chess.fla for flash mx

[mvpdating]

I bought the book "flash mx 2004 game design". It includes some nice sample flash files(especially chess.fla) but, i'm using flash mx ver. 6.
Can you send/post the files for my version?

Thanks

[jobem]

Hi mvpdating, and welcome to the boards




Unfortunately Chess is an ActionScript 2.0 game. It makes thorough use of ActionSCript 2.0 class files and so it does not have have a Flash MX (ActionScript 1) counterpart.




The only way to view the source is with Flash MX 2004.

[mvpdating]

I'm trying to build a mutlit user (2) board game like monopoly. I have a die, pawns,cards, and tokens that need to be moved or displayed. I figured out how to do most of it using the sample tic-tac-toe game.

I would like to "animate" the other player's move like I read in the book. Are there any other games available that will help? If nothing else, would you mind sharing the code used to "animate" one players move?

Thanks, again, and thanks for responding so quickly

mvpdating

[jobem]

Hi,


Animating a movie clip using code is pretty simple. To see an example, follow these steps:

1. * Put a movie clip on the stage
   
   * Give the movie clip an instance name of 'test_mc'
   
   * Add this code to the timeline of the stage (not the movie clip)

[code]
function moveClip(clip, x, y, k) {
clip.x = x;
clip.y = y;
clip.k = k;
clip.onEnterFrame = function() {
var xmov = (this.x-this._x)*this.k;
var ymov = (this.y-this._y)*this.k;
this._x += xmov;
this._y += ymov;
if (xmov*xmov+ymov*ymov<1) {
this._x = this.x;
this._y = this.y;
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
};
}
moveClip(test_mc, 100, 100, .6);

4. Test the movie.
In the final line of code you call a function and pass it information. In order of left to right you are telling the function: which movie clip to animate, the x position to move to, the y position to move to, how fast to move (between 0 and 1).
The final number will move the piece faster and faster the closer you get to 1. Don't go over 1.

Good luck!

[mvpdating]

Thanks!!!

[jobem]

No problem!




Let us know when you put your game online, we always love to see what everyone is up to

[bambii7]

Hey I have been following the tutorials in the game design demystified book. I've gained a lot out of it, which I'm thankful for. The book was given to me from I guy I used to share my office with. Neither of us know where the cd got to. I've haven't needed until now. I wanted to view the class files for chess.fla. I'm hoping to speed the process up of a simple TBW I'm attempting to make.

It'd be amazing if anyone could help with this. I'm trying to set up rules for the player to move one cell per turn like the 'king' in chess. All the class files obviously would be useful. I'm getting there slowly but with my noob code I'll end up with some exhaustive result.

[jbrunelle]

I have been creating a Snakes and Ladders game in Adobe Flash CS3 Pro. If you want, open two windows, and paste the following URLs (one in each window). See if this motion is kind of what you want, and if so, I'll give you the code (all of it, or just the peice movement part).

http://newmatrix.cs.odu.edu:9024/TOM...electroserver1


http://newmatrix.cs.odu.edu:9024/TOM...electroserver2

[jbrunelle]

PS: the game is in development, and doesn't work without 2 players in a room; hence the two windows... sorry!

[bambii7]

Thanks for the reply jbrunelle. I've tried opening both links, the both give me flash errors. The start frame loads but 'roll' does nothing. I get the following

ArgumentError: Error #2012: LoaderInfo class cannot be instantiated.
at Main()
at Example_fla::MainTimeline/frame10()
ArgumentError: Error #2012: LoaderInfo class cannot be instantiated.
at snakeTalker()


Is your game connecting to electroserver?

I'm mostly there with my desired movement. It's always handy viewing alternate source code form more experienced programmers