IK+ Flash

ant512 · 04 April 2003, 01:01

What do you get if you mix a month, 30,000 lines of code, 600 frames of animation, a dozen sound samples, an Amiga, WinUAE, a PC, a classic beat-'em-up, and Flash MX?

http://ant.digitaldonkey.com/ik/ik.php

It's still a work in progress at the moment - still a long way to go before it's finished. Any comments, criticisms, suggestions and general feedback anyone has will be greatly appreciated.

(NB: I know that the red guy turns white when he turns over.)

Djay · 04 April 2003, 02:25

where's the "drop trousers" button

good work...

maybe you could make it two player (online) and stick in EAB's arcade!!!

Drake1009 · 04 April 2003, 07:30

Not all keyboards have an easily accessible ; key. For me I have to hold shift and press , to get it and it doesn't seem to do any english keyboard reading (reading the actual key pressed so it's another key)

ant512 · 04 April 2003, 09:39

It'll have an option to redefine the keys when it's finished. There are two problems with having set keys in such a complicated game:

- Foreign keyboards have different layouts, which you've already noted as a problem;
- Not all keyboards can handle the number of keypresses needed (up to an expected maximum of 6).

An option to change the keys (possibly remembered with cookies) will solve these issues.

Konrad · 04 April 2003, 09:50

looks really cool.

mintsauce82 · 04 April 2003, 10:52

Sweet! I'll be getting my mates to take me on in the library later.

Drake1009 · 04 April 2003, 13:15

Most keyboards can handle 6 keypresses at the same time, but too bad it's not always the keys you want. My earlier keyboard wouldn't have me holding Shift, C and D togther to mention one combination. But I could hold Q V T J A P R B N without problems.

RCK · 04 April 2003, 13:41

really nice, would be excellent to add it into our Arcade zone when it will be finish.

@Djay: I'm afraid two player mode won't be implemented

spannernick · 12 May 2008, 15:44

I tried this on the PSP but its very slow and you can't start a game..is there any way of changing the keys..?

Oh what is the screen resolution of the game..?

PSP is 480 by 272

Use the folowing keycodes for the directional pad
Up - 38
Down - 40
Left - 37
Right - 39

The X button can act as a left mouse click, mouse is the analouge stick

BippyM · 12 May 2008, 15:47

Are you on about the flash version or amiga version?

TCD · 12 May 2008, 15:50

He must mean Amiga, cause the flash site is down.

BippyM · 12 May 2008, 15:54

Well he is playin on the PSP so I am curious..

If it is amiga ver then your post is off-topic spannernick

alexh · 12 May 2008, 16:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

He must mean Amiga, cause the flash site is down.

http://ant.simianzombie.com/games/ik/ik.php

TCD · 12 May 2008, 16:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

http://ant.simianzombie.com/games/ik/ik.php

I meant the one from the first post. But thanks for the link

spannernick · 12 May 2008, 17:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

http://ant.simianzombie.com/games/ik/ik.php

Thats the one...

Got flash MX 2004 and source code..how do you change the keys in the source..?

I can't play homebrew on my psp slim at the moment,needs pandoring..

spannernick · 12 May 2008, 18:32

So i what to be able to prees x to start the game,any help would be great..

spannernick · 12 May 2008, 18:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by bippym

Well he is playin on the PSP so I am curious..

If it is amiga ver then your post is off-topic spannernick

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Was that your dad bippy...hope he RIP...i am a Andrews too..

ant512 · 12 May 2008, 20:28

Yeah, I got rid of the original domain name and replaced it with something equally obtuse. Changing the keys, eh? From what I remember, you need to change to about the 4th frame or so on the main timeline (or just keep moving along the timeline until you hit the frame that shows the actual game layout). Click on the white fighter, bring up the Actions window, then locate the keydown function (OnClipEvent(keyDown), or something like that). There should be a big switch() statement; each value represents the keycode of a key on the keyboard. If you can work out which buttons on the PSP correspond to which keycode it should be easy to change the values, recompile, and run it.

Note that you can get a little bit more speed by switching to "fast" mode; I think that they key to enable this is listed in the attract sequence. It should definitely be on the website, anyway. I *think* that you can get at the extra keycode functions by clicking on one of the components of the score bar. It'll be the fist logo, or the speed indicator, or the timer, or one of those things. You should find the keys to change the background graphics, the speed keys, the start game keys, etc.

Alternatively, you could try searching the entire project for "keyCode". However, Flash MX's ActionScript search functionality is *rubbish*.

Spaghetti code (necessitated by the dismal lack of speed exhibited by Flash MX) is one of the big reasons why I never got around to finishing the game.

Oh, the game is double the original resolution, so it's 640x400, or thereabouts.

spannernick · 13 May 2008, 00:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by ant512

Yeah, I got rid of the original domain name and replaced it with something equally obtuse. Changing the keys, eh? From what I remember, you need to change to about the 4th frame or so on the main timeline (or just keep moving along the timeline until you hit the frame that shows the actual game layout). Click on the white fighter, bring up the Actions window, then locate the keydown function (OnClipEvent(keyDown), or something like that). There should be a big switch() statement; each value represents the keycode of a key on the keyboard. If you can work out which buttons on the PSP correspond to which keycode it should be easy to change the values, recompile, and run it.

Note that you can get a little bit more speed by switching to "fast" mode; I think that they key to enable this is listed in the attract sequence. It should definitely be on the website, anyway. I *think* that you can get at the extra keycode functions by clicking on one of the components of the score bar. It'll be the fist logo, or the speed indicator, or the timer, or one of those things. You should find the keys to change the background graphics, the speed keys, the start game keys, etc.

