i need help with a game i am creating. In this game i hope to have this man
walking down the street shooting things comming at him, i have managed to get
him firing and shooting, BUT, i want him to stop at the edge of the road, i
can't fgure out how to do this. I have already made the road a seperate symbol
and used
onClipEvent(load){
myBounds = _root.road.getBounds(_root);
startDrag(this, true, myBounds.xMin, myBounds.yMin, myBounds.xMax,
myBounds.yMax);
}

this works, but, i dont want it to be dragged around the screen, i want it so
when you press the arrow keys he moves, i have achieved this, and when he gets
to the edge of the road he stops...how do i do this, i am not a master of flash
so it's probably just a silly error on my part.

Alo while im here i want to ask, is there any way in which i can make the
bullets independant of where the gun barrel is pointing, at the moment it
follows the direction the barrel goes, even after fired (i have used a rollOver
action to make it move and put the bullet fire inside he barrel mc)
ok, so i need answers, and i hope i've made it clear what i want cause i
might not have...thankyou.

For the first question, look up hitTest() in the ActionScript dictionary
(should be under MovieClip methods). For the second problem, you could use
attachMovie() to create a copy of your bullet on to the stage. And then you
could use an onEnterFrame handler for each bullet that is created. But before I
can help you any further, I suggest you look up these two MovieClip methods.

You can use hitTest. For example, add this script in place of your current
code, for dragging:

onClipEvent (mouseMove) {
if(_root.road.hitTest(_root._xmouse,_root._ymouse,true)){
_x = _parent._xmouse;
_y = _parent._ymouse;
}
}

As long as the mouse is touching the road, the clip can move to where the
mouse is, since the mouse is on the road.

ocourse...thanks...but umm...what if i didnt want it to foillow my mouse, what
if i just want to use the keyboard to move him left and right and stop at the
edge of the road?...i know it probably seems obvious but...i have no clue

If your man movieclip doesnt have an instance name, open up the properties
panel and type in: man_mc for the <Instance Name>. If he does, just replace
man_mc with the correct instance name in the code below. Place this script on
the frame that holds your man.

//Determines how many pixels the man will move while a key is down.
man_mc.speed = 5
//Create a listener object to 'listen' for onKeyDown event.
lo = new Object();
lo.onKeyDown = function(){
//Create variables to determine how much to move in _x and _Y
var movey = 0;
var movex = 0;
//Depending on what arrow keys are pressed, increase/decrease
//movex and movey
if(Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)){
movex-=man_mc.speed;
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)){
movex+=man_mc.speed;
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.UP)){
movey-=man_mc.speed;
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)){
movey+=man_mc.speed;
}
//Move the man to the new location
man_mc._x+=movex;
man_mc._y+=movey;
//But if the man isn't on the road anymore...
if(!man_mc.hitTest(_root.road)){
//Move him back!
man_mc._x-=movex;
man_mc._y-=movey;
}
}
//Make the listener object 'listen' to the keys
Key.addListener(lo);

Don't forget to get rid of the old code!

IT WORKS!!!...thankyou so much thankyou thankyou....

You're welcome. I would add more to the move script...

for ex:

if(Key.isDown(Key.SPACE)){
bullet_counter++;