Simple Flashlight Effect
Here’s a very simple Flash flashlight effect that uses almost no ActionScript. The only AS used is for rotation and key detection.
The effect is archived with a mask and a filter. The filter is a simple gradient fill, same color as the “dark”. One side the alpha is 100, the other size alpha 0. Both the mask and the filter are the same shape and size (I’m using the same movieclip actually). To make everything work, you have to rotate and move the filter and mask at the same time (along with the player).
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Also note the center registration point for the filter, mask and player. Make sure everything is aligned or the effect will break.
3 Comments to Simple Flashlight Effect
wow nice effect it can works awesome in a zombie game or a escape puzzle game! i think you shoudl try adding a side scrolling tutorial… cause at the moment all teh tutorials here are birds view 
ZorbiaApril 24, 2010
Yh that would be great - it wouldn’t be too hard…
Just make everything but your character move in the opposite direction when you move. eg - you press right and everything moves left and your character animates walkign right. Simple! (I think…)
Converting stuff to a side-scroller from birds-eye is pretty simple I think. You just remove one of the axis
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January 20, 2009