[NoSoulNinja]

Hi all,
Im making a game in flash but i dont know how to make a camera follow the character(i want the characetr to be always in the center of the screen). Ive looked online but i could really find any good tutorials or answers.

Heres my code:

// Initialize/ imports
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;

//Defining the variables
var moveLeft:Boolean = false;
var moveRight:Boolean = false;
var moveUp:Boolean = false;
var moveDown:Boolean = false;
var space:Boolean = false;

var coinCounter:int; // coin counter. 

var gravity:Number = 1;
var yVelocity:Number = 0;
var canJump:Boolean = false;
var canDoubleJump:Boolean = true;
var canTripleJump:Boolean = true;

//Adding Event listeners
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, reportKeyUp);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, reportKeyDown);
stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, EnterFrame);

//KeyDown function;
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function reportKeyDown(event:KeyboardEvent):void
{
	switch (event.keyCode)
	{
		/*case Keyboard.UP :
			{
				//trace("up");
				moveUp = true;
				break;
			};*/
		case Keyboard.S :
			{
				//trace("down");
				moveDown = true;
				break;
			};
		case Keyboard.A :
			{
				//trace("left");
				moveLeft = true;
				break;
			};
		case Keyboard.D :
			{
				//trace("right");
				moveRight = true;
				break;
			}
		case Keyboard.SPACE :
			{
				space = true;
				break;
			}
	}
};


//KeyUp Function
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function reportKeyUp(event:KeyboardEvent):void
{
	switch (event.keyCode)
	{
		/*case Keyboard.UP :
			{
				//trace("up");
				moveUp = false;
				break;
			};*/
		case Keyboard.S :
			{
				//trace("down");
				moveDown = false;
				break;
			};
		case Keyboard.A :
			{
				//trace("left");
				moveLeft = false;
				break;
			};
		case Keyboard.D :
			{
				//trace("right");
				moveRight = false;
				break;
			}
		case Keyboard.SPACE :
			{
				space = false;
				break;
			}
	}
};


// Movement controls, rotation, jumping, collisions.
// Enter Frame Function 
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function EnterFrame(event:Event):void
{
	if (moveLeft)
	{
		char.x -=  10;
		char.rotation = 180; // rotates pacman 180 degresss
	}
	
	if (moveRight)
	{
		char.x +=  10;
		char.rotation = 0;
	}
	
	/*if (moveUp)
	{
		char.y -=  10;
		char.rotation = -90;
	}*/
	
	if (moveDown)
	{
		char.y +=  10;
		char.rotation = 90;
	}
	
	// jumping
	if(space && canJump)
	{
		yVelocity = -15;
		canJump = false;
		canDoubleJump = true;
		canTripleJump = true;
		
	}
	
	// double jump
	if(space && canDoubleJump && yVelocity > -2)
	{
		yVelocity = -13;
		canDoubleJump = false;
	}
	
	// Triple Jump
	if(space && canTripleJump && yVelocity > -2)
	{
		yVelocity = -13;
		canTripleJump = false;
	}
	
	yVelocity += gravity;
	
	
	// Collision detection.
	// no collision.
	//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	if(!floor_mc.hitTestPoint(char.x, char.y, true))
	{
		char.y += yVelocity;
	}
	
	// Speed.
	if(yVelocity > 20)
	{
		yVelocity = 20;
	}
	
	for(var i:int = 0; i < 10; i++)
	{
		// checks for collision
		if(floor_mc.hitTestPoint(char.x, char.y, true))
		{
			char.y--;
			yVelocity = 0;
			canJump = true;
		}
	}
	
	// Coin Counter(text)
	//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	coinCounter_txt.text = "Coins collected = " + coinCounter;
}

Can anyone give me some advice on what to do and how to do it?

Thanks

[stayscrisp]

You could achieve this quite easily just by moving the background rather than the character.

[NoSoulNinja]

Ya i was thinking about doing something like that but how would i get all of the layers moving with eachother?

I have 6 different layers that would have to move with eachother:
1. terrain
2. Timbar
3. coins
4. forest
5. floor
6. background

[stayscrisp]

You could have a MovieClip or Sprite which would serve as the parent for everything else. Then you can simply add the rest of your layers as children and they will all move together.