I need a function to find the lowest available depth for use in attach movies and such. And I also wanted to ask if running a function like this a lot would be too intensive to be practical.
View 3 RepliesIs it possible to keep a movieClip at the lowest depth and stack other movieClips on top. I have a container movieClip that I add a movieClip called floorTile. I want floorTile to always be at level 0 no matter what. Then when I click on another movieClip, I want this to be added on top of the floorTile.
ActionScript Code:
//create a container to hold the floor tile and textures
var myContainer:MovieClip = new MovieClip()
myContainer.x=425;
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I've coded a background using a duplicate movie method on a small jpg file.
Problem is, with the code i have used, i cant make my background have the LOWEST depth so that everything else in my flash movie is ON TOP of it.
Here is the code:
Code:
tileBG = function () {
tile_width = 15;
tile_height = 15;
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When I click on an object, I need it (technically it's parent object) to drop to the lowest level, but I'm having a heck of time. I've tried:
stage.setChildIndex(this, 0);
and
stage.swapChildrenAt(0, getChildIndex(this));
Which seem like they would both do what I want, but both of which get an Error #2006: The supplied index is out of bounds.
I've also tried:
stage.setChildIndex(e.target.parent, 0);
Which produces Error #2025: The supplied DisplayObject must be a child of the caller.
and stage.setChildIndex(this.parent, 0);
Which doesn't error, but also doesn't do what I want it to do.
find greatest common factor and lowest common multiple
View 8 RepliesDoes anyone know where I can find a tutorial on movieclip depth?
View 3 Repliesim having some trouble when trying to implement the swap depth function to movieclips that have the setmask function implimented to them. the problem is that i can get the swapdepth to work but when the setmask is implimented at the same time the movie clips will not swap depths.
the code that i am using to set the mask is _root.bgmasked.setMask(_root.dragger); this is on frame one in the action/code layer bgmasked is the imaged being masked by dragger.
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I'm trying to find a function that will repeat my Rotational tween function. I found the yoyo() function to be what i want to do but i don't want the tween to change the rotation to CCW while originally moving CW. Basically i want the animation to move CW at a steady rate continuously.
I'm using the following code at the moment, i'm not too sure if this is the most suitable code for this situation, maybe im off track.
From my thoughts, i assumed that i would need to put the stars function in a onEnterFrame to repeat the animation and change yoyo() to continueTo() function. or maybe some sort of if statement in the stars function?
ActionScript Code:
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
var stars:Tween = new Tween(ring, "_rotation", Regular.easeInOut, 0, 360, 4, true);
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I have a 3D field with many MovieClips in it, and seems like the one last added is the one that overlaps others and not the one with highest z value. Is there any property/function that sets z-index? (sorting children by z value seems too much like a hack). A 3D engine that can place MovieClips will be helpful(but not one that requires custom drawing). I'm using Flash CS5 with ActionScript 3
View 2 RepliesI need the enemies to move around the obstacles on screen. I have tried several methods but it seems to screw up other functions in my game... For example the depth sorting function starts messing up (sortchildren()). I think its because i'm such an amateur.
View 8 RepliesThe swf I need to modify from the commonsense approach is below. Because this ad expands when a 120x90 "trigger" is rolled over the client has asked for the ad to start on rollover which I have accomplished with a button on frame 1 with a
on (rollover) {
gotoAndPlay(2);
}
Because people will accidentally rollover this ad and start it playing the client wants the ad to start at a 0 volume level. This way the accidental rollovers can still choose to turn up the volume to hear the commercial if they so choose. I have tried changing the sound level in the AS in a couple places but neither worked. In addition intuitively the slider also needs to be in the 0 position and I have a feeling just moving the graphic instance of the volume button is not the way to go. [URL].
Actionscript for volume control is:
onClipEvent (load) {
_root.volumeLevel = 100;
left = _x-50;
right = _x;
top = _y;
bottom = _y;
} onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
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sorting out the lowest times (tid) and put them at the top of my scoreboard. All my scores are saved in a XML document and this is the code in the AS that puts the text into a textfield called "content_text".
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putting a movieclip into highest depth without knowing which clip is in the highest depth
View 2 Repliesgiven the following function A(b:Function) { }
If function A(), can we determine the name of the function being passed in as parameter 'b' ? Does the answer differ for AS2 and AS3 ?
The Error Codes:
positionSelectedAirspeedBug.as: Line 20: ActionScript 2.0 class scripts may only define class or interface constructs. };
and
initializeAirspeed.as: Line 45: ActionScript 2.0 class scripts may only define class or interface constructs. };
Both lines refer to the last line of code which is a };
Background:I have an .fla that has only one line of code:
initializeAirspeed(currentAirspeed, buggedAirspeed);
This function is NOT in the .fla. This function does exists in an actionscript file 'initializeAirspeed.as' file which is in the same directory as the originial .fla.I had previously called this actionscript file with an #include statement. During debugging I removed the #include statement and all other code except the initializeAirspeed(currentAirspeed, buggedAirspeed); but the initializeAirspeed.as file is still called. I know because the initializeAirspeed.as file calls another asfile. My error statements include both the initializeAirspeed.as file and the other asfile.
I can comment out the 'initializeAirspeed(currentAirspeed, buggedAirspeed);' and all errors go away.I can create a new .fla with only the 'initializeAirspeed(currentAirspeed, buggedAirspeed); included and there are no errors. It appears the .fla has a memory for #include statements because if I use the #include statement then remove it I have problems..
