How do you make game controls in actionscript so when i push something like down arrow the objest will go the direction I pushed the button. I am using flash mx if that has to do with anything................... ...more >>

Okay going to keep it short, the less I type the more sense it will make. I'm making an xml-scroll and I'm using this tutorial: http://www.purephotoshop.com/article/112 I got my xml working just fine and I understand all the code using the for loop and the incrementing of the newname fie...more >>

Hi There I am currently loading movies into various layers in a container swf using the LoadMovie() function. I then need to get access to a movie on a particular layer and change variable values. I don't know what movie is currently on the layer and need to access it at runtime. How do ...more >>

I am trying to programatically detect all of the instance names that are part of a movie clip. I assume that I would be able to get an array of instance names and then iterate through the stack doing a "instanceof" comparison of all of the objects. The question is how to I get all of the insta...more >>

I am going to program an arcade game and there are 3 things i want to know. 1. How can i make my guy shoot a laser beam (bullet). 2. How can i make the laser beam hit an opponent. 3. How can i make my guy stop walking when he hits a wall or other debris. ...more >>

I wish to pass a variable out of flash into a cold fusion pages So far no luck. test = "verified"; function sendVariables(){ lv = new LoadVars (); lv.test = test; lv.send("http://www.domain.com/folder/act_receive.cfm") } getURL("http://www.domain.com/folder/act_receive.cfm"); ...more >>

Hi There, Although I am not new to Flash, I am new to the Actionscript routines. My question is as follows: I am in the process of making a computer adventure game, which combines a series of 3d renders with animated sequences. Flash MX 2004, with all its power, can make producing th...more >>

hi, i am trying to load a pop up window to show an enlarged picture. I would like this window to be the exact size of the picture ie width=394,height=600 It is meant to be loaded from a button in the main .swf on this button, i have: // on (release) { getURL ("javascript:NewWindow=windo...more >>

Hi there, i'm trying to use geturl option al my buttons are working like that but only this one, is bugging me if you go to www.club2b.com and then to Stream, then click on Media player this one is no working fine how come? here is the code i use on (release) { getURL("http://www.cl...more >>

HI, What action script do I attach to a button symbol to open an HTML page in a new browser window at a specific size? Thanks a lot...more >>

when i add a preloader to my site it doesnt load properly. its skips the loader and goes to the last frame or another random frame. i dont get it. ive tried many different preloaders. and tested them in the fla they came with. just when i put it in my one something goes wrong... any ideas? ...more >>

I'm running flash mx 2004 on windows xp.... On some tutorials when they are working with the actionscript panel the panel has features that my panel does not. For instance when the tutorial shows how to use the get url script it shows on the action script panel, an entry section for URL: ,WIN...more >>

I'm running flash mx 2004 on windows xp.... On some tutorials when they are working with the actionscript panel the panel has features that my panel does not. For instance when the tutorial shows how to use the get url script it shows on the action script panel, an entry section for URL: ,WIN...more >>

....i'm a bit confused - can i load a 12fps movie into my main (which is 25fps)? will either be affected in anyway? tia ...more >>

I've seen this addressed once or twice here but with no real answer. I need a preloader for a flash movie that has sound files called via action script ...so that means despite putting in a preloader - flash is loading the files first so the preloader is useless. As i said the sounds are cal...more >>

Hey all... I have a single flash movie, consisting of one scene (ex: scene one). Within my .swf I have a mc for my navigation upon which I placed an invisible button with the following actionscript: on(release) { gotoAndPlay("topicOne"); } The frame label "topicOne" is actually ...more >>

I've seen a lot of games done in flash, but they are all done like pacman or spaceinvaders. Does anyone knows are there any games like first person shooter or anything more complex? Thanks Luka ...more >>

I am surprised I have not come across this before, but I am desperate to find out how to have a button stop a movie instance on labeled frames within the movie. I now how to tell target and goto and that...but this movie is a loop with particular frames I have labelled. I want to be able to pr...more >>