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Post March 13th, 2004, 8:37 pm

Hi,

Is it possible to flip horizontal an instance of a movie by Action Script?

That would solve me a lot of issues.

Thanks.
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Post March 13th, 2004, 8:37 pm

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Post March 13th, 2004, 8:57 pm

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clipInstanceName._xscale *= -1


clipInstanceName being the instance name assigned to your movieclip symbol.

_xscale being the property of a clip that resizes it's width according to a percentage (default is obviously 100%)

*= -1 takes the current _xscale value (again, default is 100) and multiplies it by 1 (thus created -100), which then flips the clip horizontally.
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Post March 14th, 2004, 3:17 pm

Cool!

:oops: So simple, yet so powerful... :)
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Post March 14th, 2004, 3:28 pm

that's the beauty of actionScript :)
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Post February 15th, 2007, 5:52 am

I have an animation of a fish that will swim back and forward. And when I type left I want hime to flip horizontal. And with this code it did, but the problem is that it does flip horizontal everytime I press the left key.

I want "the fish" to flip ones, and flip again when I flip right and then he may flip again when I THEN PRESS LEFT...

hope you somebody understands my problem. Thanks!


KeyListener1.onKeyDown = function () {
if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)){
Xhastighet--;
break;
fisk._xscale *= -1;
}
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Post February 15th, 2007, 10:36 pm

Code: [ Select ]
KeyListener1.onKeyDown = function ()
{
  if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT))
 {
   Xhastighet--;
   break;
   if (fisk._xscale < 0)
       fisk._xscale *= -1;
}
  1. KeyListener1.onKeyDown = function ()
  2. {
  3.   if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT))
  4.  {
  5.    Xhastighet--;
  6.    break;
  7.    if (fisk._xscale < 0)
  8.        fisk._xscale *= -1;
  9. }

if default the fish is with his head toward left, then leave this code as it is.
if is hea toward right then the condition will be:
Code: [ Select ]
if (fisk._xscale > 0)
fisk._xscale *= -1;
  1. if (fisk._xscale > 0)
  2. fisk._xscale *= -1;
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Post February 16th, 2007, 4:52 am

I used that code on

(Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT))

too, and it work prfectly as I wanted:)

thanks!
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Post May 27th, 2007, 12:06 am

็Hi,
I'm a newbie and know very little about AS, so I get confused what 'KeyLintener1' and 'Xhastighet--' refer to. Could you be so kind as to give additional explanation, please?
Looking forward to you kind help.
High regards,
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Post November 8th, 2010, 8:28 am

Hi
I have the same type of issue, except I have my movie clip following a mouse rather than using keys.

The fish is facing right, how would I get the fish to face left when the mouse is to the left of the fish?

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
_root.yChange = Math.round(_root._ymouse-this._y);
_root.xChange = Math.round(_root._xmouse-this._x);
_root.yMove = Math.round(_root.yChange/5);
_root.xMove = Math.round(_root.xChange/5);
this._y += _root.yMove;
this._x += _root.xMove;
}

thanks
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Post November 17th, 2010, 4:53 am

mmm, you guys should learn how to use what you know, extend it and use your logic to apply it for your current situation.
In your case is basically the same.
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// if mouse in left side (xMouse < this.x)
if (_root.xMove < 0)
{
 if (this._xscale < 0) // if not already flipped
  this._xscale *= -1;
}
else // if mouse in right side (xMouse > this.x)
{
 if (this._xscale > 0) // if not already flipped
  this._xscale *= -1;
}
  1. // if mouse in left side (xMouse < this.x)
  2. if (_root.xMove < 0)
  3. {
  4.  if (this._xscale < 0) // if not already flipped
  5.   this._xscale *= -1;
  6. }
  7. else // if mouse in right side (xMouse > this.x)
  8. {
  9.  if (this._xscale > 0) // if not already flipped
  10.   this._xscale *= -1;
  11. }
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