Flash : ActionScript 2.0

[Bench]

If anyone is looking for some help with some Flash Development, let me know.

bench@benchstudios.com
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[venN]

im actually making a flash dodge em game in actionscript 2.0 for ITM.
if i have trouble ill know who to ask :P

[LiNK-]

Question.

ActionScript... Do you write it in like notepad (Coding it) or do you make it with flash?

Let's see you answer that one, you bench.

[ivo]

It is usually executed from inside a flash object [movie], and you usually write it from Adobe Flash as it makes it alot easier to write than 'bare-back' in notepad.

[LiNK-]

Worth learning thou?

[Bench]

not really worth learning.

In Practicality the only time you'd use Notepad when writing ActionScript is when you're writing custom classes in Flash which would involve loading an external actionscript '.as' file. And you got to set up Linkage properties in order for it to be loaded.

You'd use it for when you create say a button class, and you'd use the linkage property of your Button MovieClip in order to link to that external script.

Other then that you would do all your ActionScript coding in Flash. My advice is to keep as much of your code in bulk on its own "Actions" layer, this way you can easily see all your code and be able to edit quickly.

[CoFfeX]

as files are editable in flash. In fact, on install it automatically associates the .as extension with flash.

Why you would use notepad I have no idea.


Anyway as3 is becoming all the rage nowadays. I'd recommend learning that instead, as well as getting to know how to write package classes. They can very powerful, as well as being a decent introduction into oop.
It also saves you from digging through frames for your scripts. Migrating from as2 might be a headache if you arn't used to it though.

[Bench]

oop is good when you understand how to use it, otherwise it's worse than assigning code directly onto buttons, lol.

AS3 of course is the rage because it's the latest :P and there's a lot more you can do with it, however i studied as2 and all the work i've done thus far has been fine using as2 so i happy with it for the time being.