Pure awesome!
This is so far the most immersive and beautifully-done Flash tutorial I've seen yet. I especially liked funding out how to do the 3-D environments. Thanks, man, you've helped me kick my skillz up a notch!
Reviews for "The Big Fat Tutorial"
Helbereth responds:
Well, thanks, I did try to make it easy to get into. The 3D thing is really an old trick that I just incorporated into flash (quite easily, I might add). I think it's been done by several people in flash before, but nobody ever really went over it.
I hope it does help you, and I thank you for the great review!
very well done and a big help for noobs.
the main thing that has me hooked to your submission is the Zelda song with the drumbeat added to it. that's got little to nothing to do with the actual FLASH, but I just wanted to say, firstly (before I go into the flash itself) that the song is very lovely. who did it, what is the title of it, and where can I find it?
okay.. that's done, so now onto the actual flash content.
tutorials may not be "actual movies/games" like some people say, but they are a necessity, especially here on Newgrounds where people spit out crap instead of taking the time to learn how to use Flash properly and give us something worth watching.
I'm looking forward to seeing more of this from you--this is very well done and is going to be a big help to me once I actually start being brave enough to start making flashes of my own, so I thank you madly from the bottom of my little heart for making it.
Helbereth responds:
The music is all credited in the credits sequence (which can be paused). There's also a direct link in one of the easter eggs (look in the masking section). The music clip in question is from a remix done by Trinity over on ocremix.org called "The Goddess Appears".
OMG THANKS!
THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST TUTORIAL ON NEWGROUNDS! you helped me soooo much omg vote 5! shees you teach subjects go well, the graphics were great,sounds were great and it was funny (nice lil scare on 1 of the lessions :D)
all my 5r belong to this!!!!! W00T
This tutorials is HELPFUL (Rare on NG)
You have made a great tut, but I cannot get the cam to work right
Symbol=camFrame, Layer=actions, Frame=1: Line 1: '{' expected
function camControl():Void {
Symbol=camFrame, Layer=actions, Frame=1: Line 9: Unexpected '}' encountered
}
^I get that message when testing, I dunno how to check wot AS im using. hope u can shed some light coz i wood love to use this technique.
thanks
Helbereth responds:
Well it's one of very few issues.
Either you copied the script wrong (which is mortifying, from what I hear.
You may need to change your publish settings to use AS 2.0 (only available in MX 2004 or later).
Or you put the script in the wrong part of the camera itself. Remember the camera movie clip has 4 layers... either one can have the script, really, but it has to be in the MC, not applied to it.
Those are the only 3 possible solutions I've encountered with people not being able to use the camera. Otherwise it works.
not bad but......
can any1 help me figure out to to get the wings to move? lol