I'm currently working on side scroller that has an isometric-type perspective (think Double Dragon) and the only thing I could think of to use to easily manage the depths of the MCs was a bubbleSorting algorithm. (It seemed to lend itself well to the swapChildren command).
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I'm currently working on side scroller that has an isometric-type perspective (think Double Dragon) and the only thing I could think of to use to manage the depths of the MCs was a bubbleSorting algorithm.
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Now this works fine (because I don't have a huge amount of MCs to sort), so I guess this is more of an academic question. As far as I know, bubblesorting is pretty much one of the worst sorting algorithms out there. Has anyone successfully adapted a better one for this purpose? Not trying to get you to post your code as much as just an idea for me to play around with because I'm a geek like that.
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View 2 RepliesI really want to attempt in making my own game kind of like Farmville. I know most of the actionscript, but I do not understand how they make the artwork. I try to make those isometric art in photoshop and stuff, but it's almost impossible for me. I use a tablet.So I'm wondering how do so many people make that art work so easily?
View 1 Repliesi have a basic xml file which im able to load externally easily using :
Code:
private function loadXMLFile():void
{
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As the title, is there a class method in Flash to limit and round of a number's decimals ?Like :roundToTwoDecimals(1.2362 ) = 1.24
View 8 RepliesIs there a good tool can asily download SWF files from internet?
View 2 RepliesI am using FlashDevelop and Flex SDK, I use this to embed things on the swf:[code]Now, I would like to embed more than 100 files (or maybe more!), and doing this one bye one will take long and will be very exhausting Is there any easy way to that easily?
View 1 Repliesso I'd like to get some input on how exactly to go about coding this thing in the most efficient manner..i have 4 portfolio galleries im trying to display (web design branding motion)and the thumbnails for each of my projects are going to be displayed on a grid of 50x50px squares.id like to dynamically populate these 50x50 squares with thumbnails pulled from a folder and then populated into the grid sequentially then when an individual square is clicked have a full size version of the image (also pulled from the folder) populated in the same manner.
View 1 RepliesJust about all the screens require the text to be set to dynamic text and have character embedding set to basic latin(95 glyph) The problem is that because the project is so big and has so many dynamic text boxs the publishing time is really starting to slow down.
I dont mind if it doesnt embed that fonts while im publishing for debugging. I just need it to publish with the glyphs when im showing it to the client.
Can embedding be set by code?
If it is i could just take some time out to set my dynamic text boxs to look at a specific class or somthing?
Or Am i missing a propertys overright button somewhere that will switch embeding off through out the project when I need to?
Lets say I have an array which has n dimensions. Now in order to access a slot you typically use: array [1][0]What if the number of dimensions are not known at compile-time, is there an easy access like:
slot = "1,0"
array [slot] // accessing 1,0
Which means I can also easily navigate back and forth
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Let me first say that the project I am working with was my first foray into AS3 as well as OOP. I wanted to be a grown up so I wanted to use classes and not rely on individual swfs.Unfortunately, I didnt quite understand the spirit of OOP, or at least I dont think I did, and I made each section of the site into a separate class. I then integrated the classes and their library materials into one large project. The thing works great - but unfortunately the file has gotten too big.What is the most straightforward way to now break this project back up? Do I need to load in external swfs
View 0 RepliesI have a massive json object that I return from my php script. The object holds strings as well as variables that are of type php associative array. When i trace my json object it's totally not formatted and not readable by human. However If I use a free online json formatter, it looks good. My question is if there is an easy way to trace out all properties and their contents in an easily readable way using as3?
View 2 RepliesIs there a way to have a flash control scroll through a number of images with descriptions without knowing Flash?Perhaps like LightBox but with nice scrolling.
View 1 RepliesFor some "mysterious" reason I cant surf on my text fields. And when I choose a combo box, the focus insist to not move to the next field unless I double click the next field...
I removed the code, and everything worked. Since the file is quite big, i uploaded here:
here: [URL]
I just learned that you can do this in actionscript 3:
someLabel
//code goes here
break someLabel;
}
I have a building type animation where many buildings enlarge then I want a small bouncing type animation once they do... I don't want to do this all manually as I have 100s.... Is there an easy way to do this with AS3?
