[nick1200]

i wanna try and make a java / flash map that a user could walk about on a web brower map

so a bk ground image then the users click the up arrow on page and the man moves up and left for left and so on but i donno if java or flahs is the easiest and best way to do it

would java or flash be the best to do this in ? i have seen this done with java be for but if i went the java way id have to learn it

if i go the flash way i have got macromedia flash 8

[nick1200]

donno why its posted twice ...

This post has been edited by nick1200: 04 August 2009 - 09:59 AM

[BetaWar]

Moved and merged. This is more of a web dev question.

Based on what you are saying I think Flash will be easiest, it is made for GUI and Animation stuff, so you won't have any trouble, then a few events and a little AS2 and everything will be in business.

[nick1200]

BetaWar, on 4 Aug, 2009 - 09:00 AM, said:

Moved and merged. This is more of a web dev question.

Based on what you are saying I think Flash will be easiest, it is made for GUI and Animation stuff, so you won't have any trouble, then a few events and a little AS2 and everything will be in business.

AS2 what's that ?

[xclite]

Actionscript 2 - the language of flash. I agree with Beta that flash is much more intuitive and powerful for most graphical uses.

[BetaWar]

Actionscript version 2. It is the programming language that Flash 8 allows you to add to your flash files.

-- xclite beat me to it

[nick1200]

BetaWar, on 4 Aug, 2009 - 09:03 AM, said:

Actionscript version 2. It is the programming language that Flash 8 allows you to add to your flash files.

-- xclite beat me to it

i wouldn't need anything installed on the server would i ? i think flash is the easiest way around it and the best way could i make it in flash 8 ? or would i need to learn to code it ?

[xclite]

Flash is client-side. Your server simply needs to be able to host web pages. I think Flash has a development environment, although I'm not sure how much coding you would have to do. I would recommend picking it up if you plan on doing similar projects in the future. One of my roommates is a Flash developer and he makes some really awesome stuff.

[nick1200]

xclite, on 4 Aug, 2009 - 09:10 AM, said:

Flash is client-side. Your server simply needs to be able to host web pages. I think Flash has a development environment, although I'm not sure how much coding you would have to do. I would recommend picking it up if you plan on doing similar projects in the future. One of my roommates is a Flash developer and he makes some really awesome stuff.

lucky for some i think im gonna google flash tutorials or even youtube it
i worke don flash be for when i use to be on school made moving images but now im trying to make it so when the up bttuon is clicked it will move up lol be for i made it so it moves up all the time lol if you get what i mean

[nick1200]

i was j.w has well i looked at some 1s map and it dont just show 1 person on the map it shows all the users moving about would that be hard to do ?

[markhazlett9]

if you're doing it online I have no idea why you're even thinking about java to be honest.... Use JQuery/ Javascript or another language like it... it will make things much easier on yourself... now if you were doing it in a desktop environment that would be a completely different story...

Cheers

[nick1200]

markhazlett9, on 4 Aug, 2009 - 09:51 AM, said:

if you're doing it online I have no idea why you're even thinking about java to be honest.... Use JQuery/ Javascript or another language like it... it will make things much easier on yourself... now if you were doing it in a desktop environment that would be a completely different story...

Cheers

i am making it for a rpg wbe site but making it on my computer then adding it to a web page for the web site

i call java Javascript i no there different things but i just call it that

[chili5]

You can use Flash and it is great for animations and user interactions. The flash environment makes programming easy but it is really expensive to get Flash CS4.

If you can't get CS4, you can use Java and swing frameworks to make the program. It isn't quite as easy though and you might have better luck using Javascript and server side processing.