Use 2 events for same action? 1

[markdmac]

Brand new to Flash and I am following the tutorial for creating a Flash movie game found here:

http://www.layoutgalaxy.com/html/htmnewletter47-page4.htm

I've successfully modified the sample FLA file and replaced my own graphics into the file. The game plays great.

I would like to add new functionality to the game and allow the user to use the spacebar in addition to the left mouse click to activate the trigger. Problem is I have barely started to figure out the Flash interface let alone the scripting language it uses. I'm a pro at VBScript but this is new to me. Can anyone offer suggestions?

Thanks.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

This is really olde skool code - Flash 4 or something.

Anyway, to capture the space bar key stroke, you'd do:

[tt]on (keyPress "<Space>"){
// do something
}[/tt]

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[markdmac]

Thanks Kenneth!

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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[markdmac]

OK, so that does work but not in the way I want it to. Using the following code for the button that acts as a trigger:

on (press) {
	gotoAndPlay(2);
	_root.score++;
}
on (keyPress "<Space>"){
   gotoAndPlay(2);
	_root.score++;
}

I can use the mouse and it works flawlessly recording both hits and misses. Using the spacebar it does not matter if the player aims or not, the space bar always causes the target to be hit. Ideally I would like for the spacebar to evaluate the x,y coordinates of the mouse and then call the button press. Is that possible?

 

[markdmac]

I tried too apply my general scripting knowledge (if only I could use vbscript for this) and tried this:

on (press) {
    gotoAndPlay(2);
    _root.score++;
}
on (keyPress "<Space>"){
   (press);
}

But that did nothing. Is there a way to have the space bar call the button press action?

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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http://www.thespidersparlor.com/vbscript

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[kennethkawamoto]

I have been expecting you

on (rollOver) {
	active = true;
}

on (rollOut) {
	active = false;
}

on (keyPress "<Space>") {
	if (active) {
	       // do something
	}
}

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[markdmac]

Works like a charm. Thank you I have learned a lot from this little piece.