need help making enemy shoot

[zevil]

i need help making an enemy shoot at my space ship.

[bombsledder]

thats very descriptive sure i will help, let me just make a space ship, bullets an enemy and let me build it altogether and give you the code for free

[zevil]

thanks
i've made all that stuff i just can't figure out the action script

[mnkeymasta]

1. He's being sarcastic
2. Post the stuff
3. This has been posted before, check my sig
4. (-:

[zevil]

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[zevil]

none of them answer my question when i searched them or at least not completely

[zevil]

can't post it now i can't get to the files

[zevil]

can't post it now i can't get to the files

[bombsledder]

just post it when ever you get the chance and someone will gladly help you or point you in the right direction

[shortwod]

I'm trying do the something and i would like know how to do this to for i can't find the info

[Darth Arias]

try doing something first, then present your failed attempt...

[Joppe]

^ That actually sounds evil. But its the way to go. =)

[DangerousDan]

I'm assuming you want some AI here, check the X of the enemy and your ship, if they're close shoot otherwise keep moving or something...


if(this._X - ship.-X <= 20){ //if their Xs are within 20
shoot(); //do whatever you do to make the enemy fire.
}


If you're asking HOW to make the enemy shoot, then you have to attach a movie (the bullet) to the enemy and move it after wards, when it goes off the screen remove it.



bulletDepth = _root.getNextHighestDepth();
_root.attachMovie("bullet","bullet"+bulletDepth,bulletDepth);
this["bullet"+bulletDepth]._y = enemy._y;
this["bullet"+bulletDepth]._x = enemy._x;
this["bullet"+bulletDepth].onEnterFrame = function(){
this._y-= 5;
if(this._y < 0){
this.removeMovieClip();
}
//check for hit against ship too.
}


Something along those lines, I wrote this in the this little chatbox so the code may have some errors, as well as I'm writing the syntax off the top of my head so It may have some errors.

Look up: attachMovie() and removeMovieClip()

[zevil]

do i put this in a frame or into the enemy

[bombsledder]

you would put that on to a frame

[zevil]

should i create the bullet on the stage or export it for AS

[DangerousDan]

You would export it.

[zevil]

it would really help me if someone who knows how to do this would post an example FLA file because every time i try something NOTHING WORKS. would someone please post an example FLA

[zevil]

Sum1 please post an example FLA!!! I can't do it!!! I've tried every way that I could think of and then sum!!! I've tried this way like 4 times!!!

[SacrificialLamb]

Try this
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/vertical_shooter.htm
work out how that works then start with something simpler, because if you can't get it to work from that code you should probably start with a simpler game. Then come back with a real attempt of your own

[zevil]

no i want to make the enemys shoot not the main character

[zevil]

how do you program the enemy 2 shoot when the enemy movieclip timeline reaches a specific frame?

[SacrificialLamb]

why are you using a enemy timeline? For making a MC shoot every so often you would be better off using an interval or some other counting thing like this

onEnterFrame=function(){
i++
if(i>24){
i = 0
shoot()
}
}
Also I was not suggesting that that tutorial would show you just what you wanted but I thought by the sounds of things that you did not know enough to do this and could do with learning more then trying it your self

[zevil]

What is "shoot()" supposed to be?

[zevil]

i am also having trouble making the hit test work between the enemy's lazer and the space ship

this is what i have so far

[zevil]

please help me

[Lord Rahl]

Didn't check your file mainly because I have not been into flash for some time. But I noticed this post and figured you may want to take a peek at some of my old work. Its not the greatest and kinda sloppy in its AS, but it was back when I was still learning. :book:

It shows how to make enemies follow you, and the second enemy will rotate and continue to look at you. (I never got around to making them shoot, but you can probally figure it out on your own if you view the heros shooting code.)
Most of the code is on the main timeline, but the invisible barrier and crosshair have code within them.
Controls are as followed!
Arrow keys for movement or W,A,S,D
Click to shoot

FLA (http://www.geocities.com/myhostedstuff/ShootingGame.fla)
SWF (http://www.geocities.com/myhostedstuff/ShootingGame.swf)

[zevil]

i have already tried modifying the the hero's script but failed.

[pateucopt]

http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/Building-Flash_Ju-78/index.php

maybe this will help

[zevil]

"What is "shoot()" supposed to be?"

[SacrificialLamb]

a link to a function that as DangerousDan says "whatever you do to make the enemy fire.". so it's the proposed name of a function

[LordArkain]

I modified Lord Rahls file so the turret would shoot. :look: Only I came across problems because im not used to his code. I couldn't get the intervals command to work with the turrets shotting function in it to shoot every 5 seconds. So far it just continously shoots. It's not perfect but it's something in the direction you wanted. I'm no master coder so maybe someone else can figure it out. :sigh: