How can I press keyboard to play vdo only once - actionscript-3

I'm here again for your help :{ I have a question which I tried to google it but can't find the answer. Well,..May be there is an answer but I just can't make it works? I'm in a process of learning AS3 so let's say I'm still new here.
What I'm doing is making a keyboatd to respond with the vdo files I have. It is a very simple idea as press-n-play. Each keys has their vdos to play and if you press another button while the first one is still pressing, it'll play another vdo of its key. I have make this as boolean with function of keydown and keyup like this:
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
import flash.net.NetStream;
import flash.net.NetConnection;
import flash.media.Video;
var isLeft:Boolean = false;
var isRight:Boolean = false;
var video;
var nc;
var ns;
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN,onDown);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP,onUP);
this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,playVid);
nc = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);
ns = new NetStream(nc);
ns.client = this;
video = new Video(550,400);
addChild(video);
video.attachNetStream(ns);
function onDown(e:KeyboardEvent):void
{
switch (e.keyCode)
{
case 37 :
//ns.play(TomAndJerry.flv);
isLeft=true;
break;
case 39 :
//ns.play(westler.flv);
isRight = true;
break;
}
}
function onUP(e:KeyboardEvent):void
{
switch (e.keyCode)
{
case 37 :
isLeft = false;
break;
case 39 :
isRight = false;
break;
}
}
function playVid(e:Event):void
{
if (isLeft)
{
trace(kk);
ns.play(westler.flv);
isLeft = false;
}
else if (isRight)
{
trace(PP);
ns.play(TomAndJerry.flv);
//isRight = false;
}
}
I have tried making a keydown function without using any boolean or those true of false things to just play a vdo. It worked but, I still have the same problem that I can't find a solution which is ....
When you hold down the keyboard button the vdo will keep start at the beginning.
All I want is to play the vdo even the key is press down. If the vdo ends then play again as loop but if the key is up the vdo will play until it ends.
And if there are more than one button are holding down just play the vdo of the lastest pressed button.
T-T"
Thanks.
Ps. I have tried removeEventListener but, it made every buttons' function gone.

your playvid function is called each frame so i think it's normal your video don't start, I think you could try to change your code as follow:
// add net status handler event to check the end of the video
ns.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStatusHandler);
// remove this line
//this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,playVid);
/** a key is pressed **/
function onDown(e:KeyboardEvent):void
{
switch (e.keyCode)
{
case Keyboard.LEFT:
// start the video just if the video don't play
if(!isLeft) ns.play("TomAndJerry.flv");
// video left is playing
isLeft = true;
// video right isn't playing
isRight = false;
break;
case Keyboard.RIGHT:
// start the video just if the video don't play
if(!isRight) ns.play("westler.flv");
// video rightis playing
isRight = true;
// video left isn't playing
isLeft = false;
break;
}
}
/** a key is released **/
function onUP(e:KeyboardEvent):void
{
switch (e.keyCode)
{
case Keyboard.LEFT:
isLeft = false;
break;
case Keyboard.RIGHT:
isRight = false;
break;
}
}
/** net status change, verify if we reach the end of the video **/
function netStatusHandler(e:NetStatusEvent):void
{
// when netStatus code is NetStream.Play.Stop the video is complete
if (e.info.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop")
{
// right key is still pressed we loop the video
if( isRight ) ns.play("westler.flv");
// left key is still pressed we loop the video
else if( isLeft ) ns.play("TomAndJerry.flv");
}
}
I hope this will help you :)

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Using a variable to allow only one video to play at a time

