MC Freezes On First Frame?

Hello, I'm starting to learn to use AS2 to program a beat-em up game, but I have a few problems.

• A few different MCs on my main character freeze on the first frame even though the code is the exact same as the other frames
• _root.health variable doesn't go down when touching an enemy
• The player can slide left and right while ducking
• If the character is running and they attack, the player should do a sort of roll, but it just acts as if the roll doesn't exist and executes it's normal attack

Attachment 73771
Controls:
Arrow Keys: Move/Duck
A: Punch
S: Kick
D: Super (still working on the explosion graphics :P)

Hi,

if you're new to programming, then this might not be the best for you to deal with right now, because it may be a bit complicated for you, but I'll try to help anyways :)

A few different MCs on my main character freeze on the first frame even though the code is the exact same as the other frames
Could you perhaps elaborate on that, 'cause I can't seem to understand what you mean :S

_root.health variable doesn't go down when touching an enemy
It's because in your enemy, you are referring to the main character as man, but you haven't defined it - you haven't given your character movieclip an instance name of, man, which is what you need to do in order for this to work. Simply select your character, open Properties Panel [CTRL+F3], and type man in the Instance Name textfield

The player can slide left and right while ducking
Because you haven't defined in the code that the character shouldn't be able to move while he's ducking. Now, this may be really complicated for you (I'm assuming you're new to AS2, because there are lots of comments in the FLA file, which I'm presuming are written by someone else for a tutorial), but if you really do want it, then first of all, find this line in your character's coding:

Code:

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if (Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)) {
        this.gotoAndStop(6);
}

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and change it to this:

Code:

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if (Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)) {
    down = true;
    this.gotoAndStop(6);
} else {
    down = false;
}

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then, find this line:

Code:

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if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) && fight != true) {

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and change it to this:

Code:

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if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) && fight != true && !down) {

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finally, find this line:

Code:

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} else if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) && fight != true) {

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to this:

Code:

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} else if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) && fight != true && !down) {

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If the character is running and they attack, the player should do a sort of roll, but it just acts as if the roll doesn't exist and executes it's normal attack
It's all due to bad structure in the character's code which doesn't work well together. Find these lines in your character's code:

Code:

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if (Key.isDown(65) && fight != true) {
        if (running=true) {
        }
        this.gotoAndStop(5);
}
if (Key.isDown(65) && fight != true) {
        if (running=false) {
        }
        this.gotoAndStop(4);
        fight = true;
}

---

and change it to this:

Code:

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if (Key.isDown(65) && fight != true) {
    if (running==true) {
        this.gotoAndStop(5);
    } else {
        this.gotoAndStop(4);
        fight = true;
    }
}

---

and find this line:

Code:

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this.gotoAndStop(2);

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both, inside if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) && fight != true && !down) { AND inside } else if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) && fight != true && !down) {, and change them both to this:

Code:

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if(_currentframe != 5){
    this.gotoAndStop(2);
}

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however, this will still not work perfectly, as the structure of the code is very poorly coded. This is as far as I can help you, but I do hope you continue learning Flash, and one day return to this problem and finally program it in a better and more stable way ;)