# programming

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## [A simple question about preloaders](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-simple-question-about-preloaders/211660)

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**Author:** [@8\_bit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/8_bit)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-simple-question-about-preloaders/211660 "2007-01-04T00:27:17Z")

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Hello there. Sorry if this is in the wrong section, I really wasn't sure where to post it. Basically what I want to know is if this piece of code (which I got from a tutorial here at Kirupa) will make sure that all m…

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## [Basic question about underscore](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-question-about-underscore/211657)

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**Author:** [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-question-about-underscore/211657 "2007-01-04T00:11:20Z")

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example: root.xmouse; Can somebody explain to me when to use underscore \_ and when not to use underscore?

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## [Parent/Child Movieclip Problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parent-child-movieclip-problem/211656)

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**Author:** [@jor133d](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jor133d)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parent-child-movieclip-problem/211656 "2007-01-04T00:09:33Z")

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I have my parent MC instance name “legend”- within the MC I have a button “info\_btn” I want the MC “legend” to start with alpha value 10. Then when you rollover the MC legend it fades into 100. Then when I rollover the…

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## [Help with Interactive Image Pan?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-interactive-image-pan/211652)

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**Author:** [@Superwilly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Superwilly)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-interactive-image-pan/211652 "2007-01-03T23:00:17Z")

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Hi everyone! I've created an interactive image pan using this tutorial as a resource: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/interactive\_image\_pan.htm The end result is uploaded at http://www.terraceview.ca/estates/…

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## [Movment problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movment-problem/211645)

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**Author:** [@championchap](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/championchap)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movment-problem/211645 "2007-01-03T21:58:46Z")

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Hey guys, not posted here for a long time! So long in fact that i had to register again. Anyway! I was wondering if you guys could offer any help out to me with a little something im working on at the moment. I get the…

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## [\[JS\] clientHeight Property Problem in Safari Popup](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/js-clientheight-property-problem-in-safari-popup/211644)

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**Author:** [@mathew\_er](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mathew_er)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/js-clientheight-property-problem-in-safari-popup/211644 "2007-01-03T21:26:53Z")

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Hi, Im having trouble solving this one. When I create a popup window in Safari with toolbars disabled, it doesn't show the height of available space in the window propperly. I tried window.innerHeight, document.documen…

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## [Can't access class member](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-access-class-member/211642)

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**Author:** [@RysChwith](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RysChwith)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-access-class-member/211642 "2007-01-03T21:16:31Z")

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Anyone have any thoughts on why the loadImage() method of the attached class (SmartImage.as) can't access the class's loadListener property? I have a suspicion that it has something to do with the funky way the object is…

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## [How to \[AS\] this..?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-as-this/211640)

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**Author:** [@Xander](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Xander)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-as-this/211640 "2007-01-03T21:01:08Z")

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Hi people... Am doing a flash top for a webshop solution, and i need to place the newsletter subscription in this header. The code below does this in html via 2 buttons, but i am kinda lost as how to convert it to act…

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## [Cookie Logins](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cookie-logins/211632)

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**Author:** [@Seb\_Hughes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Seb_Hughes)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cookie-logins/211632 "2007-01-03T19:30:21Z")

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I was wondering, has anybody got any tips or tricks to make a secure login that uses cookies? \[beer\]

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## [On(release) load question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-release-load-question/211630)

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**Author:** [@vcugreg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vcugreg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-release-load-question/211630 "2007-01-03T19:09:35Z")

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Hello! I have added this code to a button in my flash file. When the viewer presses the button a external .swf file will load. The problem is how do I specify where it loads. For example, when the viewer hits the butto…

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## [External Interface and Java](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-interface-and-java/211628)

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**Author:** [@zhais](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zhais)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-interface-and-java/211628 "2007-01-03T18:43:36Z")

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I've been starting to explore flash little more lately, and been wondering about how extensive the External Interface functionality goes. I know it can interact with C#, javascript, and php I believe. What I'm wondering,…

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## [Loading MovieClips in AS](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-movieclips-in-as/211627)

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**Author:** [@Sammo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sammo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-movieclips-in-as/211627 "2007-01-03T18:41:15Z")

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Is there any way I can load MovieClips from external files into a movie? I don't mean a .swf, I mean the MovieClip objects in Flash.

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## [Move my movie clip](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/move-my-movie-clip/211626)

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**Author:** [@Leo75](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Leo75)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/move-my-movie-clip/211626 "2007-01-03T18:24:48Z")

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Hi there! Hope u all had a nice holidays! I have a button in my movie clip. This same button is located down in my movie clip. Once this button is pressed, you reach another frame from the same movie clip but at the sa…

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## [Panning Image = Choppy?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/panning-image-choppy/211625)

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**Author:** [@BoonDock](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BoonDock)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/panning-image-choppy/211625 "2007-01-03T18:23:36Z")

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I'm trying to move an image that is a sort of widescreen image from one of the stage to the other side - when played back in .swf form it appears very choppy - is there a way to stop this from happening? (this is for a p…

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## [Flash-Based Email Form Using PHP (am i doing it right?)PLEASE HELP!](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-based-email-form-using-php-am-i-doing-it-right-please-help/211621)

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**Author:** [@essence01](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/essence01)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-based-email-form-using-php-am-i-doing-it-right-please-help/211621 "2007-01-03T17:58:41Z")

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Ok...i know nothing about php but I followed the tutorial here in making email form-flash based using php. As instructed, i uploaded it to my server (yahoo) and after 100th time of testing....8-\] trying to figure out wha…

