A Flash Developer Resource Site














Internet Commerce

Partners & Affiliates














Developer Channel

internet.com


Featured Flash FLA
Gallery Downloads 11336 Flash Movies | 2 New Flash Movies Added
What's New | Top 100

Featured FLA

» Author: Surjit Dhami
» Title: Book
» Description: Book
» More by Surjit Dhami


Random FLAs | Add Flash Movie
Featured Flash Site
Gallery Downloads 5848 Flash Sites | 0 New Flash Links
What's New | Top 100 Flash Site

Featured Site

» Posted in the Flash Kit Links section
» Title: All-American Rejects
» Description: Get to know this great band by exploring their "practice room".


Random Links | Add your own Flash Related Links
Flash Tutorials 1277 Tutorials 7 New Tutorials Added!
What's New | Top100

» Create xml slideshow with free template
» How to Insert a Multilingual Subtitle Into Your Flash Video Studio
» How to Create Cool Halloween Slideshow
» Debugging flash using the Firebug console
» Create Flash Slideshow on Blogger
» FLASH TRICKS IN WEB ADVERTISING: FLASH BANNERS
» HTML Photo Gallery Tutorial
» Create your first flash site – PART 1
» How to Make a Flash Photo Gallery
» Unknown Tag: Title10
Random Tutorial | Add Site

Sr Instructional Designer D2L-Moodle,Clearance
WSI Nationwide, Inc.
US-NJ-Fort Monmouth

Justtechjobs.com Post A Job | Post A Resume


Tutorials Home What's New Top Rated Submit myTutes Random!

Search Tutorials


Tutorials Tutorials » Actionscripting

Categories How to use hitTest in a simple game
Author: Matthew Slater | Website: http://www.freewebs.com/sparko44/ |

 
Page 1
1 2 next»

Using a simple hitTest

Most people unfamiliar with using hitTest assume that it's hard. But it's not! They can be used easily to add another element to your game or movie. I'm going to show you how to use them, along with some free character moving code!

The character

Start up your version of Flash (This tutorial used Flash 8, although I'm sure that the code can be used in Flash MX (2004). Start a new document and draw either a character from a top-down view or just a circle. Then convert it to a movie clip. Call it "player". Then give it an instance name of "player_mc". Open the Actions panel and paste or type in this Actionscript:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) { speed = 8; //sets the speed of the player if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)) { //checks to see if the player is pressing or holding right this._x += speed; //adds whatever the value of the variable "speed" is to the players x position } } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)) { this._x -= speed; } } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)) { this._y += speed; } } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (Key.isDown(Key.UP)) { this._y -= speed; } }

This code allows our player to move your character around the screen.

1 2 next»

» Level Basic

Added: : 2007-01-21
Rating: 2.20 Votes: 5
Hits: 724
» Author
I'm a 14 year-old who doesn't know much, but enough to write a tutorial.
» Download
Download the files used in this tutorial.
Download (0 kb)
Get conversion and unzipping tools for PC and Mac here!

» Forums
More help? Search our boards for quick answers!

Please rate this tutorial, 10 is the top rating, you can also click the comments link to read/write a review.
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Read or Post Comments
 
   
 

internet.commediabistro.comJusttechjobs.comGraphics.com

Search:

WebMediaBrands Corporate Info

Legal Notices, Licensing, Reprints, Permissions, Privacy Policy.
Advertise | Newsletters | Shopping | E-mail Offers | Freelance Jobs