I have an MC that occurs many times on the stage, and each one has a motion, and random scaling script in it. Would I save computing power by not having a script in each MC but rather assign them all to a prototype?
View 14 RepliesI'm making a 3D program and I've already made the back end which calculates where each object's polygons should be. However, I can't seem to find a quick way of drawing them without having to remove and redraw them each time, which I'm sure would take a lot of processing power, knowing the way that Flash does things. So is there a way to draw a shape (a quad in this example) and then alter the shape's color and the position of all of its corners in the next frame without taking a huge load of processing power? I would really like to be able to do this to at least 20 polygons, hopefully more, within the span of one frame at 20 fps.
View 3 RepliesI have this little crumby thing I'm working on. And in it, I draw a circle with a radial gradient fill. Then I add that circle to the array: "colourSplodeArray"
I have another circle that bounces around and hits walls, "creating" the previously mentioned circles. (So I have one that is not in the array, the rest are)[code]...
Please provide the feature to disable the system screensaver & power saving features while a video object is currently playing a video. I get this request all the time when developing video players and now that the netflix player provides this feature it is becoming a must have in the online video market. If you know other solution which does not require .net, silverlight , or any other browser plugin besides flash please let me know.
View 1 RepliesThe question is simple; I need the fastest way to calculate power 2. I need that for this formula which calculates distance between 2 points.var Dist:int = Math.sqrt( (mmx - ox) * (mmx - ox) + (mmy - oy) * (mmy - oy) );
View 2 Replieswhy aren't they working? need any more details?
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View 1 RepliesI've been wanting to learn to work with Flash for awhi l e and decided to start learning by attempting a game. I found a decent tutorial for a space shooter and used it to create the basic code (firing, etc...) and now I've been figuring out how to add other elements (splash screen/scrolling screen).now I'd like to add power-ups but can't figure out how.I've created a graphic, turned it into a movie clip, but can't think of what to define for its actions.
View 2 RepliesI have a problem with the sound capture of my Microphone in Actionscript 3.0.Particularly I would like to capture the "power" of sound, better if in decibel.Does a method / attribut of class Microphone exist.
View 6 RepliesI have a set of data (in ArrayCollection) and I need to fit a power function { f(x)= B + x^alpha } to it, before display in LineChart. As result I need the alpha and B paremeter.
View 1 RepliesI have been trying to implement the Round Up Power Of 2 algorithm outlined in the following link in AS3.
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The algorithm works great for most of the values I've tested. It is mentioned that this will return 0 when given an input value of 0 which is technically incorrect but I'm ok with that output. What I'm not ok with is when given an input of 1 I get and output of 1. I'm thinking that this must be a caveat of AS3 and its wonky uint implementation but I can't seem to figure it out. I have also tried using the >>> logical shift operator to the same result. My C is a little rusty, but I'm not sure how this would even return 2 in C. Can someone explain to me whats going wrong here? I assume if an input of 1 was a special case it would have been mentioned in the above link.
I need a good Flash strategy for creating an ordinary PowerPoint presentation. We always need very media-rich presentations (PP is weak in this area). So far we have relied on embedding a Flash object in PP. This turned out to be a bad move because many of our clients deal with the Defense Department and are not allowed to D/L and install the latest Flash player. I have found that publishing a Flash movie projector (.exe) that advances slides like a PP is a good solution. The problem is that I have to put buttons on each slide and write unique functions to advance the slides I would like to be able to simpley click the mouse or use the arrow keys (like PP) for navigation. Should I use the "Flash Slides Presentation" template?
View 2 RepliesI'm doing a prototype game like Worms and I would like not only to shot, but also see the whole projection curve where my shot will travel before it hit the ground. The only information given by the player is an angle and a power. There is also some level elements like wind and gravity.
Can I have a code for the projection curve? its like a parabola I think. I research about parabola but I had some difficult to apply these math formulas into the programming code.
How can I make Flash calculate the value of the function y= (1 - x^2)^3 where x is the user input value?
View 3 Replies[URL]I'm trying to make an animation of electricity going through power lines.. (and just drawing lines in general) and I like how it was done in this video. I'm just not sure how to go about doing it.
View 1 RepliesI want to make a function like y= (1 - x^z), where both x and z are user input values. How is that possible?
View 1 RepliesI'm building a website where I hook people up so that they can anonymously vent to strangers. You either choose to be a listener, or a talker, and then you get catapulted into a one-on-one chat room. The reason for the app's construction is because you often can't vent to friends, because your deepest vulnerabilities can often be leveraged against you later on. (Like it or not, this is a part of human nature. Sad.)
I'm looking for some insight into how I should architect everything. I found this neat tutorial, [URL], which suggests using python & stackless + flash. Someone else suggested I should try using p2p sockets, but I don't even know where to begin to look for info on that.
