need help with enemies in flash as2

Hi everyone,
im not great at coding but i managed to make a platform game, where the character can walk, jump and shoot. but i cant get enemies to work, i cant get the code to work. I want the enemies to start in a standing position then when the "player" gets a distance away from the enemy, that the enemy will start shooting at the player, then when the player shoots, the enemy should die.....
i have all the movie clips of what i want the enemy to do.

please help...

its been like 6 weeks and know one has replied, :( if this is impossible please tell me.

No, it doesn't sound impossible. I would venture a guess and say that there should be a conditional statement that gets executed at either the frame rate or by interval, which would check the relational distance of the "player's" x/y position to that of the enemies x/y position. HTH.

what would that look like?

Possibly something like this.

PHP Code:

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var interval:Number = setInterval(updatePosition, 100); // interval runs 10 times every second

function updatePosition():Void {
    player._x = _xmouse; // this is for example only, not sure what is making the player object
    player._y = _ymouse; // move in your code, 
    
    if(player._x - enemy._x > 100 || player._y - enemy._y > 100) { // checks to see the difference in position between player and enemy
        trace("Player is being fired upon by eneny."); // action that is called if the conditions are true
    }
} 


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the code on the first frame of layer rick_mc is

rick_mc.step=7.9;
rick_mc.attack = false;
rick_mc.stance= 1;
rick_mc.crouch=false;
keydown=false;


this.onEnterFrame = function()
{
if(rick_mc.attack==false)
{
if (Key.isDown (Key.RIGHT) )
{
rick_mc._xscale = 100;
rick_mc.stance=1;
rick_mc._x+=rick_mc.step;
rick_mc.gotoAndStop("walk");
}
else if (Key.isDown (Key.LEFT) )
{

rick_mc._xscale = -100;
rick_mc.stance=0;
rick_mc._x-=rick_mc.step;
rick_mc.gotoAndStop("walk");

}
else if (Key.isDown (Key.DOWN) )
{
rick_mc.gotoAndStop("crouch");
rick_mc.crouch=true;
}
else if (!Key.isDown ())
{
rick_mc.gotoAndStop("stance");
rick_mc.crouch=false;

}
}




if (Key.isDown (Key.SPACE) && keydown==false)
{
rick_mc.attack=true;
}

if(rick_mc.attack)
{
if (Key.isDown (Key.SHIFT))
{
rick_mc.gotoAndStop("combo");
}
else
{
rick_mc.gotoAndStop("shoot");
}
}


if (Key.isDown (Key.SPACE))
{
keydown=true;
}
else keydown=false;

}



and the code for rick_mc on that frame is



onClipEvent (load) { moveSpeed = 0;}onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)) { this._x += moveSpeed; } else if (Key.isDown(Key.UP)) { this._y -= 0; } else if (Key.isDown(Key.DOWN) && !fall) { this._y += 0; } else if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)) { this._x -= moveSpeed; }}onClipEvent (enterFrame) { if (Key.isDown(Key.UP) && !jumping) { vel_y = 36; jumping = true; } if (jumping == true) { vel_y -= 2; if (vel_y<=-15) { vel_y = -15; } this._y -= vel_y; } if (_root.ground.hitTest(this._x, this._y+35, true)) { vel_y = 0; jumping = false; }}onClipEvent (enterFrame) { this._y += 16; if (_root.ground.hitTest(this._x, this._y+1, true)) { this._y -= 16; }}


thats the two codes i have to make him move jump and shoot.
and how do i make it so that rick_mc dies when the enemies shoot and that the enemies die when rick_mc shoots???

i tried what you said but i couldn't figure out how to make it work?

Seeing the code you currently have, it's not necessary to use most of what I provided, with exception to the bit of code that needs to get placed inside the onEnterFrame event.
Try adding this,

PHP Code:

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if(rick_mc._x - enemy_mc._x > 150) { // substitute the enemy_mc with your objects' instance name
    trace("fire!");
} 


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thanks, i will try it :)

bb

oops dont know what happened but this is the curent code on the first frame.

rick_mc.step=7.9;
rick_mc.attack = false;
rick_mc.stance= 1;
rick_mc.crouch=false;
keydown=false;


this.onEnterFrame = function()
{
if(rick_mc.attack==false)
{
if (Key.isDown (Key.RIGHT) )
{
rick_mc._xscale = 100;
rick_mc.stance=1;
rick_mc._x+=rick_mc.step;
rick_mc.gotoAndStop("walk");
}
else if (Key.isDown (Key.LEFT) )
{

rick_mc._xscale = -100;
rick_mc.stance=0;
rick_mc._x-=rick_mc.step;
rick_mc.gotoAndStop("walk");

}
else if (Key.isDown (Key.DOWN) )
{
rick_mc.gotoAndStop("crouch");
rick_mc.crouch=true;
}
else if (!Key.isDown ())
{
rick_mc.gotoAndStop("stance");
rick_mc.crouch=false;

}
if(rick_mc._x - enemy1._x > 150)
enemy1.trace("shoot");
}
}




if (Key.isDown (Key.SPACE) && keydown==false)
{
rick_mc.attack=true;
}

if(rick_mc.attack)
{
if (Key.isDown (Key.SHIFT))
{
rick_mc.gotoAndStop("combo");
}
else
{
rick_mc.gotoAndStop("shoot");
}
}


if (Key.isDown (Key.SPACE))
{
keydown=true;
}
else keydown=false;

}

and it did not work, the code you gave me, it didn't have any errors but didn't work :(

Try taking off the "enemy1" in enemy1.trace("shoot");, it should only be "trace("shoot");".

it still did not work :(

this code is supposed to be on the first frame on the stage, right??