I recently created a project that has four buttons. Each button adds an FLV player to the stage and plays a video. During testing, I noticed that clicking another button before the first function is finished loading the movie, TWO movies will play.
Is there a more efficient way of handling this? I feel like there is a lot of redundant code here, is there a better way to do the following:
Button One Pressed
Load Video One
Ignore all other event listeners until the movie ends, or the user dismisses the video (Clicks to dismiss)
I initially though it would be a good idea to create a two functions, one that removes all event listeners, and another that adds all the event listeners. When a button is pressed, before it loads the FLVPlayback, remove all event listeners. When the movie is COMPLETE, add all the listeners back. That seems taxing, and very inefficient.
I wrote the following code as an example of what I'm trying to do. (This outputs the same string "One Can play" every time though).
var canLaunchOne:Boolean;
var canLaunchTwo:Boolean;
var canLaunchThree:Boolean;
var canLaunchFour:Boolean;
buttonMCOne.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, playMovieOne);
buttonMCTwo.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, playMovieTwo);
buttonMCThree.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, playMovieThree);
buttonMCFour.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, playMovieFour);
trace(canLaunchTwo);
function playMovieOne(event:Event):void {
canLaunchOne = true;
canLaunchTwo = false;
canLaunchThree = false;
canLaunchFour = false;
trace(canLaunchOne);
playTheRightVideo();
}
function playMovieTwo(event:Event):void {
canLaunchOne = false;
canLaunchTwo = true;
canLaunchThree = false;
canLaunchFour = false;
playTheRightVideo();
}
function playMovieThree(event:Event):void {
canLaunchOne = false;
canLaunchTwo = false;
canLaunchThree = true;
canLaunchFour = false;
playTheRightVideo();
}
function playMovieFour(event:Event):void {
canLaunchOne = false;
canLaunchTwo = false;
canLaunchThree = false;
canLaunchFour = true;
playTheRightVideo();
}
function playTheRightVideo():void {
if(canLaunchOne = true){
trace("One Can Play"); // do all that video stuff for video one
} else if(canLaunchTwo = true){
trace("Two Can Play"); // do all that video stuff for video one
} else if(canLaunchThree = true){
trace("Three Can Play"); // do all that video stuff for video one
} else {
trace("Four Can Play");
}
}
I tried this code, and I got it "working", but every function will always set canLaunchMovie to true...
import flash.events.Event;
var canLaunchMovie:Boolean;
buttonMCOne.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, playMovieOne);
buttonMCTwo.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, playMovieTwo);
buttonMCThree.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, playMovieThree);
buttonMCFour.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, playMovieFour);
function playMovieOne(e:Event):void {
if(canLaunchMovie = true){
this.canLaunchMovie = false;
trace("One Can Play"); // do all that video stuff for video one
} else {
trace("I can't do that(play movie one) Dave");
}
}
function playMovieTwo(e:Event):void {
if(canLaunchMovie = true){
this.canLaunchMovie = false;
trace("Two Can Play"); // do all that video stuff for video one
} else {
trace("I can't do that(play movie two) Dave");
}
}
function playMovieThree(e:Event):void {
if(canLaunchMovie = true){
this.canLaunchMovie = false;
trace("Three Can Play"); // do all that video stuff for video one
} else {
trace("I can't do that(play movie three) Dave");
}
}
function playMovieFour(e:Event):void {
if(canLaunchMovie = true){
this.canLaunchMovie = false;
trace("Four Can Play"); // do all that video stuff for video one
} else {
trace("I can't do that(play movie four) Dave");
}
}
You don't need to have more than one flvplayback.
You only need to change the source of your flvplayback.

Adding Time Delay to Character Movement

I've been looking to make an animation using ActionScript 3.0 in Adobe Flash Professional where a character (John) can be moved by the viewer using the arrow keys. I've made two sprites, John (the default standing character) and JohnLeg (the character with a raised leg), and I switch between them when the up key is pressed to make it look like he is walking. I've tried this by making one invisible and the other visible.
However, at the moment it only shows JohnLeg for 0 seconds, so I believe I need to set a time delay when he moves to show JohnLeg for half a second before switching back.
My code only considers the up key at the moment, and most of it was taken using the code snippets in Adobe Flash:
var upPressed:Boolean = false;
John.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fl_MoveInDirectionOfKey_4);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, fl_SetKeyPressed_4);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, fl_UnsetKeyPressed_4);
function fl_MoveInDirectionOfKey_4(event:Event)
{
JohnLeg.visible = false;
JohnLeg.x = John.x
JohnLeg.y = John.y
if (upPressed)
{
JohnLeg.visible = true;
John.visible = false;
John.y -= 5;
//set time delay here
JohnLeg.visible = false;
John.visible = true;
}
}
function fl_SetKeyPressed_4(event:KeyboardEvent):void
{
switch (event.keyCode)
{
case Keyboard.UP:
{
upPressed = true;
break;
}
}
function fl_UnsetKeyPressed_4(event:KeyboardEvent):void
{
switch (event.keyCode)
{
case Keyboard.UP:
{
upPressed = false;
break;
}
You could try setTimeout.
Here it some help doc http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AS2LCR/Flash_10.0/help.html?content=00000602.html

