(HELP URGENT) Boundaries and Movement of Object

Hi,

(I will assume you are writing in AS3)

I was wondering how to make my "Pac-Man" appear where i specifically want to at the beginning after control + enter to view it.

To make an object/movieclip appear where you want it to:

var myPacMan:PacMan = new PacMan();// This could also be your pac man asset you have saved in your fla file.

myPacMan.x = myXLocationOnScreen;

myPacMan.y = myYLocationOnScreen;

addChild(myPacMan);

If you want it to appear inside of an object, lets say a map

myMap.addChild(myMov);

Think about OOP as Russian dolls. If you want to get access to any of the dolls you will need to be able to reference the doll objects.

Now this can be done in a number of ways, but I wont bore you with the more technical ways.

In the example I've given above, myMap is the parent doll, and I want to put "myPacMan" inside of myMap. One way to do this is simple myMap.addchild(myPacMan).

But you still have to position it within "myMap". In the example above I've set external none descript locations for x and y.

But for the same of argument, you could also have a location marker set inside of your myMap movieclip instance..........

The list really is endless here as you can have so many variables sooooooo many possibly options so the best thing you can do is learn from someone else's example.

Download this example and break it. (I've only had a quick look as this repo but the main.as class looks a like a very good starting point for you).

If you need a little more help running this example then give another shout out, or, strip back your questions as so they are more specific.

Sorry I could not be of more help but it sounds as though there are more answers than questions here.