How to optimise your AS3 code to make your Flash game run faster, smoother, and with less lag.
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From the category archives:
AS3 Concepts Explained
Intro to 2D arrays, 3D arrays, and beyond, in AS3, using the “array-of-arrays” technique.
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[AS3] Papervision3D tutorial for beginners, plus a look at how to create real 3D “anaglyph” images with Flash, to be viewed with those 3D glasses.
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Ever traced tank.turret.rotation and found that it always returns zero, even when it’s clearly pointing diagonally?
Maybe you’ve compared the width of two identical objects, one obviously double the size of the other, and found that Flash thinks they are the same.
Every Flash dev I know has run across one of these and sat scratching their head — myself included!
So what’s going on?
Well, it’s all to do with addChild()…
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Explains how Flash deals with angles. Also a bunch of functions with code for converting between degrees, radians, and rotations.
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These are the three most important keywords for using class inheritance in AS3.
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This post explains what an event and an event listener is, how to use them, and why they are useful for Flash game development.
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