In this Flash tutorial, you will learn how to move a tank using the arrow keys and shoot using either the spacebar or a mouse click. The topics covered in this tutorial include: using the onEnterFrame, onMouseDown, and onKeyDown events, proper actionscripting technique and basic animation techniques. This is the first in a series of Flash tutorials involving the movement of a tank.
In this Flash tutorial you will learn how to make the cannon on the tank rotate wherever the mouse is pointing and shoot whenever the left mouse button is clicked. Topics covered in this tutorial: mouse angle detection, onMouseDown event, duplicateMovieClip, rotation and actionscript controlled motion.
Flash plugin detection is very easy to implement in Flash 8. Its actually built-in. In this tutorial I will show you how to activate Flash plugin detection for whatever version of Flash that your Flash document requires.
A few examples on calling Flash Methods from javascript. There is also a previous section about passing parameters from javascript to flash. Example flash fla are available for download.
As soundboards become increasingly popular, you can see exactly how to make your own using Flash. This tutorial makes use of tools, buttons, sounds and keyframes. A small amount of Flash knowledge is needed for this tutorial.