# The basics of an RPG (role-playing game)
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-basics-of-an-rpg-role-playing-game/48967
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [April 18, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-basics-of-an-rpg-role-playing-game/48967 "2004-04-18T20:06:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-basics-of-an-rpg-role-playing-game/48967/21 "2004-08-29T21:30:38Z")
ur looking at it ^.^
Just go to the tutorial section.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2004, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-basics-of-an-rpg-role-playing-game/48967/22 "2004-09-10T08:10:11Z")
I find that a tute with a fla is a lot better than a tute without, just because if you don’t understand a step at least you will have a working fla and you can trace back a few steps to see what it is ur actually supposed to do, btw fantastic tute though
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-basics-of-an-rpg-role-playing-game/48967/23 "2004-09-29T18:23:35Z")
Ok guys im a newb to actionscript (please don’t get mad if i don’t understand). Do you create a frame where you make a character, make him sway his arms and legs when he moves and save it as a movie clip?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-basics-of-an-rpg-role-playing-game/48967/24 "2004-10-01T17:48:31Z")
But how i put buildings?
It still walks from everytihing(everything)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-basics-of-an-rpg-role-playing-game/48967/25 "2004-10-01T17:50:25Z")
Yes.
And then right-click it and select actions.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-basics-of-an-rpg-role-playing-game/48967/26 "2004-10-01T17:57:11Z")
it walks still throught buildings. how can i made buildings from buildings?
Other question is where i put those buttons (goto class(buy beer)
is there something movie clip or just frame
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-basics-of-an-rpg-role-playing-game/48967/27 "2004-10-02T00:02:45Z")
I animated my guy to walk forward and sway his arms, but when i test it, he doesn’t sway.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2004, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-basics-of-an-rpg-role-playing-game/48967/28 "2004-10-03T10:58:31Z")
hey lucas92 you dont need any actionscript to make the guy stop his animation when you let go of the key, i thought of trying something and it worked! i edited the mans symbol, making it that on the first frame of his animation, i put stop();
on the first frame of his animation, apart from that, this tutorial is really bloody awesome, thanks denacioust!
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### Author:  [@cobrasniper555](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cobrasniper555)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-basics-of-an-rpg-role-playing-game/48967/29 "2006-04-16T02:39:58Z")
Ok guys…for all of the people that have hitTesting problems! You want to test where your character is **going** to be, not where he is. The easiest way to do so is by a function. So put this in:
```auto
function walkTo(X:Number, Y:Number):Void{
if(!_root.buildings.hitTest(_x+X,_y+Y,true)){
_x += X;
_y += Y;
}
}
```
And replace that function for the script you use to move your guy. For example:
```auto
if(Key.isDown(37)){//Don't use this
_x -= 5;
}
```
…But use this:
```auto
if(Key.isDown(37)){//Use this
walkTo(-5,0);
}
```
It’s what I use, it’s what I’ve been using, and it’s what I will always use. It’s the best code there is. You can figure out another code, but try to detect where the guy **will** be, not where he is!
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### Author:  [@cobrasniper555](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cobrasniper555)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-basics-of-an-rpg-role-playing-game/48967/30 "2006-04-16T02:41:10Z")
OH…and put all the buildings into one MovieClip…if you use my method.
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### Author:  [@nathan99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nathan99)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-basics-of-an-rpg-role-playing-game/48967/31 "2006-04-16T22:36:51Z")
[http://www.n99creations.com/?pID=archives&col=Blue&arch=getBounds\_as\_walls](http://www.n99creations.com/?pID=archives&col=Blue&arch=getBounds_as_walls)
😉
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### Author:  [@signifer123](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/signifer123)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-basics-of-an-rpg-role-playing-game/48967/32 "2006-04-20T00:50:10Z")
denacioust, if your here still, could you refurbish the tut to use all this code?
if not anyone else up to it?
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### Author:  [@cobrasniper555](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cobrasniper555)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 3:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-basics-of-an-rpg-role-playing-game/48967/33 "2006-04-20T03:51:36Z")
> [@signifer123](#):
>
> denacioust, if your here still, could you refurbish the tut to use all this code?
> if not anyone else up to it?
I’d love to…I have made TONS of RPGs, mostly art-based, so artists out there can use their art to an advantage. Problem is, it might take me a little while because of school and stuff…plus I got summer school. I’ll do it if denacioust wouldn’t like to…
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### Author:  [@nathan99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nathan99)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2006, 5:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-basics-of-an-rpg-role-playing-game/48967/34 "2006-04-20T05:56:14Z")
I am contemplating writing my own rpg tut soon 😃 (next holidays)
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