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## [Auto-Resize Image in XML/FLASH](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-resize-image-in-xml-flash/211619)

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**Author:** [@awzinon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/awzinon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/auto-resize-image-in-xml-flash/211619 "2007-01-03T17:41:21Z")

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Hey there, Just wondering if anyone knows how to auto-resize an image in flash/xml. I have a flash slideshow that is loading an external xml file with images, but would like the images to appear no larger than a certai…

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## [Keypress help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keypress-help/211616)

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**Author:** [@lfc611](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lfc611)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/keypress-help/211616 "2007-01-03T17:22:05Z")

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Im trying to make it so that when you type in "quit" anywhere on the screen the game will play a new MC. right now i have it working when you type "q" or "Q" heres the code: function keyTest() { if ((Key.getAscii() …

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## [\[HELP\] Countdown with Server Time](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-countdown-with-server-time/211611)

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**Author:** [@Suiside360](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Suiside360)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-countdown-with-server-time/211611 "2007-01-03T16:32:02Z")

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I just went through this tutorial on how to create a countdown timer with actionscript. It works great but I'm not sure just how to go about modifying the code so that it pulls from the servers time instead of the users …

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## [Preloading an FLV](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-an-flv/211610)

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**Author:** [@Filmguy15](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Filmguy15)\
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**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-an-flv/211610 "2007-01-03T16:16:32Z")

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Hello! I have a small website I am doing, which requires a video gallery with 3 or 4 videos to be loaded from the click of their respective thumbnails. Right now the vid gallery is setup as follows... Main .swf with th…

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## [Windows IE not showing bullet image](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-ie-not-showing-bullet-image/211607)

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**Author:** [@fasterthanlight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fasterthanlight)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-ie-not-showing-bullet-image/211607 "2007-01-03T15:50:28Z")

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Why won't IE6 for windows display the first bullet image of a list but displays every other bullet image in the list. Its looking like it has the inability to show just one of them for a page, as other lists on the same …

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## [List Component: deselect items without having to use ctrl?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/list-component-deselect-items-without-having-to-use-ctrl/211606)

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**Author:** [@slopps](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/slopps)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/list-component-deselect-items-without-having-to-use-ctrl/211606 "2007-01-03T15:44:47Z")

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Hey guys, quick question, when using the list component, a click highlights an item, but is there a way to deselect (or un-highlight) the items other than having to use the ctrl+click? thanks in advance, Sammy Joe

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## [OpenSource CRM PHP Version](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/opensource-crm-php-version/211604)

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**Author:** [@thedaveyb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thedaveyb)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/opensource-crm-php-version/211604 "2007-01-03T15:12:31Z")

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hey people, this is a quick question more than anything before i spend days banging my head against the proverbial brick wall... Has anyone any experience of using SugarOpenSource CRM. It seems straight forward en…

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## [\[as2,3\] Delete method](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-3-delete-method/211603)

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**Author:** [@Dazzer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dazzer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-3-delete-method/211603 "2007-01-03T15:06:50Z")

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could someone explain to me the usage of the delete method? In all my years of flash programming I've never come used it . lol

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## [Need Help with Buttons...please](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-buttons-please/211599)

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**Author:** [@Amy\_Peterson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Amy_Peterson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-buttons-please/211599 "2007-01-03T14:07:34Z")

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i was wondering if someone can tell me how to make a button like i seen on this website.. go to galaxystudios.com click on staff on the top right then click on Roster Egineers and you will see 6 buttons.....but o…

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## [Mouse cursor / Friction problem](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-cursor-friction-problem/211595)

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**Author:** [@daidai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/daidai)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouse-cursor-friction-problem/211595 "2007-01-03T13:40:05Z")

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## [Friction help](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/friction-help/211594)

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**Author:** [@daidai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/daidai)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/friction-help/211594 "2007-01-03T13:32:55Z")

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I have a movieclip called Dent\_D, which moves around the screen depending on where the mouse cursor is. It works fine, but I would like to have it so that it looks like it is affected by friction, i.e. slows down towards…

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## [Look for a shared object tut for cookies](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/look-for-a-shared-object-tut-for-cookies/211591)

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**Author:** [@garyzero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/garyzero)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/look-for-a-shared-object-tut-for-cookies/211591 "2007-01-03T12:56:01Z")

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Actually I'm looking for a tutorial that will allow me to drop a cookie through flash and allow return visitors to skip past a huge part of a flash piece. I didn't fully understand the one here for shared objects. Th…

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## [Urgent: Help with gallery](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-with-gallery/211586)

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**Author:** [@Crueltylizer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Crueltylizer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/urgent-help-with-gallery/211586 "2007-01-03T12:02:15Z")

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Hello everybody. Im doing this little project for a website where i am to create an image slideshow that will be used to contain the biggest news on the site. (You can see examples of what i mean here \[http://www.ga…

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## [Flash calling other programs?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-calling-other-programs/211585)

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**Author:** [@Ninpo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ninpo)\
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**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-calling-other-programs/211585 "2007-01-03T11:54:33Z")

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Hmm.. is there any possibility to call an EXE program, BAT or VBS script from flash? I know that it can be done with FScommand in a flash Projector but, what about a normal flash page? What i want to do is, to create a f…

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## [Need help with enemies](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-enemies/211584)

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**Author:** [@Dwight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dwight)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2007, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-enemies/211584 "2007-01-03T11:43:59Z")

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Hi peeps, I'm building a sort of maze game, I'm pretty new to this. I've made games before but none of them where tile-based. Now I followed a tutorial from Outside Of Society, this tutorial helped me with the tiles,…

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