As3 script issue

[thomasl89085044]

Hey all, I am currently trying to create a type of falling object game. I want the user to click a keyboard button and an object will fall down from the sky and if the player does not move will crush their character. I have coded a ball falling from the sky but I need help switching it to a key press button, specifically the letter "T". So upon T keypress the object will fall straight down.

[rezun8]

this should give you the basis to work from

http://www.freeactionscript.com/2010/09/8-way-keyboard-player-movement/

[Ned Murphy]

What code do you already have for the object dropping?

[thomasl89085044]

This is what I first tried but it appears when I run the game. I am looking for the object to only appear after keypress "T" and the object will fall and crush the character. Thank you for replying

ball_mc.x = 250;

ball_mc.y = 0; /* position starts */

var speed:Number = 10; /* falling speed */

ball_mc.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moveDown);

function moveDown(e:Event):void

{

e.target.y += speed;

if(e.target.y >= 350)

{

circle_mc.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moveDown);

}

}

[Ned Murphy]

What you can do is add the event listener with the key release and remove the key listener until the drop finishes...

var speed:Number = 10; /* falling speed */

stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, keyReleased);

function keyReleased(e:KeyboardEvent):void {
       if (e.keyCode == 84){
            stage.removeEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, keyReleased);
            ball_mc.x = 250;
            ball_mc.y = 0; /* position starts */
            ball_mc.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moveDown);
      }
}

function moveDown(e:Event):void {
      e.target.y += speed;
      if(e.target.y >= 350){
            ball_mc.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moveDown);
            stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, keyReleased);
      }
}

[thomasl89085044]

Would this not over complicate a simple way to code a keypress event listener, unless you know an easier way to code this

[Ned Murphy]

What is overcomplicated about it? 

[thomasl89085044]

oh sorry it was the an error that I sorted it out , it works fine now I just have to figure out how to stop at a certain point to work with the animation I have. So that the character is not crushed until the object hits him

[Ned Murphy]

Look into incorporating the hitTestObject() method.

[thomasl89085044]

Will look into it now thanks, I have the other character working using the arrow keys. Is it possible to make it look more real rather than the character gliding

[Ned Murphy]

I would think it is possible, most things are, though I have no idea what you mean.  Think about what you want and what you would have to do to make it happen.

[thomasl89085044]

Yes I sorted it out , I ran into a issue yesterday with the game menu. I created a new frame and added the following code:

stop();

startbutton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,startF);

function startF(e:Event):void{

gotoAndPlay(2);

}

When the mouse is clicked the game screen appears but the button stays covering the stage, do you know how to remove this upon clicking the mouse

[Guest]

The code for the ball, which piece of this code is used to assign the keyboard letter T or is it any key pressed triggers the action?

[thomasl89085044]

Sadly the code I used does not give the outcome I wanted, so the bug does not get crushed when the ball falls down. I dunno what happened and I am a complete novice to sorting this out