The 2CaSS Archive

Henry VIII Scrolling Booklet

Here's two slides which can be used to assist children in creating a scrolling boolket all about Henry VIII and his six wives (using the Woodlands Homework Help site to research the answers).

Pictures of Castles

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Go Anywhere on screen

If you want to be able to move an object around the screen yourself, whenever you feel like it, you can! You can make use of key presses to achieve this.

When editing an element, choose the "adv" option and enter the following code;

if (Key.isDown(39)==true) { this._x++;}

to move the object left using the left arrow. Change the key number for other keys, and change the x and y values to alter the movement. Make sure EACH timeframe has the "adv" code within it.

The key codes are Enter Key (13), Space Key (32), Left Key (37), Up key (38), Right Key (39), Down Key (40),  0 (48) - 9 (57), A (65) - Z (90)

To move left use x--, to move right use x++, to move up use y--, to move down use y++

Ghosting around

Using the "this._alpha=xx;" code you can make an object become see through. The value of xx can vary between 0 (see through) to 100 (solid)

This effect can also be applied to clickable objects - so you could have a hotspot on screen even if you have chosen alpha=0.

Curtain Raiser

Why not start a story with younger children with a curtain raising to reveal the setting? This animation is achieved by enlarging an object element to fill the screen, and adding the "up" animation to it.

The side curtains are two additional elements added to the screen (one was created, copied to the second and flipped to create a mirror image). The .2c2 file is also listed below so you can load and experiment with how it works. 

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Download .2c2 Curtain file

Try removing the "up" animation from the timeline and put it as a mouse click. The curtain will open a small amount with each mouse click, then stop.

This effect would also work for a steel shutter effect door / a lift / etc

Note: Make sure that the two side curtain elements are positioned using "bring to front" so that they sit in front of the raising curtain

Easter Reference Book

Here's two quick slides I've put together to help children create a reference book in 2CASS, using research from the Project Britain website to help them find out their information.

• The first page tells the children what colour each tabbed page should be, what it's title should be and what question it's text needs to answer.
• The second page tells the children what suitable image they could illustrate each page of information with.

Path Follow Rotation

One of the great features of 2CaSS is the "path follow" option so that you can create a custom path around the screen for an object to follow, however sometimes this doesn't have the desired effect (especially if a dog begins to turn upside down and walk on its head!!)

Some simple actionscript code can stop the rotation occuring. Just add the "adv" option to each frame in the timeline with the following code inside it;

this._rotation=0;

Sounds in Science

Using the "Research" template, you can produce handy little booklets to teach the children about science - or even better, once you have finished a topic they can create one to show you what they have learnt.

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Internet Research

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Knowing an objects name

If you're ready to play with actionscript, but have no idea which object on a page is which, here's a useful feature. Click on the object in question, and look at the top right of the screen (between the timeframe clock and the minimise icon). You should see the name of the object in a light blue colour as in the example shown below. 

This is the name you will need to use when adding actionscript for that object.