Controlling fire in Space Invaders game
Hi again,
still working through the tutorial on Space Invaders in Flash
MX 2004 (bit out of date, I know).
I've got the player craft under mouse control. What I don't
like about the game is that you can fire as rapidly as you wan't,
though the number of bullets is limited. You can change this limit
in the variable - I would rather have it though that you can only
have a set number of bullets in play at a time (at the moment, if
you go over the limit, the uppermost bullets just disapear).
Here is the code:
// when the mouse cliks
onClipEvent(mouseDown)
// duplicate the bullet mc
_root.bullet.duplicateMovieClip("bullet"+bulletNum,bulletNum);
// set the coords to the mouse clik
eval("_root.bullet" + bulletNum)._x = this._x;
eval("_root.bullet" + bulletNum)._y = this._y;
// increment the bullet number
bulletNum++;
// if more than 50 bullets , start again at 0
if(bulletNum>50)
bulletNum = 0;
What code could I use to have it so that you can only have,
say, 3 bullets in play at once, and you can't fire again until
they've hit / left the screen?
regards,
g
Hi again,
thanks for that. Another way would be to use code like the
following:
var enableInterval:Number;
var allowFire:Boolean;
function tempDisableFire():Void {
allowFire = false;
enableInterval = setInterval(enableFire, 500); // 500
millisecond delay
function enableFire():Void {
allowFire = true;
clearInterval(enableInterval);
I am unsure though whether to insert this within my existing
code, or to use this starting from scratch. If it was inside an
onClipEvent tag (the event being the mouse click), I could then use
it to control the fire. I'm not sure if I would do this with an "if
/ then" statement.
Any suggestions on this method? I know it may be asking a bit
much, but if you could even complete this piece of code that would
be magic!
cheers,
g
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Creating Space Invaders game and im getting confused on removing objects from my game. How do you actually remove an object (i.e bullets and aliens).
I know this isnt the right way to do it, but for the bullets i had an array of the Objects bullets[] and set the x and y coordinates off screen so u cant see then wen they are painted you cant see them, then wen the player fires them, the x and y coordinates change so they come from the players ship till it hits an alien or goes off screen, then i reset the coordinates so they are pasted off screen again. Im relatively new to this so i would appreciate any help. Im going to have to do the same with aliens wen a collision is detected. Is there a way of actually removing an object?
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public void checkCollision()
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}Edited by: deathwings on Nov 25, 2009 8:20 AMdeathwings wrote:
I was thinking bout that arraylist angle before, but it makes sense now so i think that will work ok. Thx kevin.Not a problem.
Taking the List idea one step further, you could have a parent Object/Interface that all of your game objects extend/implement. Let's call it GameObject.
A GameObject would have a draw(Graphics g) function that you call from your paintComponent( ) method, and for example an act( ) function as well.
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hey guys,
I am trying to work out the logic and the code required for firing a bullet in a space invaders style game.
I have a space ship on a stage that moves around freely using the arrow keys and I want to use the space bar to release a bullet.
So far my thinking is as follows:
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Need Help with Java Space Invaders Game!
Hi, im new to these forums so forgive if i dont follow the right way on laying things out. Im trying to create space invaders game but im stuck when im trying to create multiple aliens/ invaders. I have a class called Aliens (which is the invaders), and i can create an instance of an Alien. But when I try to create multiple instances they are not showing up on screen. I am not getting any error message though (which im hoping is a good sign, lol).
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import java.awt.; import javax.swing.; import java.awt.Image; import java.awt.event.KeyListener; import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
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///// trying to create multiple instances of aliens here
for(int i=0; i<4; i++)
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alien1.start();
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Image pic1 = player1.getImage();
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super.paintComponent(g);
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this.parent = parent;
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while(isRunning)
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alien1 = kit.getImage("alien1.gif");
alien2 = kit.getImage("alien2.gif");
try
thread.sleep(100);
catch(InterruptedException e)
System.err.println(e);
updateAliens();
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case('l'):
alienImage = alien1;
break;
case('r'):
alienImage = alien1;
break;
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xPos-=20;
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else
xPos-=20;
if(xPos >= SpaceInvaders.WIDTH-50||xPos < 0)
yPos+=50;
xPos+=20;
direction='r';
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public void setX(int x){ xPos = x; }
public void setY(int y){ yPos = y; }
public int getX(){ return xPos; }
public int getY(){ return yPos; }
}//end classEdited by: deathwings on Oct 19, 2009 9:47 AM
Edited by: deathwings on Oct 19, 2009 9:53 AMMaybe the array I have created is not being used in the paint method, or Im working with 2 different objects as you put it? Sorry, Im just learning and I appreciate your time and help. Here is my GamePanel Class and my Aliens class:
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import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferStrategy;
public class GamePanel extends JComponent implements KeyListener
SpaceInvaders game;
static Player player1;
static Bullets bullet;
//static public Image spaceship2R;
//static public Image spaceship2L;
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break;
case('r'):
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Help with KeyDown (space invaders game)
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Yes, here is my first Java game:
www.fnfconsulting.no
Feel free to check it out. No registration necessary.