I have template that i try to edit when you click image thumbnail it opens window with larger version, on thumb script look likeon(release){ _root.page = 0;_root.play();}I trying to find that window that opens up because i need it resized, if i resize images nothing happens that frame that pops up when you click thumbnail is still same size. So i want to trace what happens when it executes _root.picn variable, maybe somewhere in code it will tell me what layer on time it refers to so i could edit
View 3 RepliesI just want to have my code wait a couple seconds to let some scripted animation finish then load a movie into a holder but I can't seem to find a pause/wait/delay function is there one and how would I use it or can someone tell me how to do it somehow thats not too processor intense if at all possible.
View 6 RepliesI've searched all over to try and find a stroke function or a command after I have broken an object, but can't find anything. I want to apply a stroke to multiple frames. use the ink bottle, and do not suggest turning my symbol into a movie clip and adding a glow. This seems like it should be a simple function
View 1 RepliesI was searching for a simple collision detection function for as3, I found Collision Detection Kit, but it is too complicated, I just want a damn function that I give 2 objects as paramenters and that's it.I would like to know where can I find a pixel-perfect collision detection function (The faster, the better)
View 2 RepliesI'm using the following script on my website to play an mp3 in flash.To instantiate the flash object I use the swfobject framework in a javascript function. When the function is called the player is created and added to the page.
The rest of the website is in php and the page calling this script is being included with the php include function. All the other used scripts are in the php 'master'-page
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I have a play-button with the id '#play1' and a stop-button with the id '#stop1' on my page. A div on the same page has the id '#status1' and a little image of a speaker is in the div.When you push the playbutton, the div with the speaker is fading in and when you push the stopbutton, the div with the speaker is fading out, very simple. And it works as I want it to do.
But the problem is, when a song is finished, the speaker doesn't fade out. Is there a simple solution for this? I already tried using the swfobject framework to get the flash player from the page and call the 'IsPlaying' on it, but I'm getting the error that 'swfobject' can't be found. All I need is a little push in the right direction or an example showing me how I can correctly get the currently playing audio player (in flash), check if it's playing and if finished, call a javascript function to led the speaker-image fade-out again.
I'm starting to learn Objective C and I wonder if there is any similar function toactionscript trace to show messages in a console.
View 1 RepliesI'm trying to reference a dynamic variable for PayPal but can't seem to find the right function for it. Here's an example:
Code:
_global.paypalObj = new Object();
paypalObj.item_name_1 = 'Book';
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I'm currently trying to implement an automated bug reporter for a Flex application, and would like to return error messages to a server along with the function/line number that caused the error. Essentially, I'm trying to get the getStackTrace() information without going into debug mode, because most users of the app aren't likely to have the debug version of flash player.My current method is using the UncaughtErrorEvent handler to catch errors that occur within the app, but the error message only returns the type of error that has occurred, and not the location (which means it's useless). I have tried implementing getStackTrace() myself using a function name-grabber such as [code]
but that will only work because of arguments.callee, and so won't go through multiple levels of function calls (it would never get above my error event listener).Anyone have any ideas on how to get informative error messages through the global error event handler? There seems to be some misunderstanding. I'm explicitly avoiding getStackTrace() because it returns 'null' when not in debug mode.
wat's the difference between finding a angle using Math.atan2(y,x) function and by finding using the movie clip's rotation (mc._rotation*Math.PI/180);
View 9 RepliesI must rejected all users outside Denmark from our live streaming (c-ip) and this is done in an access plug-insBut now I need to open up one of the streams, but I can't get the streaming name in the access-plug-ins only in the Auth-plug-ins.I cant use x-page-url or s-uri I need pStreamName. in access-plug-in like thissetStringField(m_pAev, IFmsAuthEvent::F_STREAM_NAME, pStreamName);but I cant get it inside the access-plug-in
View 1 RepliesOk, so I have a bit of a mess here (Which I'm probably not doing right anyway, which could be my problem...). I have a document class, I'll call it as Body.as, that creates an object from another class known as Headgear.as. There are also other objects created from other classes, or will be in the future. Now, amoung all this, Headgear.as and all of the other classes Body.as will use to make objects require the use of dragging functions (starting and stopping dragging). On stopping drags, position checks are then made to compare a particular hidden movieclip with the dragged MC.
To try and save myself some hassle (from making the same functions over and over to ensuring that when the objects are created I don't need to send a complete crapload of variables just to ensure the position checking function would work), I had the functions for the event listeners (Which are set-up on the draggable MCs in Headgear.as) just direct to functions in Body.as
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i'm workin with some "self created windows" in my flash app. how can i put the window i click on front of the others? I found smth about swapDepth, but there is no swapDepth in as3.
View 3 Repliesi have this drag and drop thing basically when i drop the item on top of its slot i want it to do a hittest to set the depth to a number assigned to it. so lets say I drag an item called Item to a spot called slot i want it to do like item on hit test to slot set depth(2) lets say.
View 1 Replies[code]When I publish it keeps swapping over and over.How can I get it to call only once?
View 2 RepliesIs there any way to see if a depth is already being used by a movieclip before assigning it to another movieclip? I have a game where there are hundreds of movieclips moving around on screen at the same time and changing depths every time they move. But at rare times, one movieclip will spawn at the exact spot another movieclip is in and use that depth, making the old movieclip invisible (but still active and moving around).
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