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Hi guys,
I remember back in the days of flash 4-5 there was a maximum file size that plash would export and the flash player would handle ... is this still the case?

thanks,
nitchy

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That's the method I was using while I was prototyping the game, looks like it'll be staying that way.

Thanks ...

Are there any inbuilt/custom methods for detecting point collision against transparent PNG areas?

Just the same as normal point movie clip collision, just with transparent PNGs.

thanks,
nitchy

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you wouldn't believe how much trouble that caused me ... champion ... :}

edit: any help on the local to global position?

Ok, I'll ask a simpler question:

When I attach a movie clip to another movie clip, how do I then position it to stage x,y instead of the parent movie clip x,y?

Hi guys,
I have a empty movieclip into which I attach multiple enemies.

Say I attach the first enemy, and set it's position to 150, which will be 150 pixels relative from the container clip. This...

Hi guys,
I've been searching around the boards a lot and there is a bit of information on preloading video in flash, but I'm REALLY short on time and I'm looking for a working example I can just...

TCAH!

A case of the pot calling the kettle black ...

This is a better way of doing it, one of my first games was similar and I had a movieClip that followed my car around the set the _.visible = false...

Hi,
I have a shadow that stays in the same place on the y plane but follows my flying machine horizontally. It grows larger and the alpha thickens as you get closer to the ground. I've been thinking...

Hi,
I'm trying to make a randomized scrolling bg. I have 4 tiles and I randomly use attachMovie to attach a clip everything the scrolling hits the end. All that is working fine but the little...

Can you at least give us a example of your code? It's really hard to help when you don't exactly know how it's working ...

And why exactly aren't they working? A simple hitTest deosn't cut it?

Nope, no luck ... could it be something to do with the use of attachMovie or smth? Or the that the bgRand function is in the load event?

Sorry, that's still not working ... don't I need to delcare it anyway so that the statements in the enterFrame event can use bgRand (as it was defined in the function)?

What I have now:

MainBg...

Well, I just tested the code then to make sure it works and it worked fine. Make sure you delete all your code then paste mine in.

Especially all this:

_root.pack2.duplicateMovieClip( "pack2"-...

Err, much easier way of doing this:



onClipEvent(load){
moveSpeed=10;
_root.pack2._visible=false;
pack2Counter=1;
facing = "right"
}

Well, that explains all of the above problems doesn't it ...

Arrrr, this stupid thing is driving me insane. I have a movie called mainBg with this code:



onClipEvent (load) {
var bgRand;
bgSpeed = 30;

function attachBg() {
bgRand = random(4);

I see, thanks for the enlightenment :)

Your method works fine for me, a life saver ... almost given up hope there :p

What I don't understand is, if Macromedia can detect a hitTest in only the filled in area (shap flag) then why don't they have a flag for detecting a collision between one filled in area and another...

This is sort of what I was thinking also, I'll definatly try that ... can you point me in the direction of some sort of tile based engine or tutorial?

Anyone thought about using the lineStyle/lineTo drawing functions?

Thanks so much, that's exactly what I'm looking for. Can I have permission to use that? I'll put you in the credits.

Hey guys,
I'm having trouble here with hitTest. I have a irregular shape that I want to test for a hit with another irregular shape. This basically rules out the bounding box hitTest and I don't see...