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Am I right in thinkin that as both are based on Javascript the commands etc will be very similair?

I used to use flash quite a bit - not so much now

I'm not really a code head but I have loads of books on Flash and scripting for designers including examples with source code etc - I used to find the flashkit website a greats source for publications others had made that did stuff I was trying to work out how to do!

I was thinking.. if the code is similair - I should be able to adapt it to use in Opus - but being one of the ones that hates anything that looks like alegbra - I'm not sure quite how to go about it!

Is there anybody else out there that has done this? I had scripts for doing all sorts of cool stuff in flash..

Maybe I should splash out on a coding course... but the tutor would have to V patient!!

Hi,

Thank you for your enquiry.

OpusScript and ActionScript are both based on the ECMAScript (Javascript 1.1) specification and are therefore very close in terms of structure and syntax. Both languages are also used in similar contexts (multimedia authoring), so I have found that it is much easier to 'translate' an ActionScript tutorial to work with Opus than it is to reverse-engineer a web-based JavaScript application for use in Opus.

For example, my 'Beat The Pea' game (http://www.digitalworkshop.com/opuspubl ... ThePea.htm) was originally inspired by a series of physics tutorials at www.kirupa.com and www.flashkit.com, and you should find that most ActionScript tutorials can be modified to work in OpusScript without too much difficulty.

If you have not already done so, I would recommend taking a look at the Bouncing Ball articles in the Tutorial section (viewforum.php?f=13) as this will give you a good introduction to handling objects and animation via script.

Kind regards,

I hope this helps. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further queries.