ActionScript 2.0 :: Loading Multiple XMLs In Array
Apr 30, 2008
I am working on a game which has multiple levels. The data for each level is being stored in separate xml. When i move from 1 level to the other I need to load the next level xml. The game is paused during that period. In order to avoid this pause I want to load all xmls initially. The relative xml path to all the xml files is currently stored in a master.xml. I need a robust code to load all xml files initially and store them in a array.
I'm currently working on a project that has eight separate movieclips (for loading content) on separate layers. I have placed code in these mc's to randomly draw from the same array of 61 different swf's. Each mc randomizes the array just fine, but here's the problem. The code works great for one instance, but as soon as I add the code (including renaming) to the other mc's, the swf won't load/play. I am not getting an compiler errors, and am kinda stuck as to what the problem may be. Here's an example of the code I'm using. It is the same for each mc, except I'm renaming the variables as well as the instances for each mc.
I've implemented the photogallery using xml from the tutorial, works great. Here's my problem. I want to change the xmlData.load("src"); in the actionscript to a variable that can be determined from javascript on the html page.I have multiple slide shows, and when you click on one, I would like it to just tell the .swf slideshow which xml file to use for that particular set of pictures.
Trying to pick 4 images randomly and load them into and array and then show them using a timer when all 4 images are shown 4 more images will be loaded again. here is the code:
var images : Array = new Array(); var rndNumbers : Array = new Array(); var imageLoader : Loader;
I am using below code to load images from array, which works fine. My unsolved question how do I put all the images after it has been loaded to holderMc_animation (which in in root, with instance name holderMc_animation)...is sequence order? image 1 goes to keframe1 of holderMc_animation and image 2 to keyframe 2 of holderMc_animation and so on...
The Setup: For each movieclip the hittests a set of "target" movieclips an array is given a value. If mcIcon1 is dropped onto mcTarget1 the first number in the vacant array is given the value of one. The Issue: If I remove mcIcon1, for example, from the mcTarget1 movieclip I can't find a way of just removing the 1 from that array without the rest of the array numbers being reset.
I have a group of 16 images that I would like to load 1 of each into each movieclip. I want image1 to be inside of visual1, image 2 inside of visual2, and so on. the images are named like, 1960s_(1).png where the 1960 (year) part is coming from the rangeNum variable. The above gives me this error: 1061: Call to a possibly undefined method addChild through a reference with static type int.
i have been building a library that has thumbnails which you click to view the full image. i have built the application it works but i want to change the way the image on the actual thumbnail loads using code instead of manually adding the value to the url loader component.
var myX;var instanceN:String;trace(instanceN);var currentLoad:uint = 0;// current loader and image loadingvar thumbnailURL:String;//Thumbnail URLvar thumbReq:URLRequest;// Thumbnail url requestfor(var k:uint = 0;k < iL_btn.length; k++)[code].....
the loop runs fine without the last line of code which i've commented out.the make up of these thumbnails are a uiLoader component which are each inside there own movieClip.what i wanted this to do was every time the loop runs it currentLoad adds 1 to its value then that value is subbed into instanceN:String and thumbnailURL address that bit works the trace statements read correctly.but my issue is using the instanceN value as the instance name path which then loads the current thumbnailURL value which is the URL address for the thumbnail picture.when i try to load the url address using the commented out code above i got the error .TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties.the trace statements correct values below
the first value is the currentLoad value.
the second value is the instance name path.
the third is is the URL address for the thumbnail.[code].....
I have 50 images that need to be on stage, which will be embedded into 50 different movie clips. I named the movie clips image1-image50 and the images are in an external folder named 1-50. Every freaking article or tutorial I have found clearly explains how to upload one image, or just one at a time. I can do that, and spend 2 days renaming all the functions, but I do not want to do that. Is there a better way to just load all 50 images, place them accordingly?
I have got a handle on the logic of arrays (just), but the syntax is doing my head in. I'm trying to tween six mc's with the one single action.ugliness of the following misbegotten code I am failing with:
I try to load multiple rss feed ( xml) and put them into an array ...
var adress : Array = ["http://www.lamoooche.com/getRSS.php?idnews=1500","http://www.lamoooche.com/getRSS.php?idnews=17594", "http://agro-business-conseil.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"] var feedTxt : Array = new Array //array of feed var arrayDUrlLoader:Array = new Array ; // array of url loader
i can trace out 'levelNum' and it traces out fine. i can trace out 'questionNum[currentQuestionNum]' and it traces out fine.basically without any variables my object array would look like this:
lvl(1 or 2)Questions[(a # here)].correctAnswer.
But my trace is not working and i'm not sure how to group that all together.
I am loading multiple .swfs into multiple .swfs, but the .swf are never being properly unloaded. I thought they were unloading until I started monitoring my Page File Usage and seeing it increase everytime I loaded another external swf.
In using this function to load my content, what would be the proper way/function to unload the content?
I'm trying to detect multiple elements in an array. My countTicks:Array contains mostly numbers and below you can see I'm using "logical AND" to try and find them.
The problem is, once I have more than 2 "logical ANDs" (&&) the trace gets called. Which it shouldn't because the array wouldn't yet hold those numbers.
PHP Code:
countTicks = function(){ for (var i = 0; i < tickCount.length; i++){ if (tickCount[i] == 1&&2&&4&&5){
I need 6 buttons to control the same array. it's a list of 12 things.
