WORKING WITH TIMELINES

[chiggy83]

Hi

I have a game designed in flash using the Object Oriented Approach. This implies I have various classes with a main class.

I also have two versions of the game collaborative and non-collaborative which can be palyed using three different game controllers. so in total I have 6versions as shown below:

collaborative palyed with gamepad

collaborative played with wiimote

collaborative played withbalance board

non- collaborative palyed with gamepad

non-collaborative played with wiimote

non-collaborative played withbalance board

Now I want to have a screen with links to all these verions for example when I run the game I want to get an intro screen with the versions written on it and then with button clicks play the particular version I want.  Can I do this on the Timeline. if possible what is the procedure?

[kglad]

you can (but there's no good reason to do that).

but, if you want, use a loader to load one of the size swfs into a new main swf that contains your intro screen and the loader code.

[moccamaximum]

Would it not be better to let Flash detect the Input devices automatically, with GameInput ?

That way you can check if the user even has the required Controllers connected and inform him that he needs one of the three Controllers you mentioned.

[chiggy83]

Hi thanks for your replies

@moccamaximum I have checked the gameinput out but i think the feature is supported only n AIR for TV devices. Besides, wiimotes connect remotely through a bluetooth so i guess it may not work with wiimotes.

@kglad, could you please, throw more light on your suggestion?

Thanks

[kglad · Accepted solution]

in your new main swf:

var loader:Loader=new Loader();

addChild(loader);

var a:Array=[collaborative_palyed_with_gamepad_btn,collaborative_played_with_wiimote_btn,collaborative_played_withbalance_board_btn,non__collaborative_palyed_with_gamepad_btn,non_collaborative_played_with_wiimote_btn,non_collaborative_played_withbalance_board_btn];  // <-create those movieclip btns

for(var i:int=0;i<a.length;i++){

MovieClip(a).addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,clickF);

MovieClip(a).ivar=i;

MovieClip(a).buttonMode=true;

}

function clickF(e:MouseEvent):void{

var ivar:int=MovieClip(e.currentTarget).ivar;

loader.load(new URLRequest(a[ivar].split("_btn").join(".swf"));  // assuming your swfs are named collaborative_palyed_with_gamepad.swf (sic) etc

}