now each following post will have a lesson related to the posts title written at the top, understanding of a further post may not be possible unless you read all previous posts or have decent mastery of actionscript. there will be 2 parts to each post, one in as2, on in as3.

LESSON ONE
Moviclips

make 2 movieclips to start off,

Movieclip1 - a long rectangle
name: 'mc_obj_ground'
instance: 'ground'

Movieclip2 - a square
name: 'mc_char_main'
instance: 'player'

thats it.

the next post will have the next lesson.

CHARACTER CODE:

onClipEvent (load) {
speed = 5;
gravity = 0;
r = _height / 2;
jumping = false;
jumpheight = 10;
}

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT))
{
_x += speed;
}

if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT))
{
_x -= speed;
}

if (Key.isDown(Key.UP) && !jumping)
{
gravity = -jumpheight;
jumping = true;
}

if (!_root.ground.hitTest(_x, _y, true))
{
gravity++;
_y += gravity;
}
else
{
jumping = false;
gravity = 0;
}

while (_root.ground.hitTest(_x, _y - 1 + r, true))
{
jumping = false;
_y--;
}
}

ENEMY CODE:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (this.hitTest(_root.character))
{
_root.hp -= 5;
}
}

HP BAR CODE:

onClipEvent(enterFrame){
this._xscale = root.hp;
if(_root.hp < 0){
_root.hp = 0;
_root.gotoAndPlay(2)
}

}

FRAME CODE:

_root.hp = 100

I need the codes for the spring and for talking with other figures in the game.

Thnx!
PS The main Hero of the game is now my Avatar!

import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;

function Movement(event):void
{
if (leftMove == true)
{
player.x -= xspeed;
}
if (rightMove == true)
{
player.x += xspeed;
}
}

VideoGuy has his own method, which is probably better, but this is the LAZY mans method! now im gonna start working on incorporating friction, then ill add ground gravity etc. anyone wanna use this as an AS3 thread, feel free to. oh, a AS3 is too hard!

is there an action i can use that basically says that when your on frame 2 u cant go back to frame 1? not like stop(); though.

ex. Im creating a skating game, and when my skater goes on the rail, if you dont press the right arrow, you fall, but when the right arrow is pressed after i fall, he goes back to the grind animation.

Any Solution?

Help Would be much Appreciated.

Im working on a platform game and im having trouble with slope!

my player walks on the slope, but he goes way too fast and he dosnt stay on the ground when going down the slope ( he stays on while going up ). And he jiggles when he is not running.

How do i fix these things?

here is the fla. (flash 8, AS2)

File: http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/150310/16024_stickman_odo_5.fla

here is what i have so far

http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/150310/16108_stickman_odo_5.php

Here's the link, so tell me what you guys think. And please read the description and tell me which vars fit for you.

So, i need help to start. Which is the best (preferably free) program, how does the basics work, etc.
Thanks in advance! ^_^"

After many sleepless nights and playless days (awesome saying ) I finally got something to work, here:
http://niallmeister.deviantart.com/art/Angular-Constraints-Ragdoll-D-98131989

It's not of much importance to you guys, but I just wanted to show off a bit.
Technically I cheated a bit and instead of using angular constraints I used invisible springs between joints, but it's still cool I think.

I MIGHT give out the source at some point but after the work I put into it I'm not sure.

So yeah, I'm happy

Discuss?

I have one level (designed by AP) that is very large. What I'd like to do is split it up into for separate MCs, then load the correct MC for the area the character is in. I would think the best way to set that up would be to have some sort of trigger that tells the next MC to load, but I'm not sure how to set that up.

I don't use any virtual cameras in my game. Just simply moving the level around (the character stays in a constant position). Should I try to implement a real camera, or can I still use this method?

And I use AS1, so I most AS2 answers work, but AS3 doesn't

I need to make a small minigame....and i would like it to be almost an exact clone of the game "FallDown" (the flash game where the ball drops constantly, and you try to get it through a gap on the screen). this type of mini game was used in loads of other games, like grid16, and one of the four second games.

if anyone could help me make this game, i will put their name in the credits of my next game, and i will like them forever and ever and ever

thanks