Coin Project 4: Limiting the travels of the coin so it does not go off stage

by Leanne Richer

You will need the results of this tutorial to complete this series of tutorials.

OBJECTIVE: In Flash MX we will script a movie clip on the X and Y axis and use a condition to keep the movie clip on the stage.

2. Click in frame 2 of the main timeline actions layer. Click on the bottom line of the script to be able to add a script to the following line. In this tutorial we will use the shorthand for set property. It is written in a set variable statement. You write the statement in the following form:

pathtothetarget.target.property = value

Click Action=> Variables=> Set Variable. Click in the variable field and hit your target button. Find your coin1. Set it to dot formula and absolute pathway. you will see _root.coin1 appear in the variable field. Add a period and then add the property for _x so the variable appears as

 _root.coin1._x.

Click in the value field. Type in the variable mania and check expression so it will be evaluated.
3. Click on the full script line in the actions panel. Right click and select copy. Right click again and select paste. Edit this script so that the property that is being changed is _y and the value is ruby.

4. test your movie. You will see that the coin moves across the screen. When it gets to the right or bottom edge. it appears on the opposite side, or the value is reset the the other side of the range.

Congratulations on a job well done!  Next tutorial is setting some button actions to control position of the coin.