I'm totally new to this and I'm trying to learn by doing. I have some basic skills in c and I've been making small, simple apps for about 2 weeks all by studying other apps and trying to understand how they are built.
I'm trying to make a counter now that is supposed to count people going in or out.
I got everything to work perfectly except for letting the user define the maximum amount. I would like to have the user type in the max amount in the text field and then press a button called start which would give the variable max the value typed in the text box.
Can I get some help with that?
Pseudo code:
mx = Max from User;
nrPersons = 0;
While (Userinput is not ExitProgramm) do
{
if (0 < nrPersons < mx) // allwoed range
{
run your programm that works
}
else
{
if (nrPersons > mx) => take action
if (nrPersons < 0) => take action
}
}
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I am programming a game for fun and to get more familiar with C and GBA mode 3. Though, I have run into an issue.
I have these two blocks on the screen, one is the good guy, the other is the bad guy. When the good guy collides with the bad guy its supposed to remove a life. That is where the problem comes in.
I have this within a while loop that runs the game:
if (plyr_row < enemy_row + enemy_size && plyr_ row
+ plyr_size > enemy_row && plyr_col < enemy_col + enemy_size
&& plyr_size + plyr_col > enemy_col)
{
lives--;
}
The lives do go down, but a lot of lives are taken away while the player is making contact with the enemy. In other words, during contact, the lives drop really fast and I just want to remove one for each time they collide, how can I accomplish that?
You have to use a flag to remember, if a collision is currently happening or not. Something like:
int in_collision = 0; // global flag, initialized to 0 once at start
...
if (plyr_row < enemy_row + enemy_size &&
plyr_row + plyr_size > enemy_row &&
plyr_col < enemy_col + enemy_size &&
plyr_size + plyr_col > enemy_col) {
if (!in_collision) {
in_collision = 1;
lives--;
}
} else {
in_collision = 0;
}
Now, the running collision must stop before another life will be removed on the following collision.
The simplest solution is to maintain a flag IN_COLLISION. You want to remove a life when there is a collision and IN_COLLISION is false.
Then it's a matter of toggling it to true at the first collision detection and then to false when you are not colliding anymore.
Last year was my first successful year in teaching my students to create catch and avoid games in Flash with AS3. This year is getting better. Each year I come here for help at least once.
I'm trying to add shooting into the possibilities for their second game project. I can make the shot happen from the ship, gun, whatever, and make it move, and get rid of it when it is off screen, but have not figured out a clean way to have both the shot and the target go away (removeChild and array.splice) upon collision.
The code I have sort of works, but I keep getting the error,
TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties. at
DropShootV02_fla::MainTimeline/checkShots()
.
Normally I know that this is because of a mismatch between objects and index numbers, but this is related to the call to a second array in removing boxes and bullets.
For simplicity I'll just include the shooting code. Similar organization creates and drops the boxes.
Any help is appreciated. BTW we are not using external script in an AS file.
var shotSpeed = 18;
var shots:Array = new Array();
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.events.Event;
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fireLaser);
function fireLaser(e:MouseEvent):void
{
if (gameOn==true)
{
var shot:Shot=new Shot();
addChild(shot);
shots.push(shot);
shot.gotoAndStop(1);
shot.x = user.x;
shot.y = user.y;
trace(shots.length);
}
}
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moveShot);
function moveShot(e:Event):void
{
for (var i:int=shots.length-1; i>=0; i--)
{
shots[i].y -= shotSpeed;
if (shots[i].y < -25)
{
removeChild(shots[i]);
shots.splice(i,1);
}
}
}
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, checkShots);
function checkShots(e:Event):void
{
for (var i:int=shots.length-1; i>=0; i--)
{
for (var k:int=boxes.length-1; k>=0; k--)
{
if (shots[i].hitTestObject(boxes[k]))
{
if (boxes[i].type == "good")
{
score--;
scoreDisplay.text = "Score:" + score;
}
if (boxes[i].type == "bad")
{
score++;
}
removeChild(boxes[k]);
boxes.splice(k,1);
//if I leave this part out I get no errors,
//but but the bullet goes on to strike again
removeChild(shots[i]);
shots.splice(i,1);
}
}
}
}
Thanks kaarto:
I had tried that previously and kept getting the same error. I used that elsewhere in this game code. Turns out I needed to moderate how often the player was shooting. I changed from shooting with the mouse to using space instead and now the problem is gone. Break is definitely a good one here.
Merge move shot and checkShots in one ENTER_FRAME handler.
I'm needing to make my character land on a ledge and stay there, but it only keeps going straight through it. Would I create an array for all my different ledges and test whenever my character hits them? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Collision detection for floors and stuff is actually alot diffrent from hitTesting in the idea that needs to consistently see that the objects are touching. Try something like this!