Try uploading your file and I'll have a look at it. If it's too large to fit on here, strip it down to the essentials or use an external site like MediaFire.

heres the link to the download


http://www.enterupload.com/s6qr68b0qa0r/MF.fla.html


there is lots of fake "download buttons" make sure you click the right one :)

It works for me..., mind you the value needs to be adjusted in order to operate as intended. After looking at the code and how it was set up I moved the inserted code into the code that handles the right arrow button. So it looked something like this,

PHP Code:

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...
    if (Key.isDown (Key.RIGHT) ) {
    rick_mc._xscale = 100;
    rick_mc.stance=1;
    rick_mc._x+=rick_mc.step;
    rick_mc.gotoAndStop("walk");
    if(rick_mc._x - enemy1._x > -200) {
            enemy1.gotoAndPlay("shoot");
    } ... 


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This object "enemy1" will need to have a stop(); inserted on the second frame, as it stands it once the rick_mc object approaches the enemy and is within the value x parameters it cycles through the enemy1 timeline and ends back up on 1.

Plus, a bit of advise, employ good coding practices and take all the code you have and place it in it's own layer. It just makes it easier to work with, no having to hunt down code. But that's for you to decide.

It worked!!! but he moves to fast when he goes right. By the way do you know how to make it so that enemy1 dies after being shot once and so that rick_mc dies after being shot 10 times?

and this is the curent code for the layer RICK

rick_mc.step=7.9;
rick_mc.attack = false;
rick_mc.stance= 1;
rick_mc.crouch=false;
keydown=false;


this.onEnterFrame = function()
{
if(rick_mc.attack==false)
{
if (Key.isDown (Key.RIGHT) ) {
rick_mc._xscale = 100;
rick_mc.stance=1;
rick_mc._x+=rick_mc.step;
rick_mc.gotoAndStop("walk");
if(rick_mc._x - enemy1._x > -200) {
enemy1.gotoAndPlay("shoot");
}
}

if (Key.isDown (Key.RIGHT) )
{
rick_mc._xscale = 100;
rick_mc.stance=1;
rick_mc._x+=rick_mc.step;
rick_mc.gotoAndStop("walk");
}
else if (Key.isDown (Key.LEFT) )
{

rick_mc._xscale = -100;
rick_mc.stance=0;
rick_mc._x-=rick_mc.step;
rick_mc.gotoAndStop("walk");

}
else if (Key.isDown (Key.DOWN) )
{
rick_mc.gotoAndStop("crouch");
rick_mc.crouch=true;
}
else if (!Key.isDown ())
{
rick_mc.gotoAndStop("stance");
rick_mc.crouch=false;

}

}

if (Key.isDown (Key.SPACE) && keydown==false)
{
rick_mc.attack=true;
}

if(rick_mc.attack)
{
if (Key.isDown (Key.SHIFT))
{
rick_mc.gotoAndStop("combo");
}
else
{
rick_mc.gotoAndStop("shoot");
}
}


if (Key.isDown (Key.SPACE))
{
keydown=true;
}
else keydown=false;

}

If the player clip is moving too fast then change the values to something that's more suitable to your liking. As for the player/enemy die conundrum, I would probably assign a numeric variable to each and then as they are shot the var increases by one. However, I'm curious to know as to what defines if a player/enemy has been shot?

what would that look like?

Let's see probably would create 2 variables one to the enemy and the other to player.

PHP Code:

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var enID = 0;
var plID = 0; 


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Then just add to the variables by 1, so

PHP Code:

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enID++; // when the enemy gets hit
if(enID == 1) {
    enemy1.gotoAndStop("die");
}
plID++; // when player gets hit
if(plID == 10) {
    // actions here
} 


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Mind you, there is nothing in place that determines when a player/enemy gets hit.

i'm going to make a "bullet" that i will use Object hit test.

And the code that you gave me to make the enemy shoot at rick_mc, for some reason it made rick_mc move twice as fast when he moves right.

by the way thanks for all your time and help :)

never mind about the moving to fast right i figured that out. but the enemy on shoots at rick_mc from certain distances.

Not sure I understand what the issue is.

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but the enemy on shoots at rick_mc from certain distances.

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sorry i meant only.

What do you want him to do?

I fixed it, and my game is done, Thank you So much for all of your help, it would have been vary difficult if you hadn't helped me
thank you again.