash that will run on web/Android/iOS.
The game is 2d isometric.I heard that developing mobile apps on Flash sucks and the graphics looks just awful.It'd be quite uncomfortable ...
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Type Error for hit testing two objects created with actionscript
I am making a zombie shooter game where I get an error when I try to hit test two objects created with actionscript. Could someone post a possible fix please.
Here is the Error Code;
TypeError: ...
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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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Making the player walk on walls in box2d
I'm making a game in stencil where players walk form left to right along randomly generated walls. I cant use waypoints, since the walls' shapes and positions are unpredictable.
Here's a descriptive ...
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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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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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working in external actionscript file does not show anything on the screen?
I'm writing this code in Flash builder and I tested the file in flash, but nothing appears in the swf file. (no text in the screen show , i don't know why) Is there any missing property in the code? ...
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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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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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How to add a movieclip to the stage then make it move down?
I am making a game where i want to spawn zombies then make them move down the screen. I also want to have multiple on the screen at once. I have tried multiple ways now but none of them have worked.
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Changing colour while keeping gradient
I'm making a Flash game with ActionScript 3 and I have a square with a gradient applied to it. I am trying to programmatically changing the colour of the square depending on time, for example, some ...
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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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Reusable skill class structure
Pretty new to the whole game development scene, but I have experience in other branches of programming. Anyway, I was wondering what methods are used to implement a skill structure. I imagine a skill ...
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Bullet Manager Class
I'm making a game in AS3, and it's a rather simple shooting game because I'm original. Anyway, probably the most subjective question here yet: what is the best way to implement bullets in my game?
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Flixel: Is it possible to use a spritesheet for FlxButtonPlus?
I'm trying to change the graphic on a FlxButtonPlus. I want to get the graphic from a spritesheet. However, if I try the ' regular' way (make an animation and play it), it refuses to use just the part ...
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Revolve FlxSprites Around a Central FlxSprite in Flash Game made with Flixel
I have been working on a Flash game made in Flash Builder using the Flixel library. I have been trying to dynamically create a group of FlxSprites , and revolve them around a player controlled class ...
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Swap Child and Child's Child
Is it possible to use swapChildren() with a child and a child's child? Every time I try, I get this error:
ArgumentError: Error #2025: The supplied DisplayObject must be a child of the caller.
Why ...
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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 ...