View 3 RepliesI know this goes against the logic of most menus. I am building a menu. I have very nice mc called "menu_list" and loading into the movie loads a easily editable external XML file with all my over categorys and sub menus
it looks like this...client.niallohara.net/xml_menu.html
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Does anyone know where to find examples, tutorials or source files on how to integrate flash with backend to create a dynamic image gallery that can easily be updated?
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package app.demo.MyTouchApp{
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how to perform a search in XML, so I use the above method, kinda hard code I know...for example, I try to search " keyIn:String = "BR1014"; " means I wanna search BR1014 in 4 XML files, so I load the XML info into an array, and using for loop to loop the XML array (in this case TitleArray1[i], TitleArray2[i]...) and compare it with keyIn (which store the value BR1014), some how the value is located in TitleArray4[i] which have the length of 12 (trace(TitleArray4[i].length) = 12)
so everytime I run it, I will overwrite abc 12 times... and out put 12 time the abc value, in this case BR1014 was located in TitleArray4[3], so the 4th output of "abc" is BR1014 but others is all 999...
I have table
words = [aaaa, bbbb,cccc,dddd,eeee,ffff]
and i want to make table like this:
words2 = [aabb,bbaa,ccdd,ddcc,eeff,ffee]
I have a database which has 2 tables:
CREATE TABLE RecipeDB (
RecipeID INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
Name VARCHAR,[code]........
I also have an actionscript, in which I have ingArr:Array of ingredient strings.Now, I would like to realize the following queries here:
1) Select (all fields) one recipe which has the most of ingredients from the array. If more than one record have the same amount of matches, then divide the number of matches by total number of ingredients in recipe and return the one with the highest ratio. If there are no matches return nothing.
2) As above, but return 10 recipes with the most matches and do not perform check for equal number of matches. Sort the results by the number of matches.
I want to stimulate sea wave,but I have no idea about it. Is there an example code for it? I know as3 can make many good graphics and text effect, so I want to learn it eagerly,but I don't know which book should I read. Anyone could introduce a good book for me about as3 algorithm? More example code are better in the book.
View 3 RepliesI am developing my application in flex and JSP, so when I am passing values through HTTP Service Post method with request object but these values are tracing and modifying by testing team so I am planning to encrypt values in flex and decrypt it in jsp.so is there any algorithms like SHA or MD5 more secure algorithms,
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I 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.
Is there any algorithm to perform erase operation in a bitmap? I would like to create functionality similar to how photoshop or other graphic application performs erase. Is erase operation so difficult that there isn't much help (for bitmaps) available? I am OK even with name of an algorithm, I can proceed from there.
View 2 RepliesI've searched and racked to no avail.. so, does anyone have an algorithm to create a concertina type rectangle, ideally horizontally. The desired effect is exactly like that of normal horizontal Window Blinds (assume they're closed- doesn't matter) of say 30 parts (or slats) of equal height and uniform width.
When such a blind is raised half-way up notice how the parts at the bottom go from dead flat to an increasing value in height, with perhaps the top-most part hanging normally.
Similarly, when the whole Blind is all the way up, all parts are flat. Conversely, when the whole Blind is fully extended, all parts hang at their own, uniform height. It's this "slightly differing but related to my neighbors height" I'm stuck on.
how to implement this algorithm: I have number (1-100), however, it will return to 0, when it meets 10, likewise 11 returns to 1, 12 to 2...
90 -> 0
91 -> 1
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I have 5 Button movieclips, each with different states, (OVER, OUT, and ACTIVATED)Obviously when you rollover the button, itll play the over animation, itll also apply for the rollout event of the button. When you click the button, itll go to the activated state.Here's my question...What condition will i use so that when a certain button is activated and i click on a different button, the activated button will play its rollout state before going to its idle state.. What's happening to me is itll just quickly go to its idle state without playing his roll out animation.
View 8 RepliesI am programing with AS2 so here goes my question: I want to create an algorithm that looks up an array and finds the nearest integer in it. Lets say i have different numbers like 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 and i want to find the nearest member to 6 from those numbers. How should i build the algorithm. So far i'm using two arrays and two inside loops, but cant find the right way to make it.
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