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Halhaha coded only using your right hand. nice . this
kicks your games to mars and back malo ;) 1 word
SOUND! and good sound :P good stuff although it doesnt
use 1.1 so your audience is limited (its like
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import javax.swing.*;
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http://www.geocities.com/ajbasic/SpaceInvaders.htmlthe ability to die should definitely be the last thing you code ;) It's so cool to play an early staged game without ever being able to die.
OK, so my comments:
The pictures, if you're going to allow them to overlap, as you do now, give them some transparency.
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I want to take an ASCII character string and convert any
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In a non-Unicode program, I define the following hex constant:
CONSTANTS: c_control_to_space(64) TYPE x VALUE
'00200120022003200420052006200720082009200A200B200C200D200E200F20' &
'10201120122013201420012016201720182019201A201B201C201D201E201F20'.
I then execute the following TRANSLATE statement:
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What would be the "approved" method of accomplishing the same effect
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First, thank you for pointing out my typo. You are correct that the "0120" in the second line of the literal was intended to be "1520".
Second, thank you for your suggestion. Based on your idea, I tried something similar, but not exactly what you suggested. In particular, since I can't figure out how to construct the constant that I want, I used your idea to construct it as a variable, as follows:
DATA number TYPE i.
DATA offset TYPE i.
DATA hex(4) TYPE x.
FIELD-SYMBOLS <char> TYPE c.
ASSIGN hex TO <char> CASTING TYPE c.
DATA w_control_to_space(64) TYPE c.
DO 32 TIMES.
hex = sy-index - 1.
offset = 2 * ( sy-index - 1 ).
number = STRLEN( <char> ).
IF number GT 1.
SUBTRACT 1 FROM number.
SHIFT <char> LEFT BY number PLACES.
ENDIF.
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ENDDO.
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Making my enemies drop bombs in space invaders
Hi all,
I'm in the process of learning flash just now and am
completing an online tutorial on Space Invaders. Thing is, the
bombs drop from a random location on the screen. I want them to
drop from a random enemy (I'm not too bothered just now about
making it one on the bottom row or one with no other enemies before
them).
At the moment, here is the AS that makes them drop (the
frequency is determined elsewhere):
eval("_root.alienBomb" + alienBombNum)._x =random(700);
eval("_root.alienBomb" + alienBombNum)._y =
300*Math.random();
An I can modify it to get a certain one to drop:
eval("_root.alienBomb" + alienBombNum)._x
=_root.alienClip2_2._x;
eval("_root.alienBomb" + alienBombNum)._y =
_root.alienClip2_2._y;
I can' t get it to randomly choose one - I know I have to use
the random function, but don't know how to implement this.
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regards,
gThe code you're using is really old...back to Flash 5, I'd
guess, which makes this rather more complicated than it need be.
Since you seem to be in AS1, I'll keep it that way. Try
using:
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yGridNum = Math.round(Math.random() * 7);
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for(int i=0;i<n.size;i++){ //n = ship function and size is place holder for number of shots
if(n.shots[i] != null && n.shots.y - enemy[i].y >0&&n.shots[i].y - enemy[i].y<50){ //if the shot is hit in this y area the shot and enemy will delete
n.shots[i] = null;
enemy[i] = null;
}//end of if
else{
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n.shots[i] = null;
enemy[i] = null;
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}//end else
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repaint();
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catch (InterruptedException e) {
}//end of catch
}//end of while
} //end of runWhy not use a timer here? If you are using Swing, then a Swing Timer is much better here than the ugly while(true).
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Java space shooter game optimization
Hi
I've just started a little space-arcade type of game.
For now there's a ship but it doesn't do much:
- moves (accelerated)
- fires (SPACE bar)
Now I'm going to start work on an enemy generator + collision test.
After that: pick-ups, a status bar(remaining life, passed time and so on), etc
Since I'm not such a experienced programmer with Java graphics, I would need any opinion I can get to optimize my code (smoother movement, less CPU/memory usage, etc.). Read about sprites but not sure if it's the case here.
You can take a look at the game and source codes at:
http://www.stonefixion.com/temp/game
Please take a look over the four java files and if you have any optimization suggestions, they are mostly welcome.
Waiting for some feedback,
Cheers ;jI've done a bit of reading and I think I've already done that(double buffering) like this:
public void update (Graphics g)
if (dbImage == null)
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dbg = dbImage.getGraphics ();
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dbg.fillRect (0, 0, this.getSize().width, this.getSize().height);
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g.drawImage (dbImage, 0, 0, this);
}I put all the drawing in paint() and call it update().
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How to put more no of coulums in table control.
on my screen i am getting 10 coulums.for further
i have to scrool.but on my customer screen it is displaying
8 columns, but on his system, left side more space is remaining,he asking to increase the table control so that he can able to to see more columns,but on my system it is saying table control length is 115.it is not allowing to increase it.
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Plz give some solution .
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Ramakrisnaia yHi,
i observed that in order to put screen in synch for both customer and for us ,i modified the screen attributes.
that mean length and witdh.
if u write BDC then we have to use one strcture in order to take defualt screen size.in my case i am using noram screen and table control.
Thanks .
Ramki.
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