Alternatively, you could try searching the entire project for "keyCode". However, Flash MX's ActionScript search functionality is *rubbish*.

Spaghetti code (necessitated by the dismal lack of speed exhibited by Flash MX) is one of the big reasons why I never got around to finishing the game.

Oh, the game is double the original resolution, so it's 640x400, or thereabouts.

When I change the resolution it makes it smaller but you can only see abit of the game screen..?

ant512 · 13 May 2008, 10:59

If you're changing the size of the canvas in Flash's properties pane, you're not changing the resolution. You're making the available space smaller, but leaving all of the movie clips at their default sizes. The only way to change the size of the game is to either scale it in the HTML embed tag (change the width and height) or to manually resize all of the movie clips within the Flash file. However, this might cause problems depending on how I deal with co-ordinates (can't remember now).

04 April 2003, 01:01	#1
ant512 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: California Posts: 964	IK+ Flash What do you get if you mix a month, 30,000 lines of code, 600 frames of animation, a dozen sound samples, an Amiga, WinUAE, a PC, a classic beat-'em-up, and Flash MX? http://ant.digitaldonkey.com/ik/ik.php It's still a work in progress at the moment - still a long way to go before it's finished. Any comments, criticisms, suggestions and general feedback anyone has will be greatly appreciated. (NB: I know that the red guy turns white when he turns over.)

12 May 2008, 15:44	#9
spannernick Retro Nuts Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: London/UK Age: 53 Posts: 1,184	I tried this on the PSP but its very slow and you can't start a game..is there any way of changing the keys..? Oh what is the screen resolution of the game..? PSP is 480 by 272 Use the folowing keycodes for the directional pad Up - 38 Down - 40 Left - 37 Right - 39 The X button can act as a left mouse click, mouse is the analouge stick Last edited by spannernick; 12 May 2008 at 15:50.

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04 April 2003, 02:25	#2
Djay 95th User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton/UK Age: 48 Posts: 3,120	where's the "drop trousers" button good work... maybe you could make it two player (online) and stick in EAB's arcade!!!

04 April 2003, 07:30	#3
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	Not all keyboards have an easily accessible ; key. For me I have to hold shift and press , to get it and it doesn't seem to do any english keyboard reading (reading the actual key pressed so it's another key)

04 April 2003, 09:39	#4
ant512 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: California Posts: 964	It'll have an option to redefine the keys when it's finished. There are two problems with having set keys in such a complicated game: - Foreign keyboards have different layouts, which you've already noted as a problem; - Not all keyboards can handle the number of keypresses needed (up to an expected maximum of 6). An option to change the keys (possibly remembered with cookies) will solve these issues.

04 April 2003, 09:50	#5
Konrad Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Germany Age: 43 Posts: 742	looks really cool.

04 April 2003, 10:52	#6
mintsauce82 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Canada Age: 41 Posts: 74	Sweet! I'll be getting my mates to take me on in the library later.

04 April 2003, 13:15	#7
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	Most keyboards can handle 6 keypresses at the same time, but too bad it's not always the keys you want. My earlier keyboard wouldn't have me holding Shift, C and D togther to mention one combination. But I could hold Q V T J A P R B N without problems.

04 April 2003, 13:41	#8
RCK Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Paris / France Age: 45 Posts: 3,084	really nice, would be excellent to add it into our Arcade zone when it will be finish. @Djay: I'm afraid two player mode won't be implemented

12 May 2008, 15:47	#10
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	Are you on about the flash version or amiga version?

12 May 2008, 15:50	#11
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,522	He must mean Amiga, cause the flash site is down.

12 May 2008, 15:54	#12
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	Well he is playin on the PSP so I am curious.. If it is amiga ver then your post is off-topic spannernick

12 May 2008, 18:32	#16
spannernick Retro Nuts Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: London/UK Age: 53 Posts: 1,184	So i what to be able to prees x to start the game,any help would be great..

12 May 2008, 20:28	#18
ant512 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: California Posts: 964	Yeah, I got rid of the original domain name and replaced it with something equally obtuse. Changing the keys, eh? From what I remember, you need to change to about the 4th frame or so on the main timeline (or just keep moving along the timeline until you hit the frame that shows the actual game layout). Click on the white fighter, bring up the Actions window, then locate the keydown function (OnClipEvent(keyDown), or something like that). There should be a big switch() statement; each value represents the keycode of a key on the keyboard. If you can work out which buttons on the PSP correspond to which keycode it should be easy to change the values, recompile, and run it. Note that you can get a little bit more speed by switching to "fast" mode; I think that they key to enable this is listed in the attract sequence. It should definitely be on the website, anyway. I think that you can get at the extra keycode functions by clicking on one of the components of the score bar. It'll be the fist logo, or the speed indicator, or the timer, or one of those things. You should find the keys to change the background graphics, the speed keys, the start game keys, etc. Alternatively, you could try searching the entire project for "keyCode". However, Flash MX's ActionScript search functionality is rubbish. Spaghetti code (necessitated by the dismal lack of speed exhibited by Flash MX) is one of the big reasons why I never got around to finishing the game. Oh, the game is double the original resolution, so it's 640x400, or thereabouts.

13 May 2008, 10:59	#20
ant512 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: California Posts: 964	If you're changing the size of the canvas in Flash's properties pane, you're not changing the resolution. You're making the available space smaller, but leaving all of the movie clips at their default sizes. The only way to change the size of the game is to either scale it in the HTML embed tag (change the width and height) or to manually resize all of the movie clips within the Flash file. However, this might cause problems depending on how I deal with co-ordinates (can't remember now).

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