ActionScript 3.0 :: Loading Queue / Function Pointers?
Jul 10, 2010
I am trying to implement a queue for loading external assets. Is there a way to make what I am trying to do work?Basically, each time a loading handler function is called, it gets the loaded data and then it calls loadComplete(), which triggers the next function in the loadQueue array.I am able to successfully place a function into a variable of type Function and then call it, but the part where I am adding the variable to an array is failing.
Im trying to create a simple loop that creates 50 buttons, adds them to screen and then when a button is pressed, it traces out that number. I can get it to work by doing stuff I consider hacky (such as using the buttons X/Y location to determine its value), but I'd rather just be able to hold a single value in the function.
The code itself is: for (var a:int = 0; a < 5; a++) { for (var b:int = 0; b < 10; b++) {
I'm not sure if you've noticed this, probably not, but function pointers in AS3 run much, much slower than calling the function directly. It's a recent finding, and an annoying one. I use function pointers a lot. An obvious example would be to easily change the behaviour of a certain object. Say I have a class that controls movement, it has a class level function variable called UPDATE (ie public var UPDATE:Function), and 3 or 4 actual functions it can point to.
This always me to quickly/easily change the behaviour of an object. Say for example I want an object to run on different movement code once it's collided with something, I can just do UPDATE = movement2; etc. However, a pointer for a function runs about 15 times slower than running the function directly, therefore I need a replacement. And I really have no idea why there is this absurd disparity in speed between the 2. With some variables, accessing a reference is faster than accessing the variable directly, obviously not with functions. What would you advise as a nice, simple replacement solution for the above example?
My main mc contains 2 empty mc's in which i'm loading 2 seperate swf's into using this fine queue tut. The preloader currently displays a loading bar and description for each swf as it loads... BUT, is there an easy way to modify the preloader bar/code so you only see a single bar/percentage for both loads?
Mainly looking for pointers to the tutorials I am sure exist (but which I can't find). But I am also very open to any general or specific advice you may have to spell out for me in the thread. I am looking to build a PBBG (Persistent Browser Based Game) which, while single player, has some few multiplayer elements. Indirect interaction. One example of this is a commodities market - yes, the good old space trading, fly to one planet and buy, fly to another and sell scenario. I want every player to impact the inventory of each planet, and to have that inventory affect the buy/sell margins, etc. Other Indirect interaction would be bars et al, where players can chat, maybe (a BIG maybe) trade inventory and such. It seems direct, but it is not fighting one another or fighting at each other's side, etc.; so to me it is 'indirect' to the game. But that isn't why I'm here (feel free to impart any wisdom you have anyway, if you so desire); just an aside to explain a bit about the game.
Need pointers from the good folks here. I need to create an interface illustrated in the link below:
Calculator-like interface (GIF)Scenario 1) When the user clicks either the button 30 or 60, it will update dynamic textfield (value1) with the corresponding value 2) When the user clicks either the button 45 or 73, it will update dynamic textfield (value2) with the corresponding value
3) Dynamic textfield (output) will dynamically add the values of 'value1' and 'value2' and generate the total.
I'm looking to build a very simple (hopefully!) interactive game.
- A number of balls are situated at the bottom of the stage.
- There are several dropzones which the balls can be placed in.
-Once a dropzone is occupied with a ball, its not possible to populate that the dropzone with another ball until the present one has been removed. -Depending on which balls are present in the dropzones, the balls animate differently. the red ball is placed in a dropzone. There are currently no other dropzones populated with a ball.
I have a button and every Time I click it I want some mc instances to be added to a queue [an array]. Oncce the button is pushed for the very first time I'd like a progress bar start loading and when it hits the end, then I want to add the child to the stage, and the remaing ones that would still sit in the array, would be added to the stage too as soon as the are built [the progress bar thing]. What I want to recreate is the warcraft 3 unit building system
I have successfully implemented a copy of uploadify into my site. The SWF button shows, I can click on it and browse my files. However, the rubber meets the road whenever it comes to file files showing the queue.For some reason, when I select a file, there isn't any queue, even though I have followed uploadify directions. on how to overcome this? Here are the relative parts of my code:
I have a method that I want to be enqueued to the UI thread message pump. How is this done in actionscript? Basically I am looking for the equivalent of System.Windows.Deployment.Current.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke() in actionscript.
My project is to make a simple flash queue numbers display, For example if you press the number 20 on the keyboard so it will show number 20 on the screen.
So, i'm currently working on an xml based banner. The banner has seven "pages," each with it's own image and url (specified in the xml file).A preloader loads in the swf, and then another loader in the main swf loads in the xml and images (displaying percent loaded and whatnot).
The problem that I'm running into is that I can't figure out how to access the previously loaded images when I want to call my transition function... I added as many comments in the fla as I could, if there are any questions feel free to post, I'll be here all night.