//loop through all the platform objects to generate the level
var level:Array = new Array();
for (var i=0; i<numChildren; i++)
{
if (getChildAt(i) is platform)
{
level.push(getChildAt(i).getRect(this));
}
}
for (i=0; i<level.length; i++)
{
if (player.getRect(this).intersects(level[i]))
{
if (speedX > 0) ////moving right collision and stuffs
{
player.x = level[i].left-player.width/2;
}
if (speedX < 0) ////moving left collision and stuffs
{
player.x = level[i].right+player.width/2;
}
speedX = 0 //kills the speed
}
}
speedX is the speed at which the characters move horizontally, and "platform" is the name of the variable that you're using as the cliff. Also, "player" can be substituted by whatever you are calling your object that's going onto the ledge. That's how I did it in one of my computer classes anyways :) Hope that helps!
I had a hard time trying to word my question properly, so i'm sorry if it seems confusing. Also i'm using the flixel library in flash builder. It may not be that important butcause probably anyone that knows a little more than me or even a little AS3 could probably see what i'm doing wrong.
Anyway, what i'm trying to do is basically create 10 instances of this square object I made. all I have to do is pass it an x an y coordinate to place it and it works. so ive tested if i just do:
var testsquare:Bgsq;
testsquare = new Bgsq(0,0);
add(testsquare);
it works fine and adds a square at 0,0 just like i told it to, but i want to add 10 of them then move the next one that's created 25 px to the right (because each square is 25px)
my problem is that I only ever see 1 square, like it's only making 1 instance of it still.
anyone possibly have an idea what I could be doing wrong?
var counter:int = 0;
var bgsqa:Array = new Array;
for (var ibgs:int = 0; ibgs < 10; ibgs++)
{
bgsqa[counter] = new Bgsq(0,0);
bgsqa[counter].x += 25;
add(bgsqa[counter]);
counter++;
}
There's a lot you're doing wrong here.
First off, you're using a pseudo-iterator (counter) to access array elements through a loop instead of, well, using the iterator (ibgs).
Second, I don't see anything in the array (bgsqa) you're iterating through. It's no wonder you're having problems. Here's what you should do.
var bgsqa:Array = [];
for(var i:int=0;i<10;i++)
{
var bgsq:Bgsq = new Bgsq(i * 25, 0);
add(bgsq);
bgsqa.push(bgsq);
}
That should probably do it if your post is accurate.
for (var ibgs:int = 0; ibgs < 10; ibgs++)
{
bgsqa[counter] = new Bgsq(0,0);
bgsqa[counter].x = counter * 25;
add(bgsqa[counter]);
counter++;
}
They start at 0, so applying += is simply adding 25 to 0. This should do the trick.
I was working on a test project that I will later incorporate into a much larger work that is a simple quiz game. I made an array with my questions:
var questions1:Array=["nitrogen dioxide","sulfur hexafluoride",..."]
and in a second layer I made a button that cycles through the questions randomly.
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
var qno=0;var rnd1;
function change_question(){
rnd1=Math.ceil(Math.random()*questions1.length)-1;
q.text=questions1[rnd1];
if(questions1[rnd1]=="X"){change_question();}
questions1[rnd1]="X";
}
change_question();
next_b.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, ButtonAction1);
function ButtonAction1(eventObject:MouseEvent){
qno++;change_question();
}
This part works great, because I was following a tutorial. Text appears in a dynamic text box I created as it should. This tutorial taught to change the value of the array to X with every choice and to ignore choose a different question every time it encountered an X
After it cycles through all the questions I basically get an infinite loop in my output section of flash because it can't find any more non-X values. I was hoping someone had information on how to press a button an change the array back to its default settings so that a teacher (because that is who it is for) has a way of resetting the file when they have reached the end of the quiz.
Thanks everyone!
As per my understanding you wanted to randomize your questions and after showing all the entire questions you wanted to reset your questions.
As per your code you get a random question and updating the same array by pushing value 'X'. Rather than doing this what you need to do is to preserve the array only randomize its position. So that you can use the same value once you cover your all questions
I have added code here.
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
var qno=0;var rnd1;
var questions1:Array=["nitrogen dioxide","sulfur hexafluoride","carbon dioxide","carbon monooxide"];
var nAttmeptedCount = 0;
var shuffledLetters:Array;
function change_question()
{
if(qno == questions1.length)
{
qno = 0;
resetQuestion()
}
else
{
q.text = questions1[shuffledLetters[qno]];
qno++;
}
}
function resetQuestion()
{
shuffledLetters = new Array(questions1.length);
for(var i=0;i<shuffledLetters.length;i++)
{
shuffledLetters[i] = i;
}
shuffledLetters.sort(randomize);
}
function randomize ( a : *, b : * ) : int {
return ( Math.random() > .5 ) ? 1 : -1;
}
resetQuestion()
change_question();
next_b.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, ButtonAction1);
function ButtonAction1(eventObject:MouseEvent){
change_question();
}
In above solution after showing all questions I have reset the questions automatically. you can modify code as per your requirement. If you want to do the reset questions you can put you code qno = 0;resetQuestion() on button click.
hope above solution work for you.