Talking pet (ActionScript tutorial)

ActionScript Tutorial
Create a talking pet using AS3.
Difficulty Level
Intermediate
Requirements
ActionScript 3.0, Whirled SDK
Other Information
Other tutorials: Entity communication (ActionScript tutorial)

This code snippet explains how to have your pet listen to and respond to chat events.

A pet that can listen and speak

Add a CHAT_RECEIVED event listener to call the "handleChat" function every time someone chats in the room.

<actionscript> _ctrl.addEventListener(ControlEvent.CHAT_RECEIVED, handleChat); </actionscript>

Use sendChat to speak.

<actionscript> _ctrl.sendChat("hello world"); </actionscript>

Main scene

This code goes under the base code on the main scene. <actionscript>

import flash.events.Event; import com.whirled.EntityControl; import com.whirled.ControlEvent;

_ctrl.addEventListener(ControlEvent.CHAT_RECEIVED, handleChat); //The way pets change states is slightly different then avatars. //The state has to be one of the moods that your pet uses //also note, how the state name is just playful, not the full name playful_idle

function handleChat (event :ControlEvent) :void {//The words in quotes are the ones you say in whirled to trigger the state change.

   if (event.value == "Play, My Pet") {
 _ctrl.setState("playful");
 }
   if (event.value == "Relax, My Pet") {
 _ctrl.setState("content");
 }

 //The next if statement makes the pet talk. This is done by sendChat();
 //Anything inside the parenthesis must be in quotes
  if (event.value == "Hello my pet!") {
 _ctrl.sendChat("Hello, master!");
 }
return;

}

</actionscript>