Continuos Timer and object for a game AS3

I am currently working on a game where you need to survive as long as possible while dodging questions that come your way. (all with AS3)
At the moment I am going from 1 scene to another in between the game field and the question field, but everytime I go to the question scene the timer in the game scene resets itself. I was wondering if it was possible to have the timer continue while being in the question scene?
Also I have a movable character in between the menus which incidentally are also made in different scenes and the player is able to move him around, and I would very much like him to stay in the last position he was in the next screen, as in I move him to the top right in the main menu and when I go to the options menu I want him to still be in the top right and not in his initial position.
As for my timer this is the code I am using at the moment:
import flash.utils.Timer;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.TimerEvent;
import flash.globalization.DateTimeFormatter;
var timer:Timer = new Timer(100);
timer.start();
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, timerTickHandler);
var timerCount:int = 0;
function timerTickHandler(Event:TimerEvent):void
{
timerCount += 100;
toTimeCode(timerCount);
}
function toTimeCode(milliseconds:int) : void {
//create a date object using the elapsed milliseconds
var time:Date = new Date(milliseconds);
//define minutes/seconds/mseconds
var minutes:String = String(time.minutes);
var seconds:String = String(time.seconds);
var miliseconds:String = String(Math.round(time.milliseconds)/100);
//add zero if neccecary, for example: 2:3.5 becomes 02:03.5
minutes = (minutes.length != 2) ? '0'+minutes : minutes;
seconds = (seconds.length != 2) ? '0'+seconds : seconds;
//display elapsed time on in a textfield on stage
timer_txt.text = minutes + ":" + seconds+"." + miliseconds;
}
And my character is using this code:
/* Move with Keyboard Arrows
Allows the specified symbol instance to be moved with the keyboard arrows.
Instructions:
1. To increase or decrease the amount of movement, replace the number 5 below with the number of pixels you want the symbol instance to move with each key press.
Note the number 5 appears four times in the code below.
*/
var upPressed:Boolean = false;
var downPressed:Boolean = false;
var leftPressed:Boolean = false;
var rightPressed:Boolean = false;
rutte.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, fl_MoveInDirectionOfKey);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, fl_SetKeyPressed);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, fl_UnsetKeyPressed);
function fl_MoveInDirectionOfKey(event:Event)
{
if (upPressed)
{
rutte.y -= 5;
}
if (downPressed)
{
rutte.y += 5;
}
if (leftPressed)
{
rutte.x -= 5;
rutte.scaleX = 1; // face left
}
if (rightPressed)
{
rutte.x += 5;
rutte.scaleX = -1; // face right
}
}
function fl_SetKeyPressed(event:KeyboardEvent):void
{
switch (event.keyCode)
{
case Keyboard.UP:
{
upPressed = true;
break;
}
case Keyboard.DOWN:
{
downPressed = true;
break;
}
case Keyboard.LEFT:
{
leftPressed = true;
break;
}
case Keyboard.RIGHT:
{
rightPressed = true;
break;
}
}
}
function fl_UnsetKeyPressed(event:KeyboardEvent):void
{
switch (event.keyCode)
{
case Keyboard.UP:
{
upPressed = false;
break;
}
case Keyboard.DOWN:
{
downPressed = false;
break;
}
case Keyboard.LEFT:
{
leftPressed = false;
break;
}
case Keyboard.RIGHT:
{
rightPressed = false;
break;
}
Thank you in advance for all the help you can give me.
Kind Regards.
in flash there is a fundamental aspect of how timeline and scenes works. Once you move away from a frame to another frame, The content of the frame and it's properties/states/actions are gone and reseted.
Personally I recommend you use a single scene with a timeline divided into frames labeled, there you can specify a layer for the actions and global variables, one for the user interface and another one for the specific actions of each frame. example:
So you never lose the reference of variables because the frame is not constantly recreated, all your important actions, including you timer, should be in your first frame.
I was testing, here you can see a working example: http://db.tt/FZuQVvt3. Here you can download the FLA file to be used as a base for your project: http://db.tt/RHG9G5lo

