Urgent! Chopper development game

[jaydee]

Ok seriosuly times are getting to me and i really need a .fla version or a VERY easy tutorial for this game which is located on The arcade website which is here -http://www.kirupa.com/forum/arcade.php?do=play&gameid=5

so if ya can help me that would be REALY HELPFUL Please... - ive been working on this for at least 3 months and still cant get moving - even tho you people have been saying this is pretty easy.. but please all i could get is setting the helicopter to move and not even setting any boundries at all.. i need this done in a day =[

[bombingTokyo]

Well for starters, where are you at in your project? What have you already completed? what have you tried? And, why the rush? I can't help you if I don't know what you have done so far.

Have you read all the Kirupa tutorials? There is more than enough info in those tutorials to complete the game that you are trying to make. I checked it out and it looks pretty easy to duplicate, but I would add keymapping instead of the mouse to the game (just as a personal preference).

[jaydee]

Ok um what im up to - right.. is getting the Heilicopter to move up and down using some weird code this guy from this forum - which he said was a pretty crappy example - but then again Rndom Items.. i got that covered.. but i forgot the CODE and how i did it!

and the thing is I cant ADD Random Backgrounds and using the same helicopter so what I got is 2 Different .fla files and i dont really understand the concept of flash

Im Dieing here please Help me!!! I need this done fast - the stress is killing me!!

[Voetsjoeba]

Putting yourself on a deadline to create a Flash game when you have absolutely no clue how to create one is generally a bad idea. That being said: http://www.andygcook.com/2008/07/22/jetman-and-the-helicopter-game-tutorial-part-1/

7 minutes of Google-fu, btw. Shame on you.

[bombingTokyo]

slow down dude... I can already tell what the problem is. You are focused on the whole project, when you need to break it down into smaller pieces. First thing is first, getting your chopper animation moving. Here is one of the many ways to complete this:

Using a mousedown event add ++ to your y value. This will add one to the y value everytime the mouse is down. Since flash uses the Cartisian grid this means that the chopper will move up 1 as the mouse is pressed down. Next add a constant x value which will make the chopper move forward. I don't remember exactly which one it is, but there is a tutorial on this site about speed, and velocity. As far as the boundaries go, you need to create a hittest on the chopper and the boundaries in order to register a crash animation. There are a ton of these tutorials here and on flashkit. Get some pretty basic ones to start.

The basic hittest will create an invisible box around the chopper and once it touches the invisible box around the boundary it will register the hittest as true. Some of the advanced hittest tutorials can actually outline the whole shape of the chopper, but it takes a lot of math and time to get those right. So keep it basic for now, and break up the game into smaller parts.

Hope that helps some.

[bluemagica]

Jaydee, I remember last time i told you to learn the use of listeners....i guess you just want this to be spoon fed to you! I will make you a as2 example of it..i hope you will atleast try to understand it!

i will edit this with the example!

[bombingTokyo]

I think he would rather have someone write it for him then put his name on it.

[sekasi]

Ok um what im up to - right.. is getting the Heilicopter to move up and down using some weird code this guy from this forum - which he said was a pretty crappy example - but then again Rndom Items.. i got that covered.. but i forgot the CODE and how i did it!

and the thing is I cant ADD Random Backgrounds and using the same helicopter so what I got is 2 Different .fla files and i dont really understand the concept of flash

Im Dieing here please Help me!!! I need this done fast - the stress is killing me!!


this post alone makes me wanna stop posting help in forums like these.

[bluemagica]

Lol, i agree, but i am fed up with his repeated asking!

Anyway, heres the example, I don't think you will need to ask for anything else about this game. I havent done the score/distance thing....but at least try to do that much on your own!

PS: You can watch it here:http://img523.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bluemagicasufoexamplexp3.swf

[Iamthejuggler]

this post alone makes me wanna stop posting help in forums like these.

Or, you know, ignore these ridiculous requests and carry on your stellar work helping people who actually put in some effort themselves.

Bluemagica, you are kidding yourself if you think he's actually going to learn from your code and extend it.

Maybe i'm being too cynical, time will tell i guess.

[bluemagica]

lol well, if he uses this, atleast it will stop his posts for a while! And if he dosent learn, then this will be the last time i help him!