Proposed open battle :: AS Battle

[sparkysteve]

Hi guys,

I don't know how well this will go down, but for the coders amongst us it should turn out pretty interesting (i hope!)

RULES:
1) Only allowed to change a max of 2 lines of code per round/volley
2) AS2

I'll start us with the obvious...

_root.createEmptyMovieClip ("mc_1", 1);

[mr_malee]

i couldn't resist, sorry.

code:

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_root.createEmptyMovieClip ("mc_1", 1);

mc_1.removeMovieClip()

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[noiselab]

Ok I'm sorta bad at action script, but I will contribute :

code:

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_root.createEmptyMovieClip ("mc_1", 1);

mc_1.removeMovieClip();

_root.createEmptyMovieClip ("flashkit", 1);

loadMovie("flashkit.swf", flashkit);

tellTarget("flashkit) {

gotoAndPlay(2);

}

---

Tested in Flash, doesn't produce an error code, so i guess it's valid.

[Dricciotti]

^^ I thought you were only allowed to change two lines of code.

I think the rules and your intentions for this battle need to be clearer sparkysteve

[>flashl!ght<]

Agreed, clarification on the purpose and perhaps more detailed rules could help. Good idea though, if we can figure out how to make this work...

noiselab -
How could that code not produce an error? You're not terminating you string in the tellTarget... additionally, tellTarget is like AS 0... it's deprecated AS 1.0

code:

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_root.createEmptyMovieClip ("mc_1", 1);

mc_1.swapDepths(-1);

mc_1.removeMovieClip(); //haha! trumped! (hint: you can't remove a negative depth MC)

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[sparkysteve]

ok, i kinda just wanted to try this out to see where it would get us... kind of like a rollercanvas type thing but using code instead of images. what do you guys reckon... how could we make it work?

[>flashl!ght<]

Well, it's up to you, but I would say we need some sort of goal, like "to create an interactive bot" or "a random mess of iterative explosions" or something. But may be not? Keep it all dynamic, no loadMovie or loading of external data aloud, no bad code(test you're code first), and can we use Flash 8 features?

Really, I think as long as people use a little common sense and adhere to the only two lines rule, it could be cool.

[JWin]

this might be more relevant in the actionscript forum as opposed to the design forum...just a thought

[Shotsy247]

Not if we use AS to create a design.

code:

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_root.createEmptyMovieClip ("mc_1", 1);

mc_1.swapDepths(-1);

mc_1.removeMovieClip(); //haha! trumped! (hint: you can't remove a negative depth MC)

for (i = 0; i < 10; i++){ mc_1.lineStyle(1, 0xff00ff / i, 100); mc_1.lineTo(100, i * i - 3); mc_1.moveTo(0, 0);}

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Now all of this additional code is on one line, does this count?

_t

[sparkysteve]

well i intended it as a design thing using AS. Every 'turn' is a max of 2 lines of script which hopefully will give us some random happenings. The object of the 'battle' is to create a design which flows from everyone elses script. - does this make sense?

[>flashl!ght<]

Makes sense, just might need more specific rules. IMHO mashing multiple lines of code into one should not be done... this will of course result in people having to play of off each others code... for instance, someone starts a for loop, someone else adds something inside it, another person adds something inside it, someone else finishes it off, someone adds som logic around it, ect.

2 lines. No code mashing. Can we slightly edit others lines of code? (the only thing I edited was the formatting of the smashed code)

code:

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_root.createEmptyMovieClip("mc_1", 1);

mc_1.swapDepths(-1);

mc_1.removeMovieClip();//haha! trumped! (hint: you can't remove a negative depth MC)

function lines(mc_1) {

	for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

		mc_1.lineStyle(1, 0xff00ff / i, 100);

		mc_1.lineTo(100, i * i - 3);

		mc_1.moveTo(0, 0);

	}

}

---

[Shotsy247]

code:

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_root.createEmptyMovieClip("mc_1", 1);

mc_1.swapDepths(-1);

mc_1.removeMovieClip();//haha! trumped! (hint: you can't remove a negative depth MC)

function lines(mc_1) {

	for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

		mc_1.lineStyle(1, 0xff00ff / i, 100);

		mc_1.lineTo(100, i * i - 3);

		mc_1.moveTo(0, 0);

	}

}

for (i=0; i < 10 ; i++){

}

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Nice addition flashl!ght.

