??? Is this possible in Swish ???

[swash_jon]

Hi,

I am [trying] to make a little game in Swish,

I was wondering whether it is possible to play sprites on the press of a key?

For example, when the user presses 'g', a certain sprite is loaded.

I know this is posible in Flash, so if it isn't at all possible in Swish, I would really appreciate any ways you could think of doing it.

How about making something in Flash and then importing into Swish?

I have flash, so if it's quite simple to make I can have a go, or if you can do it, even better!


Thanks


P.s, examples would be great

[Lys12]

hi swash_jon,

yes it's possible using javascript, at the meoment there are problems with NN6 though. read this thread:

http://board.flashkit.com/board/show...hreadid=271527

[swash_jon]

Hey Lys12,


NS 6, meaning Netscape?

That shouldn't be a problem because i won't be putting it on the net,


I'd love to know how to do it with javascript, if you could point me in the right direction, or even explain in a reply that would be great..




Thanks again

[Lys12]

have you clicked on the link i've provided above?

however, see this password thingy which uses Jamescovers script and enter the correct password to download the necessary files (and also to view the keycodes):

http://www.msnrd.de/password1/password1.html

[swash_jon]

Hi again, yeah I did, but didn't really understnad what the whole things' about...

I know this is gonna sound dumb, and possibly quite annoying, but...

What javascript do I need to include in my project, so that when the person presses, say, 'p', sprite1 in scene 1 loads?


Sorry to be so dumb, but I've not had much experience with this kinda thing..


thanks for sticking with me

[Lys12]

check back in an hour or so, i'll make a sample file for you.

[swash_jon]

That would be fantastic!

[Lys12]

ok here's everything you need. make sure to change the swfs name (Movie171 in my example) and the targets name (characters in my example) in the script!

http://www.msnrd.de/Movie171.html

what the script does is send the specified sprite to a certain frame, but it won't tell it to play, so you'll have to place a play action at the specific frame. since the characters only show, but there's no animation, this wasn't necessary in this example.

i've included the keycodes as well in the zip

have fun... and let's not forget that it was Jamescover who wrote the script!


i forgot to mention that the script will stop working when you click inside the swf. i'd place a transparent rectangle, same size as the canvas, on top and assign a "on press -> javascript -> location.reload() " action to it.
[Edited by Lys12 on 03-03-2002 at 04:29 PM]

[swash_jon]

Thats execellent,

but when I opened the Swi file, I coudn't see the script anywhere, are you sure it's included in the swi?







So if I wanted to, say, simply go to a sprte and play it, when the the letter G is pressed, I'd put this script

}
}
else if (document.all) {
if (event.keyCode==120) {
document.Movie171.TGotoFrame('/characters',24);
}
}
if (document.layers) {
document.captureEvents(Event.KEYPRESS);
if (e.which==71) {
document.mygame.TGotoFrame('/game',1);

umm then.....sorry I'm lost on what to do.


Could you maybe do another example so when the G is pressed asprite loads??

If you can that would be great, if not no worries..

Thanks

[Lys12]

well no... the script is in the html. you can put it inside the textfield of the javascript action of swish, but then this code will only work in IE5.5 for some reason.

in my example every key pressed sends the characters sprite to a specific frame. sure you can play a sprite instead. instead of a placing a character at a certain frame, you can as well place a sprite.

make sure that you have correct pairs:

}
if (document.layers) {
document.captureEvents(Event.KEYPRESS);
if (e.which==103) {
document.mygame.TGotoFrame('/game',1);
}
}
else if (document.all) {
if (event.keyCode==103) {
document.Movie171.TGotoFrame('/game',1);
}


in this case you'll have a sprite named "game". put a stop action at frame 0 and a play action at frame1. pressing the g will send it to frame 1 and it'll play.

[swash_jon]

Hey again,

I understand what you mean now, but I still can't get it to work

here's the swi,

http://www.geocities.com/theultimateboss/mygame.zip

the sprite is of an animation of a punch bag being hit.


could you try and make it so when 'L' is pressed, the sprite plays and the whole process begins again, so you could press 'L' loads of times in theory and it would keep playing, like multiple hits I guess..


thanks for helping me out, i'm really a thankful.