Character only performing actions in Air?

Hi all.

I've been following the Platforms tutorial on this site to make a good platform game. I got everything the tutorial taught down just fine, so no problems there. The problems start when I try to add somethings of my own.

I added it so that when I push ENTER my character attacks, but he only seems to do it when he's in the air. Also, I made it so holding SHIFT makes him run faster, and still only does it while in the air. If your standing on the ground or platform he doesn't perform the action.

Any ideas? If I need to post the actionscript or give any other info please let me know. All help appreciated, thanks.

yes please post the AS. this is a very circumstancial bug, i can barely even start to guess what has caused this error. (besides the obvious, that is sounds like the script you added is somewhow nested in the wrong place; namely, in the jump/ if(flying) script)

preferably, post up the FLA. we'll get u straight :)

Alright, Thanks.

I'm still very new to making games in flash, so please let me know if I did something very wrong.

I'm using the "Create a SImple Platform Game" Tutorial as my guide for building this.

My Character is Hero, and the Platforms/ground are MC "Platforms" and the walls are "leftwall" and "rightwall". The action i'm trying to do on the ground is "ENTER" to attack.

Ok, here is the code.
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onClipEvent (load) {
gravity = 10;
scale = _xscale;
walkSpeed = 6;
maxjump = 6;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (air == true) {
_y += gravity;
state = 3;
}
if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) && !_root.leftwall.hitTest(_x, _y, true)) {
_x -= walkSpeed;
_xscale = -scale;
}
if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) && !_root.rightwall.hitTest(_x, _y, true)) {
_x += walkSpeed;
_xscale = scale;
}
if (_root.platforms.hitTest(_x, _y, true)) {
air = false;
} else {
air = true;
}
if (Key.isDown(Key.SPACE) && jump == true) {
_y -= jumpSpeed;
}
if (air == false) {
jump = true;
jumpcount = 0;
jumpSpeed = 22;
}
if (Key.isDown(Key.SPACE)) {
jumpcount += 1;
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.CONTROL)){
gravity = 2;
state = 4;
}else{
gravity = 10;
}
if(key.isDown(Key.ENTER)){
state = 5;
}
if (jumpcount>maxjump && jumpSpeed>-2) {
jumpSpeed -= 2;
}
if (air == false && !Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) && !Key.isDown(65) && _currentframe<4 or air == false && !Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) && !Key.isDown(65) && _currentframe<4) {
state = 1;
}
if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) && air == false && !Key.isDown(65) && _currentframe<4 or Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) && air == false && !Key.isDown(65) && _currentframe<4) {
state = 2;
}
if (!Key.isDown(65)) {
gotoAndStop(state);
}
_root.statetxt = state;
}
onClipEvent (keyUp) {
if (Key.getCode() == 83) {
jump = false;
}
}
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Thanks for any help. If you still need it, I'll post the fla file.

I can help but you need to post the SWF or if you want, the FLA so I can see whats going on.

Quote:

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code:

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if (air == false && !Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) && !Key.isDown(65) && _currentframe<4 or air == false && !Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) && !Key.isDown(65) && _currentframe<4) {

state = 1;

}

if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) && air == false && !Key.isDown(65) && _currentframe<4 or Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) && air == false && !Key.isDown(65) && _currentframe<4) {

state = 2;

}

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It would help a little more if you say what all the states are, but the actionscript is probably the problem.

When you see a "!" it usually means "not" or "opposite". So, anywhere you see "if(Key.isDown(Key.(any key))" it means if a key is not down, run the code. In the code above, it checks to see if no keys are down. Probably what you need to do is add

code:

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 && !Key.isDown(Key.ENTER)

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add it immediately before the last ")" in both statements. The final code should look like:

code:

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if (air == false && !Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) && !Key.isDown(65) && _currentframe<4 or air == false && !Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) && !Key.isDown(65) && _currentframe<4 && !Key.isDown(Key.ENTER)) {

state = 1;

}

if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) && air == false && !Key.isDown(65) && _currentframe<4 or Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) && air == false && !Key.isDown(65) && _currentframe<4 && !Key.isDown(Key.ENTER)) {

state = 2;

}

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Your right, I'm sorry. I should have posted the states.

State1 = Standing Still

State2 = walking

State3 = jumping

State4 = Umbrella (causes him to fall slowly)

State5 - The Attack one (this is the one I want ENTER to play).

Thanks for the help, but I added those lines of code and it didn't seem to help. He still just pulls it out in the air only. Any other suggestions?

One other question (for now). What does that !Key.isDown(65) command mean? The tutorial didn't explain it, so I'm not sure what the "65" is for. Thanks.

[off topic]
Are you Atomsk from Anitude? :P
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Antitude?

Never heared of it, sorry.

Ok, make it easy. Take out the line "state=5" and replace it with "gotoAndStop(5)"

If that doesn't work, please post a fla (in MX format if you have MX 2004)

I'm guessing 65 is the internal code used for space. Basically the equivalent of writing

code:

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if(Key.isDown(Key.SPACE));

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I'm not sure what's wrong with it, what dogtown08 said should've cleared it up. BUT I think I see where you need to add that line. At the end of the bracket and right before the or in each line, add

code:

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&& !Key.isDown(Key.ENTER)

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That should clear it up entirely. If it doesn't, fla us.

Hope this helps.

Derek

Thanks you guys! I got it working!

I added the && Key.isDown(Key.ENTER) like you said, but it still didn't work. So I also added:

if (air == false && Key.isDown(Key.ENTER)){
state = 5;}

if (air == false && !Key.isDown(Key.ENTER)){
state = 1;}

And that got it all working! So thanks for all your help!

>___> but I have another question if you don't mind.

Now that his attack works, I wanna make it able to actually hurt enemies. However, I can only seem to find tutorials for attacks with guns and lasers. Is the code generally the same for Melee attacking? If not, could you point me to a good tutorial for it?

I appreciate it.