All in all, I need a second set of eyes to skim my project and help me streamline the process.
i'm making a horizontal scrolling thumbs bar and before i complete it i want to load each thumb at a time. i'm posting my code(though incomplete at the time but sufficient for what i want help for)[code]
Is there anyway I can get the total size of all files queued from swfupload right after the user selected the files? I need to be able to display something like "0 of 184MB" when the upload is about to start.
I need to create a java/html button that, when pressed, queues my flash animation to begin. I believe I understand how it works on the AS3/ExternalInterface end, but I am unable to test it as I do not know how to properly code something to test it with on the Javascript end.
For those unfamiliar with tree structures, tree structures are usually dynamic lists where every node has a pointer to two other nodes. They are arranged so it makes for faster searching and stuff and are very useful in programming languages that offer direct access to heap memory. Although I don't know if there would be benefits of making tree structures in AS would be of any help but I decided to have a go at it anyway. Since there are no pointers in flash I tried to just replace pointers to nodes with nodes themselves. Such things usually work in java I think because the language just automatically makes pointers for variables.
I have a bit trouble with LoaderMax memory occupy, i have a queue, and i am keep loading images depend on user's action. if they click load more and it keep load, but i would like to clean the memory which been occupied by the previous queue (i have remove all the children been added by the loading previously). is there a way i can do it? the behavior like this.
I want to call 3 commands one by one , the relation between each commands are command should execute one by one in the previous command result. How to Queue Command's? What is the best practice to handle Queue command , my requirement is adding n number of commands and execute them.Main -> Execute c1c1 got the Result - Execute c2c2 got the Result - Execute c3
I have a Flex application where some interactions cause many objects to require visual updates all at once. These updates translate into state changes for many MXML based components which have state based transitions. The transitions look great when just a handful of the components animate at the same time... but when all of them animate at once... the Flash Player just can't keep up.
Any ideas on how to create something of an animation pipeline so that everything can have a chance to keep up?
Ive got a menu on top of my page which has a few buttons. On each button press, I have a standard "_root.pages.gotoAndStop(frame#);" and also a function call which loads a different picture into the background. So, the page appears, and a loader shows "LOADING BACKGROUND" and then once its loaded it fades in overtop of whatever picture was there.roblem is...if I click the buttons fast (before the background loaded), the pages work fine, but since the background didnt fully load, the correct background for each page seems to get confused and isnt right.Here's the function that loads the back pictures...
Code: var fadespeed = 5; function load_pic(myLoad, myNum:Number) {
I have a problem with my preloading. I have a flash file that needs to load 11 external swf's
So i have 11 MC's called Imgbox1 till 11 I am loading the external swf's with the function
imgbox1.loadMovie("1.swf"); This works correct but now i want to add a preloader to the external swf's and this is not working because when i add a preloader to it that i found in this tutorial :[URL]... Then the preloader is not running. I dont know why this is not working. What i also want to make is a custom preloader so not a bar or a percentage loader.
Now, I didn't write this as completly by myself. its a modified version from a tutorial.. (thats why the xml is formatted the way it is..)
Now it works fine and all. BUT, the thing i want, is instead od opening a url when one of the items is clicked. I want a swf open inside the window where the carousel is displayed..
(this could also be done by just new functions if its easyer that way)
If you press one of the items. A new swf (of a function is called) Which is plached on the position of the carousel..
I load something, I do something with it, then I can load something again, then I do something with it, etc .... I create many functions for this flow of events, is there a way to stay in 1 function?What i want:
Code: public function Main(){ var result1 = load('file1.php');
I have a .fla with 5 pics on my timeline and using tween function to roll them from bottom to top, what I need to get those images random from o folder or something.
I have made a sound sequencer where users can record their own sounds and add them to the sequencer, my problem is that I want to be able to change the sounds during the running of the program. Here is the simplified code for importing and loading a sound in ready to be played.
var BASS:String = "bass.mp3"; function bassURL() { var bass:Sound=new Sound(new URLRequest(BASS)); }
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The reason I put the URLRequest and Sound in a seperate function is because I want to be able to change the var BASS to different mp3's during the program. Obviously when I run this it tells me that it can't find 'bass' because its a var inside another function. How can i get it to refer to 'var bass' inside bassURL?
i have an animation with a series of colored squares appearing and disappearing from the stage [URL]..except that the squares appear and disappear). Each of the squares fade in and out using Actionscript, with a custom method that animates its alpha property over time. I want to pick randomly every few seconds a square, to make it disappear and put a new one in its place, and my code is more or less like this:
I have a basic question about a function I am using that is goes against my logic. It is the showImage function that is used to call up xml images:
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the problem is specifically coming in this part of the code, I know because if I set it to a number it will load up the corresponding image. However, When currentButtonId is used it causes an error loading the xml. I'm not sure why since I set it a number and it I trace it and it increments fine...