I think we should be allowed to edit previous code, but then I guess that's up to sparkysteve.

_t

[>flashl!ght<]

code:

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_root.createEmptyMovieClip("mc_1", 1);

mc_1.swapDepths(-1);

mc_1.removeMovieClip();

function lines(mc_1) {

	for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

		mc_1.lineStyle(1, 0xff00ff / i, 100);

		mc_1.lineTo(100, i * i - 3);

		mc_1.moveTo(0, 0);

	}

}

for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

	var x = random(Stage.width);

	var y = random(Stage.height);

}

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[sparkysteve]

Nice one flashl!ght.

As for changing other people's codes i think it might confuse things but maybe you can but thats your 'turn' so to speak.

This is the first place i've seen this done so i can't even look anywhere else and see what rules they did!

_root.createEmptyMovieClip("mc_1", 1);

mc_1.swapDepths(-1);

mc_1.removeMovieClip();

function lines(mc_1) {

	for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

		mc_1.lineStyle(1, 0xff00ff / i, 100);

		mc_1.lineTo(100, i * i - 3);

		mc_1.moveTo(0, 0);

	}

}

for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

	var x = random(Stage.width);

	var y = random(Stage.height);
mc_1.lineStyle(random(0x000600))
mc_1.lineTo(100,200);
}

Actually sayin that, yeah f-it... change code if you want.... just tell when you do it

[Shotsy247]

code:

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_root.createEmptyMovieClip("mc_1", 1);



mc_1.swapDepths(-1);



mc_1.removeMovieClip();



function lines(mc_1) {



	for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {



		mc_1.lineStyle(1, 0xff00ff / i, 100);



		mc_1.lineTo(100, i * i - 3);



		mc_1.moveTo(0, 0);



	}



}



for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {



	var x = random(Stage.width);



	var y = random(Stage.height);

mc_1.lineStyle(random(0x000600))

mc_1.lineTo(100,200);

}

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I added var to each of the for loops.

[>flashl!ght<]

code:

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_root.createEmptyMovieClip("mc_1", 1);

mc_1.swapDepths(-1);

mc_1.removeMovieClip();

function lines(mc_1) {

	for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

		mc_1.lineStyle(1, 0xff00ff / i, 100);

		mc_1.lineTo(100, i * i - 3);

		mc_1.moveTo(0, 0);

	}

}

for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

	var x = random(Stage.width);

	var y = random(Stage.height);

	mc_1.lineStyle(random(550),random(0x000600),random  (100));

	mc_1.lineTo(x, y);

}

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Changed lineTo(100,200) to lineTo(x,y), and changed lineStyle so it has all required arguments

Take a look at it now... wooosh!

[sparkysteve]

I like!

_root.createEmptyMovieClip("mc_1", 1);

mc_1.swapDepths(-1);

mc_1.removeMovieClip();

function lines(mc_1) {

	for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

		mc_1.lineStyle(1, 0xff00ff / i, 100);

		mc_1.lineTo(100, i * i - 3);

		mc_1.moveTo(0, 0);

	}

}

for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

	var x = random(Stage.width);

	var y = random(Stage.height);

	mc_1.lineStyle(random(550),random(0x000600),random  (100));

	mc_1.lineTo(x, y);
mc_1.onEnterFrame = function() {
    x = Math.round(Math.random(50))}
}

[gerbick]

Are you guys going to make something with this?

[lefteyewilly]

i was just thinking the same thing...lol...Where's the images??!?!?!

[sparkysteve]

hopefully.... it's a bit trial and error to be honest! - as i said earlier i have't seen this done anywhere before so hopefully this may be the beginning for something cool or then again it could be a disaster