7 Replies Latest reply on Jan 12, 2007 11:23 AM by realifreebie

xml tile-based game map, really need help

realifreebie Jan 12, 2007 1:05 AM

hullo, all:

I am developing a 2d flash game, currently the game map is done by using array inside map.as file.

is there anyway to parse data from an external xml file and push into array and form the map inside map.as?

below are the 8 classes constructor as files and 1 fla file.

Pls help! thanks.
Shi Chuan

1. Re: xml tile-based game map

mxc Jan 12, 2007 5:45 AM (in response to realifreebie)

Sure there are a couple of different approaches. I can highly reccomend this online book for insight into XML and tile based games.

http://safari.oreilly.com/0201770210

regards
Michael
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realifreebie Jan 12, 2007 7:12 AM (in response to mxc)

thank you very much! I will go take a look. :)
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realifreebie Jan 12, 2007 7:38 AM (in response to mxc)

Hullo, Michael:

The book is not free, if you have the access and read it before, could you tell me how to store and retrieve tile-based game map using xml?

thanks a lot.

best regards,
Shi Chuan
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mxc Jan 12, 2007 8:17 AM (in response to realifreebie)

Hey Sui

Its been a while since I had the book but I will check when I get home íf I still have some chapters on my PC.
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realifreebie Jan 12, 2007 8:51 AM (in response to mxc)

Hi, Michael:

That's very nice of you. Many thanks. :)
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mxc Jan 12, 2007 9:46 AM (in response to realifreebie)

Sorry looks like I dont have the pdfs, I printed out all I wanted for my project.
But there are some good basic tutorials online. Check out

http://www.gotoandplay.it/_articles/2004/02/tonypa_p04.php?PHPSESSID=4

nad google 'xml tile based games flash' for more

best of luck with it
Michael
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realifreebie Jan 12, 2007 11:23 AM (in response to mxc)

thank you for your help. Michael

because my map is now stored in an actionscript class, so the data parsing becomes a bit more complicated, but thank you anyway.
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