On my main root frame i have this [code]...
i have a symbol called character and inside that symbol i have a symbol called head and inside that symbol i have a variable called headtype... i want it to set to 5 from the main frame.
I'm attempting to use CS4 (PC/Vista, if that matters) to create a SWF file that will basically act as a "library" of commonly used symbols. This SWF would be loaded at runtime by other SWFs, which could then use the symbols within it, including all art and code assets.
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when I enter a symbol by default everything around that is not part of that symbol becomes faded - is there a way to disable this?
View 4 RepliesOK, heres the thing. Since i cannot stop the code from continuing while i', waiting for amf to send the data, i remember to put a simple rectangle with alpha 0 in front of the stage while waiting for amf to arrive, then remove it.
Since the amf call is done from another class. I don't know how to do this.
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I need a Bitmap to make a color map inside certain symbols. What I do is import the png file and export it to as3. After that I drag and drop it inside the Symbols that need it in the correct position. What I need to know is how to get a Bitmap child inside a symbol that belongs to a class if I can't set the instance name of that Bitmap. for ex: a Symbol of the class MyClass has an img exported as Class MyBitmapClass and Base Class flash.display.BitmapData. I want, through as3, to get this MyBitmapClass object.
View 1 RepliesI am trying to decrease a graphic symbols width by a percentage based on two external variables.
Code:
var currentHealth:Number=70
var totalHealth:Number=70
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I used this tut to create a menu. [URL] And my question is; Can I make the slider to move after a movie clip symbols instead of button symbols? That way my menu would be animated.
View 1 RepliesI'm working through a book called Foundation Game Design with Flash, and I'm finding the Flash IDE confusing. I've been programming for several years, so working with AS3 directly is far easier than trying to understand symbols and nested symbols and the difference between graphics and movie clips and scoping issues and all that -- when tied into the IDE.
How many of you who are making games in AS3 also use the Flash IDE? Can anyone recommend a resource that is AS3 heavy and Flash IDE light? I don't care how much time I may or may not save by using things like the timeline, I just want to understand what I'm using.
Is there any way to do that, well bone tool is for AS3 only.. so how would you connect symbols with other symbols?
View 5 RepliesQuestion: i have to make an animated header for the web site. several seconds it's going on and is stoped with action script command stop(); but i need one elenment inside flash-header continue animating like here: [URL] a rolling logo in upper left corner of header. If somewhere the answer has already been written - it would be nice someone write a link to this source.
View 1 RepliesI have this variables in my movieClip
Code:
onClipEvent (load) {
myVar1 = 200;
myVar2 = 100;
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Even i click the button it doesn't add variables inside the Movieclip I tried it outside the movie clip and it works.
If I have a MovieClip called parent_mc and inside it I have another called child1_mc, I can use a variable for the "1" part of child1_mc and change the alpha for example like this:
ActionScript Code:
var myVar:Number = 1;
parent_mc['child'+myVar+'_mc'].alpha = 0.5;
What is the right syntax to use if child1_mc is not actually a child of anything and just sits on the stage? I have tried the following and it didn't work:
ActionScript Code:
['child'+myVar+'_mc'].alpha = 0.5;
and I tried:
ActionScript Code:
stage['child'+myVar+'_mc'].alpha = 0.5;
That didn't work either.
I am doing my first simple game using Flash CS5 and Actionscript 3.0. In this game the player would be able to create a new quiz where it would create an array and add sets of questions and answers to that array. I have been looking on how to do this or anything like it and it doesn't seem to be possible (at least in this way).
View 9 RepliesI'm pretty new to AS, I understand that whatever variables you have inside a function will be discarded once the function finishes? I need the value of a variable that's inside a function, I've tried declaring it outside the function, and also give it an initial value, but it seems that when the function finishes the variable goes back to it's original value.
View 5 Replieswant to make this stuff working.
Actionscript Code:
for (var i:Number=1; i<=3;i++){ var char_name+i = event.target.data.char_name_ + i;//It should be like//var char_name1 = event.target.data.char_name_1;//var char_name2 =
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I know that as long as a I declare variables inside a function I can only call them as long as the scope of the function is active. Outside of that function the variables don't exist. Is there any way I can create those variables inside a function and use them outside of it?
View 1 RepliesTrying to find the best way to use the xDoc variable in the newImg function without adding the newImg eventListener to the xmlLoaded function
var myXML:XML;
var xDoc:XMLDocument;
var xmlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
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I'm programming an AS3 application where I'm loading an external SWF file to a movie clip in my stage:
var bgLoader:Loader = new Loader();
var bgURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest("file.swf");
bgLoader.load(bgURL);
addChild(bgLoader);
My question is this: how can I read a variable inside the embedded swf (probably through the bgURL, but I can't figure out how)
I'm using a few for() loops to populate my game. Now, I have 2 versions of each function, one that executes when my variable "debug" exists, and the other that activates only if "debug" does not exist.Looks kinda like this:
ActionScript Code:
// first, if debug exists, the script will execute for the single instance of my movie clip "myBox_0".
if(debug){
// assign a value to the string "myTarget"
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Now, on the line I starred*, if I enter "images/0" instead of what you read there, then it works. But when I try to use the variable "i" then it gives me the error "Error opening URL 'images/undefined.png'" I ran a trace statement to track "i" through the code and it works up until I enter the tellTarget statement... how can I get my script to pass that variable through that statement?
i want to query about a point here,
Now, When i make a loop for example a "for" loop
ActionScript Code:
var i:int;
for (i=0;i<4;i++){
// Looping Code For 4 Times
}
in the looping code, when i use a variable, for example "myVar"
Can i make the variable name be "myVar0" in the first time looping, and the name be "myVar1" in the second time looping, and so on ..
I'm pretty new to working wth custom classes, but so far everything has been working great - up to the point where I create more than one instance of the same kind of class. For example:
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Do I simply have to call the arrays different names??? I really don't want to, shouldn't by creating two different instances you subsequently create two different arrays in turn?
I'm trying to make a button that gets it's getURL address from an external text file. So, I load the text file and assign it to a variable:
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I'm programming an application where I'm loading an external SWF file to a movie clip in my stage[code]...
My question is this: how can I access the variables inside the embedded swf (probably through the bgURL, but I can't figure out how)
I'm currently learning OOP through Sen's information here at Kirupa, and I've decided to try out his "creatures" exercise mentioned in his Best of Senocular thread...The situation is a random number of sprites are created, and they move around the stage, interacting. They all have a certain amount of "health," defined as a variable in a MovieClip prototype applied to the MC. When they hit, I want their health to go down a little bit, so how can I access a particular MC's "health" variable while I'm outside of the MC itself?
View 1 Repliessome variables are inside of a movie clip, and i can't seem to access them from the main timeline.
View 5 RepliesSend Dynamic variables from HTML to Flash.e.g FlashVars="title1=Title1&img1=001.jpg&desc1=Descri tion1&title2=Title2&img2=002.jpg&desc2=Descriptio n2...";because the number of photos are not sure. is there any way to loop through those variables in flash and save them in Arrays
View 2 RepliesI have defined a variable attached to a move clip via Mc.OnLoad = function *etc so is it possible to access this variable from within the move clip ?
View 2 Repliesvar q4:Boolean = false; //Will have thirty-eight of these, q4-q41
function noRepeat() {
if (q(_root._currentframe) == true) {
gotoAndStop(randRange(4, 41));
} else if ((q(_root._currentframe)) == false) {
q(_root._currentframe) = true;
}
}
Now, my problem is the bits in red (yes, I know they don't work, that was just the best way I could think to describe what I wanted).
If I create a string that says "q4" then I find it won't compare that to the boolean variable, but I'm positive there must be a better way than putting one of these on every frame.
How can i reference variables inside of movieclips
i've tried.. mcname.variablename but it doesnt work...
also how do access a variable in the main timeline from within a movieclip.. i used to do it through _root.variable but that doesnt work anymore..
and lasty... how do i access a variable inside a class from within a movieclip?
i am trying to "dynamically" create variable names inside a for loop and add them to an array...
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// ' this["thumb" + i] ' is definitely not the way to write it.. so how should i write it?