Question

Trying to get the space bar to do an action in ActionScript.

Here is bits of the code that are relative.

var space:Boolean = false;

.

stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.SPACE, kSpace);

.

function kSpace(e:KeyboardEvent)
{
    if (e.keyCode == 40)
    {
        down = false;
    }
    if (e.keyCode == 38)
    {
        up = false;
    }
    if (e.keyCode == 32)
    {
        shoot = true;
    }
}


function shootBullet()
{
    var bullet1:bullet = new bullet();
    bullet1.x = ship.x + ship.height / 2;
    bullet1.y = ship.y;
    bulletContainer.addChild(bullet1);
}

Getting the error Scene 1, Layer ‘Actions’, Frame 2, Line 17 1119: Access of possibly undefined property SPACE through a reference with static type Class.

Line 17 being stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.SPACE, kSpace);

Would love to get this sorted 🙂

Answer 1

KeyboardEvent.SPACE is not an event. Try listening to either KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN or KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP