Hey guys, today we’re going to learn something fun and exciting! That is, drawing shapes in ActionScript 3.0. I’ve actually covered a little bit of this in my platform tutorial, but I want to make it the focus of this tutorial. So, let’s get started shall we?<\/p>\n
First of all, we’re going to create a new flash file. Then, we’ll name “Layer 1” to “actions” because that will be the only layer that we’ll need to use today.<\/p>\n
In order to draw a circle, we have to place the following code into the first frame:<\/p>\n
\r\n\/\/defining a new variable that will be the circle\r\nvar newCircle:Shape = new Shape();\r\n\/\/now we begin adding a fill to the variable\r\n\/\/this will make the circle red\r\nnewCircle.graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000);\r\n\/\/now we call a function that will draw the circle\r\n\/\/the first value (100) is the x value\r\n\/\/the second value (100) is the y value\r\n\/\/and the third value(50), is the radius\r\n\/\/the x and y values count for the center of the circle,\r\n\/\/now the left corner like you'd usually see\r\nnewCircle.graphics.drawCircle(100,100,50);\r\n\/\/this function just tells actionscript that we're done\r\n\/\/using this red fill\r\nnewCircle.graphics.endFill();\r\n\/\/adding the circle to the stage\r\naddChild(newCircle);\r\n<\/pre>\nI really commented out this one so hopefully you can understand what this code does. This will just draw a red circle that is 50 pixels in radius, 50 pixels from left and top of the stage. Without the comments, it only takes 5 lines, so it isn’t too complicated.<\/p>\n
End Product<\/h4>\n
(I made the stage a bit smaller)
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