Comments on: AS3 Flash Games for Beginners: More Advanced Character Movement

By: mark-o

mark-o — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:20:04 +0000

Nice,tutorial! You can put scaleY = (maxspeed – Math.abs(vy))/(maxspeed*4) + 0.75; just under last line in Ship file for some effect when you press up.

By: noobgamer

noobgamer — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 09:26:57 +0000

Hi its a great tutorial…Can anyone explain how to arrive at the scaleX=(maxspeed-abs(vx)/(maxspeed*4) +0.75..In a mathematical way how to write this so that he number falls between 0 and 0.25. Is this a method of trial and error or any other workaround to it???

are there any other ways other than this???

These tutorials are very very cool. Thanks a lot

By: S.L

S.L — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:44:18 +0000

it’s nice but, when you go in diagonal the speed becomes 1.4 times faster, is there a way to keep the speed constant no matter which direction?

By: can g.

can g. — Sun, 15 May 2011 13:20:42 +0000

hello everybody, don’t know if ppl are still watching this article but I’d like to say it’s an awesome tutorial!! (very informative and perfect for beginners like myself)

However i came across a little bug: when moving left and/or up (when the x and y values are getting negative values) the clip keeps moving in that direction for a disturbingly long time compared to the time it keeps moving right or down. This also applies to the above compiled versions. (If you look carefully, it keeps moving pixel by pixel towards left even if you press left key for a very short time)

I think the reason for this is about rounding the negative values down (to -1 I think?). Don’t have a solution for it as I said I’m a beginner to AS3, but it would be nice if somebody solved it and posted it here.

Have a nice day.

By: santosh

santosh — Mon, 02 May 2011 06:50:14 +0000

nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 23:35:24 +0000

How does the ship get scaled differently if it’s going left, differently if it’s going right?

By: JestaBlunt

JestaBlunt — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 20:40:21 +0000

and again, very awful…nah, the opposite ^^ no problems with making it clear, understood all and learned very usefull things…so, cya on the next page again…

peace
jesta

By: Roshan C

Roshan C — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:34:50 +0000

Very nice!!! excellent job..

By: Sean FIsk

Sean FIsk — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:29:17 +0000

Awesome tutorial! I already knew how to do the regular movement stuff, but the the 3D effects were simple and looked surprisingly cool. Great job thinking of that, I would never have thought of that on my own.

By: Yulaw

Yulaw — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:39:18 +0000

@Peter

It might be a bit late, but if you are still struggling on that problem I have found your solution.
When following the tutorial I came across the same problem.

Solution is getting rid of the { and } marks on your control section. After that it will move smoothly acros your stage