Button1 loads the first image in the array
Button2 loads to the next image in the array
Button3 loads to the previous image in the array
Button4 loads the 1st image in the array (yes two buttons to do the same thing but it's necessary)
Button5 loads the 4th image in the array
Button6 loads the 7th image in the array
Button7 loads the 9th image in the array.
on top of that if no button is pressed the next image in the array moves forward after 15 seconds.how to do this with a set of images. Eventually the Array will become an xml document which accesses images, and two text fields.
I don't seem to be able to find some info regarding this problem of mine anywhere...I would like to be able to access multiple values in an array.Let say I have an array with the index values 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.These values will in reality be posts of htmltext for a news section - contained in an external xml-file.I would like to access these "values" like so:0, 1, 2 and then if you click a forward button the next three indexes 3, 4, 5 & so on. There will also be a back button with reverse functionality. I'm guessing a for loop?This loads the correct indexes the 1:st time.[code]...
But my problem is when clicking the buttons - how do I add and subtract from the var i? The problem is also when reaching the end & there might be just a single post or so instead of 3 - how can all of this be solved? Or does anyone now of a tutorial similar to my problem. I've found some tutorials but they only deal with one post at a time...
I want to use a button to affect multiple objects with a similar name, such as [code]I want to be able to use something like an array to affect them with a single line, rather than having to write every single object into a piece of code, such as [code]Where X equals any number. Sorry if this description is vague, I can't seem to get my head around arrays.
I'm having hard time figuring out how to handle division with random numbers from arrays using AS3.On my stage, I have two dynamic boxes; box1 and box2 and a button, btn.in timeline I have the following arrays:var myDivisor:Array = [3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30];var myDivider:Array =[1,3,6];The idea is to divide box 1 by box 2, so myDivisor should be a random number higher than a random number from myDivider.[code]
I have a tile-based platformer game under work, and I'm stuck on a problem with hitTesting:
//check all character collisions with levelHolder for(var i:int = 0; i < levelHolder.numChildren; i++) {
[Code].....
The problem here is that hitBlock only hitTests one block at a time, and when I test this: If you lean on a wall (press right arrow key) and go downwards you can go through the floor.
I need to make it so that I can test on multiple blocks at a time.
And I did try to replace hitBlock with levelHolder[i], but it gave an error saying:
ReferenceError: Error #1069: Property 0 not found on flash.display.Sprite and there is no default value. at Main/enterFrame()
I'm guessing that comes from the level array where 0 = blank block / empty space.
Here i'm trying to put the strings of array into a couple of textfields.[code]...Assign array into multiple textfields?
there is no error message in this but there are nothing shown in the textfield either, nothing at all.
i wonder how can i convert the text string to instance name at the left side of "=". as i look up the web, most issues about converting string to instance/object name are talking about the right side of "=".
I been trying to get a remove child function to it seems to work sometimes at least according to the output window. But the majority of times when ghost hits a flame the flame doesn't disappear.
I'm currently working on a project where I need to access multiple devices with differing IP addresses and Ports. I've defined "buttons" that will go to specific devices depending on the user input (sorry, hard to explain but I'm sure you'll get it). Everything works like a charm but I'd really like to see if there is a better way to code the following (maybe with an array) but I can't get it to work.
I will have up to 20 different devices so I'd like to streamline the code instead of having a bunch of "if" statements. As you can see, it's all the same just incrementing the TKsocket name.
I have the following simple code that functions just fine. What I would like is to be able to use the first three linesybutton1.visible=false;mybutton2.visible=false;mybutton3.visible=false;) and group them into an array or something so I can have that run within the functions showImage1,showImage2 and showImage3 without having to write it out each time like I've done belowHaven't really used arrays, so not sure how to do it.
I have a movieclip that calls an array, but I want that array to be output on multiple lines in the movie. How do I break up an array in such a way that it is output with the equivalent of line breaks?
[Code].....
When the movieclip pulls in the chunks of that array it sticks them all on one line. Is it possible to include some element in the code above to split the elements of the array onto multiple lines when it's output? Is there an equivalent to perl's "/n" which prints a line break, for example? I'd prefer that option than having to create multiple arrays and reengineer the entire function.
I have an array that gets filled with values from a database and I want to sort things in Flash using the sortOn() function. I'm trying to create an array with a number of fields, like this example from the Help-files:
Code: var my_array:Array = new Array(); my_array.push({password: "Bob", age:29});[code]....
I need a bit more fields and if I put all of these in one line, it gets kinda lengthy.I tried something like
Code: var my_array:Array = new Array(); for (i=0; i<10; i++) { my_array.push ( {prop1: "value_1_"+i} );[code]....
but this apparently doesn't work. Is there another way of doing this?
I am preloading multiple mp3's dynamically using a looping array and it is working very well. However, I would like to display the percetage of the last mp3 loaded by the array.Does anyone know how I would modify the code to do this:
Code: var my_array:Array = new Array(); my_array[0] = "Audio/audio_1.mp3";
first time here.. want to ask a question which i have been thinking for quite sometime ..
say i have an array be it of any length ..
var Myarray= new array("apple", "pear", "apple","orange", "apple","pear" )
how shld i write a function that will detect and group similar items into each individual unqiue counter,
item "apple" :3 item "pear" : 2 item "orange":1
also does anyone here have resources(books or website) for problem solving for actionscript.. problems like the one on top.. ? I really need to learn to improve in different approaches in solving a scripting problem.
