This Flash game example shows you how to create smooth 4-way player movement with acceleration & friction. This fla also shows you how to create a screen-wrap effect (think asteroids).
Custom Settings:
- max velocity
- acceleration
- friction
Preview
Download Fla Sample
only thing those who use this might wish to add is
if(velocityX || velocityY < aLowNumber){velocityX and velocityY =0;
}
just to stop the drift that happens as they come to a stop, 0.00846 is just enough for distract your eye.
The author of this site is truely an awesome. I use his as2 works as inspiration for my as3 works
That’s a very good suggestion EightySeven.
It’s a good idea to use a “stopper” for everything that moves. If you’re moving something less than 0.05 pixels for example, it doesn’t move visually, but flash is still redrawing everything in the background using up CPU cycles.
Thanks for the complement!
I tried to copy and paste EightySeven’s code into my project but it didn’t work, so I wrote my own:
if(velocityX < 0.05 && velocityX > -0.05){velocityX = 0;
}
if(velocityY < 0.05 && velocityY > -0.05){
velocityY = 0;
}
It’s also AS2, so it’ll work for all you who haven’t migrated to AS3 yet.
- Noah
Thanks NoahJ!