Flash Overhead RPG Tutorial - Part 1 - Animating and moving your character

SOURCE FILE AND HD VIDEO WILL BE AT...
http://adobeflashtutorials.tk/

In this tutorial, I will teach you how to animate and move your character. I am using flash 8.

--------ACTIONSCRIPT--------
In toon_walking:
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onEnterFrame = function(){
if(Key.isDown(Key.DOWN) or Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) or Key.isDown(Key.UP) or Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)){
nextFrame();
}else{
gotoAndStop(1);
}
}
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In toon_walking, the last frame

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onEnterFrame = function(){
gotoAndPlay(1);
}
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On the main frame

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onEnterFrame = function(){
toonspeed = 5
if(Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)){
_root.toon.gotoAndStop(1);
_root.toon._y += toonspeed
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)){
_root.toon.gotoAndStop(2);
_root.toon._x -= toonspeed
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.UP)){
_root.toon.gotoAndStop(3);
_root.toon._y -= toonspeed
}
if(Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)){
_root.toon.gotoAndStop(4);
_root.toon._x += toonspeed
}
}
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NOTE: Make sure inside toon_total, each frame has a stop(); action.

Source: [I will be uploading the source onto my website, just give me a few days to figure this out.]

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Flash
• RPG
• Tutorial
• overhead
• as2
• walking
• animating
• moving
• help
• isometric

[fastcars283]

When you're making a tutorial, you really have to explain a little better. For example, at the beginning, you convert the toon to a simple, however, a few moments later, you actually enter the edit mode for the toon and convert it to another symbol. This is going to confuse a lot of beginners.

Anyway, good job nonetheless, and it helped me a bit with AS, so thanks.

[AdobeFlashTutorials]

Sorry if it was quick. This was quite some time ago. Basically I made this entire thing up on the go. You have no idea what 6 months did to me :)

[Cami7ord]

Hey, can you make a tutorial showing how to make the same animation but in ActionScript 3?

[AdobeFlashTutorials]

Just press Create New Flash Document>AS2 Document.

[Cami7ord]

Very nice, but why so hurry? kinda stress me up. But, respect.

[AdobeFlashTutorials]

Sorry, I may redue all the tutorials soon.

[Utubedude8245]

Quick question: it's understandable that left would be_x -= and right would be _x += but why is up _y -=? wouldn't that mean down on the coordinate plane?

[BunkeyTheMunkey1]

WTF,dude the animation part was so confusing,what is the order?

[sasawedx]

why does the warning pop out every time I test it? but it still works. But how can I get rid of the stupid warning?

**Error** Symbol=toon_walking, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 1: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler onEnterFrame = function(){

Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1

[clarns17]

are you trying to destroy your keyboard?! I hear your keybord instead of your voice.

[RedX737]

oh wait no wonder im using flash mx

[RedX737]

i am officially confused

[RedX737]

how did u switch over to another animation piece?

[RedX737]

u went to fast and i messed up the entire animation. now i have to start over

[elicraftycat]

i really liked it, i used to make these little projects and now that im going back to it this was a good revision for me thanks :)

[pudinthemushroomhead]

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