Basically there will be a club and a ball. You can control the power and angle to hit the ball. How do I go about implementing this? Is flash the easiest way to go? I want to implement this as a facebook game. Any game libraries specific to this I can use to quickly implement a basic version? I am comfortable with Java and PHP.
View 1 RepliesSo I've set myself a little project to build a bowman game. Everythings working smashing until the math at the point where the computer needs to figure out the power and angle to shoot the arrow back at you. What I've been working off is my knowledge from applied-math classes in school. I've been using the following formula where g is gravity, t is time (this would be in frames for flash), sx is the distance between the players, u is the initial force of the arrow and a is the angle we need to find. With a bit of moving around to seperate the angle, this becomes For my AS3 this translates to:
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What happens is that it always fires the projectile at a very low angle that doesnt change to match the correct circumstances and I can't figure out how to get around this. Changing the force doesnt make any difference and the program will need to get around changing distances between the player so this math is pretty necessary (I think). Any math heads out there know what I should change?
The XML file is formatted like this:[code]The traces are all for debug purposes.If I place this code into the actions panel of the first frame of the flash document (without the thisObj:TriviaGame = this part), everything works fine and I get correct traces.If I place this code within TriviaGame.as, all of the traces print 'undefined', but it claims to have opened the file correctly.I've found a lot of XML tutorials on this site, but none of them seem to deal with processing XML from within a class file--they all put the code directly on the frame.
View 2 RepliesI have to use an XML that starts as follows:
base.xml
Code:
<mythuitheme>
<window name="backgroundwindow">
<imagetype name="backimg">
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However, to render it thus appears to me the following error: Error # 1083: The prefix "size" element "small" is not determined.
Code:
<mythuitheme xmlns:size="localhost">
How can I make this change to the XML dynamically in Actionscript 3? Without changing the file directly.
PS: I have another XML (theme.xml), where the problem is to have repeat the same node name, identical in everything, for example:
Code:
<buttondef name="WIFI_TRACKING">
<image>buttons/WIFI_TRACKING_off.png</image>
<activeimage>buttons/WIFI_TRACKING_on.png</activeimage>
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How can I, dynamically, eliminate one of them?
I have a large amount of MovieClips and I want to change the ones of class "Circle". So far no problems. However, I want to change the ones with name "S2" to another frame than the rest. I have tried several methods, but couldn't get it to work.
Code:
for(var i:int=0;i<numChildren;i++) {
if (getChildAt(i) is Circle) {
if (MovieClip(getChildAt(i))._name == "S2") {
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I've got a function that loads an XML file, and processes it into an array. Outside the function, if I trace for any of the contents of the array, it comes back undefined. What I've noticed is that the trace command is triggered before the array has been populated, even though the function to populate the array is called prior to the trace command.Here's the code:
Code:
var playListArray = new Array();
var myXML:XML = new XML();
myXML.ignoreWhite=true;[code]......
I am looking to delay the processing of coding for 1 second. A user will hit button and some of the coding is processed, a delay will then take place for 1 second or so and then process the rest of the coding. Does anyone know ho to achieve this?
View 8 RepliesI have created 3 forms.The forms appear to operate correctly.You receive an error message when the form hasn't been filled out correctly and when you fill the form correctly it appears to process the forms information.However the information is never received in my email account.I am assuming there is an issue with the php file.URL..
View 11 RepliesI'm using Flash Builder 4.6. As a simple example, say I have the following application:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" xmlns:sdk="services.sdk.*">
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I have following problem: My webservice application returns xml data in following order:
<my_claims>
<claim>
<opponent>Oleg</opponent>
<rank>2000</rank>
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I've been using Processing for around two years now, and I really like it. However, I feel like Flash is a bit more useful for coding games, as it's more universal and flexible. I'm starting to feel like I have no idea what I'm doing, and I really don't get any of the concepts like movie clips and the stage and so forth. In Processing, to make, say, a ball, I might make this:
Ball[] ballArray = new Ball[ 0 ]; //Array to store each ball in
void setup()
{
size( 400, 400 );
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And that would let me create as many instances as I like, anywhere I like.I haven't the faintest clue how to make a comparable applet in Flash.I've tried making a 'ball' class in a separate .as file, but it gives me an error about too many arguments. I also don't know how to draw a shape directly to the screen.
I have researched this topic and I believe the answer is AS3 Scope Issue though I can not resolve the issue.My xml loads fine and I can traverse it fine. I need to compare it against an array in another file so I believe the best thing to do is put then node I want into a class variable/field.
My xml:
<Test>
<coordinates>
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I want the flash movie to allow the users to apply image processing functions on the jpg files that would be loaded by them..
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