Play a sound from library with the space bar in AS3

I've been trying to come up with a simple code that plays a sound "jump" from the library each time the spacebar is pressed, but no luck. Everything I try turns my fla/swf into a strobe light.
var spacebarDown:Boolean = false;
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, _keyHandler);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, _keyHandler);
function _keyHandler(e:KeyboardEvent):void
{
if(e.keyCode == 32)
{
switch(e.type)
{
case KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN:
if(!spacebarDown)
{
spacebarDown = true;
// Play Sound.
var sfx:YourSound = new YourSound();
sfx.play();
}
break;
case KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP: spacebarDown = false; break;
}
}
}

music playing over and over in Actionscript 3

Greeting,
I I developed a website using flash with Actionscript 3.
I included a music as a background for the website and the music will loaded when the site loaded.
but the problem that when I click buttons to move between pages(frames) then go and click button_01 the music will play again so I will have music playing more than one time in the background
and the sound_btn will not work any more so even I click sound_btn the music will not stop.
the code I'm using is listed down.
Please advice me what I should modify to not allow the music play more than one time in the background while moving from one page(frame) to another.
Regards,
stop();
//number that is redefined when the pause button is hit
var pausePoint:Number = 0.00;
//a true or false value that is used to check whether the sound is currently playing
var isPlaying:Boolean;
//think of the soundchannel as a speaker system and the sound as an mp3 player
var soundChannel:SoundChannel = new SoundChannel();
var sound:Sound = new Sound(new URLRequest("music.mp3"));
//you should set the xstop and xplay values to match the instance names of your stop button and play/pause buttons
//mute_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickStop);
sound_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickPlayPause);
soundChannel = sound.play();
isPlaying = true;
myVideo.stop();
function clickPlayPause(evt:MouseEvent) {
if (isPlaying) {
pausePoint = soundChannel.position;
soundChannel.stop();
isPlaying = false;
} else {
soundChannel = sound.play(pausePoint);
isPlaying = true;
}
}
button_01.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick1);
button_02.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick2);
button_03.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick3);
button_04.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick4);
button_05.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick5);
button_06.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick6);
function onClick1(e:MouseEvent):void
{
gotoAndStop(1);
}
function onClick2(event:MouseEvent):void
{
gotoAndStop(2);
}
function onClick3(event:MouseEvent):void
{
gotoAndStop(3);
}
function onClick4(event:MouseEvent):void
{
gotoAndStop(4);
}
function onClick5(event:MouseEvent):void
{
gotoAndStop(5);
}
function onClick6(event:MouseEvent):void
{
gotoAndStop(6);
}
The problem is your code for the sound is initialized on the frame that you send the timeline to when clicking button_01. It will reinitialize each time you do that. Try initializing your sound code one frame earlier so that you do not land on that frame ever again once your page loads.
You also might find that wrapping your pages into movieclips, and using visible = true/false to change sections might be a better approach than advancing the timeline to change sections. That method would not result in the sound code reinitializing each time you changed sections. something like this:
function onClick1(e:MouseEvent):void
{
hideAll();
section_01.visible = true;
}
function onClick2(event:MouseEvent):void
{
hideAll();
section_02.visible = true;
}
function onClick3(event:MouseEvent):void
{
hideAll();
section_03.visible = true;
}
function onClick4(event:MouseEvent):void
{
hideAll();
section_04.visible = true;
}
function onClick5(event:MouseEvent):void
{
hideAll();
section_05.visible = true;
}
function onClick6(event:MouseEvent):void
{
hideAll();
section_06.visible = true;
}
function hideAll():void
{
section_01.visible = false;
section_02.visible = false;
section_03.visible = false;
section_04.visible = false;
section_05.visible = false;
section_06.visible = false;
}
If you wanted tweened transitions you could use a tweening class to handle the transitions by tweening the current section out in the hide function and then tweening the next section in in its respective onCLick function.