Topic, Curtain fire shooting game

  That isn't what I was looking for. What I meant was how to make the player be able to assign those values.

  AS3 is very different from AS2... I don't exactly get what you are trying to do from your description...

If you wanna change the width of a line usually you make use of the height/width property of the symbol

For the speed of a bullet, you declare a velocity variable (V) eg. var V = 5;

Then you add an ENTERFRAME event listener, every frame you move the bullet by 5 units.

For angle, declare a variable in radians (? i think all angles except for .rotation is in radians) eg. var angle = pi/4; *you can either use Math.PI or just use 3.14*

Then you resolve the velocity into the x and y direction:

Vx = V Math.cos(angle);
Vy = V Math.sin(angle);

**Do you need to import flash.Math.*?? i forgot...

So in the event instead of moving by 5 in one direction you move it separately in two directions:

x += Vx;
y += Vy;

You may have to experiment with the cos and sin functions and the + and - signs because in flash the y direction is downwards.

  OK guys, I don't know how to allow the player to assign attributes to a symbol (like changing the width of a line in JG2). The attributes I plan on making are the angle and speed a bullet will move by, and the times when a bullet will appear, and when it will remove itself from the game. Anyone feel like helping me with this? I've already got the basic idea of the code I will make that combines and uses these attributes.

  You're off by one number, bud. AS3 isn't much different from AS2 aside from additional functions, so I'll contact you if I run into anything.

  no but I can script fairly well in Flash 8(assuming that's what your using)

  Anybody here have any confidence in their abilities to make music?

  Gah, so that's it. And I was so used to Flash MX, too.

  ? how are you trying to add actionscript? In AS3 you can't add directly to an object now, you need to create a class out of the symbol, and create a new .as file which contains the script.

  It's not letting me assign actionscript to the player. This is truly an evil programming language.

  You really ought to update then.

  I have Flash 8, can make a game too.

  I don't quite understand what you mean by "grandchildren". You mean one movieclip that's contained inside of another?

  You could simply keep track of the number yourself, each time you add one movieclip you add one to the counter at the same time, and same for removing.

But if I'm not wrong there's a numChildren property that you could use? (though it won't work if you have grandchildren objects)

  Gah... I need a piece of code that can count the amount of movieclips on the screen. Is there any such function?

  It would be useful if people want to help you. :)

  Any reason in particular you wanted to know what I'm using?

  OK.

  It's Flash CS3. I'm also using AS3.

  Sounds cool. What do you use, CS4?
AS2 or 3?

  I decided to make my first game.
So, I'm keeping this list to note my progress, and you can also make suggestions.
EDIT: As of 8/14, I lost ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING.
Player Images = X
Player Actionscripting = X
Object Images = X
Object Actionscripting = X
GUI = X
Game Actionscripting = X
Editor Actionscripting = X
Music = X