I have an animation that is timeline based. The file size is around 900kb for the entire project, as it has numerous images at different stages.
How does flash determine when to start playing the movie? Is it based on a percentage of loaded size or does it load assets as it moves along?
I have a movieclip clip that plays when the movie starts, the movieclip is a visual assets that show's that the application is loading some information but it's not showing any loading progress, just playing while the assets are loaded.I created a for loop that will load the assets using a simple loader, and then when the object is loaded the application push the object to an array.Problem is that when the loading starts all the animation that i have on screen stops until the loading is finished.The whole point is that the animation will play while it's loading.
View 10 RepliesI've embedded a SWF into a class using this syntax above my class definition:
[Embed (source='/../assets/MyMovieClips.swf', symbol='SpecialMovieClip')]
public class SpecialMovieClip extends MovieClip
The MovieClip asset seems linked with my class okay, and instantiates along with it, and is visible, but:
I can't access instances placed on stage within that clip. The timeline scripting seems non-functional.
Is this the drawback of embedding SWF files at compile-time with the Flex SDK? So, maybe I should just go back to compiling with the Flash IDE if I want timeline scripting or instances positioned on-stage?
Wherever I look it says that loading external assets(.png, .jpg, gif) from a SWC is supported. However, I can't find a single example of doing this with anything else than Classes and Components.
I have 7 swf's that are loaded and unloaded by a main swf, a sort of menu system. These swf's all rely on loading in some .png's at runtime.
I made a new "Library Project" in Flex, filled the scr folder with my .png's, set the loading type to "external". Because I don't want the .png's compiled into my application .swf.
But how do I get a hold of my raw .png's from within my classes?
I can do:
var obj:AComponentFromSWC = new AComponentFromSWC() no problem.
But I want to do:
var pic:Bitmap = BitmapFromSWC();
Is this possible or did I completely misunderstand the use of SWC's?
This way I could let all the apps use the same SWC and it is easy to distribute all the graphics as one package and the loaded swf could share common graphics.
I currently have a "container SWF player" that loads SWFs externally and plays them.The sound file for the SWF is in the library of the container SWF player, because the player is using the duration of the sound file to determine how long the scrubber bar goes.The problem is, it sort of defeats the purpose of having a container SWF player if I have to create a different container SWF player file for each external SWF because there's a different sound for each external SWF.Is there a way to pull the sound file from the library of the externally loaded SWF into the container SWF player?So that depending on what external SWF is playing, it will pull the associated MP3 file from that SWF's library?
View 1 RepliesI am trying to load assets from an external swf. As in:
I drew a square in flash Made it into a symbol made sure to check the "Extract for Action Script" to doubly check I created an instance of it from within the asset file. went to my loader file loaded the assets.swf tried to find the class variable using "getDefininition" FAILED.
from what I'v been seeing from around the web the following code should work. (I actually copied it word for word from one of the tutorials) but it doesn't work.
import flash.system.ApplicationDomain;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
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there should definately be class definition for XIconG though because I tried it myself from within the Asset.swf file. also I'm not sure whether this helps you, but when I tried to debug, I looked at the event.target.applicationDomain variable from the debugger menu and under it it said domainMemory = null. I don't have a clue why that is though.
My priority is to have a fullscreen (standard size) 1024x768 H264 video played on an ipad app compiled with flash CS5.5 AIR for iOS using the StageWebView class. This works perfectly fine. Although with no official way to communicate with the StageWebView, I can't 'remove' the video once it's done playing. Enter StageWebViewBridge which enables AS <=> JS communication.
I'm trying to get around the overall poor performance of the Video class on the iPad (1 or 2). Playing the video inside a StageWebView loading a html5 object works amazingly great (read: GPU hardware decoded h264).I do need to shut the video off after it's done playing in the StageWebView. I am packaging a .mov file encoded in H264 that plays great in webkit browsers. If I just load a webpage in the StageWebView with a tag pointing to any video file it plays perfectly fine.
Once I introduce StageWebViewBridge it changes. They want files put in a /html folder. I'm sending paths of all kinds for the players src to play and no video ever loads. The video is named 'a.mov'. I tried player.src = 'a.mov', or player.src = 'html/a.mov', or player.src = './html/a.mov' or even using the File class to get the File.applicationDirectory and resolve the file to the .nativePath. No matter what I send from AS to the JS in the StageWebView page, I cannot get it to load the video.
how to reference embedded files? I'd like to send the file to load from AS to JS and have JS reset the .src property of a html5 element. Even the File.applicationDirectory reference I make states the file 'exists', but I can never set the .src property of the element on the page. It doesn't seem to understand.
I have a site that contains a page with a fancybox pop up which contains a .swf.This swf loads a sound file and a thumbnail (mp3 and jpeg). When I view this by double clicking the swf it works fine, when I navigate directly to the swf in the browser it works fine, however when I try to view the embedded swf it does not load the jpeg or the sound file. I have another page which does the exact same thing except it loads a different swf which only loads a video file and this works perfectly.
AS3 code :
Code:
package www.elementalstudios.co.za {
import flash.display.Sprite;[code].....
Where the $theInner is a javascript variable that is used to set the innerHTML value of the div that I want to have containing the swf and $jUrlArray is an array of filepaths to various folders containing different sound files and thumbnails (each folder also contains the swf).The thinking is that the swf looks for the files as "sound.mp3" so the swf would assume that file is in the same folder it is in, therefore I'm only loading the swf from the different folders.
I'm looking for an animation timeline or video/audio timeline ui or maybe like a gantt chart thing that can be adjustable. It's basically draggable icons in tracks and bars that you can adjust the size of.
View 0 RepliesCurrently working on a project where I have to load in a ton of images and store them in corresponding arrays. The images are listed in seperate xml files bus.xml, car.xml, train.xml. The structure of the 3 files is the same e.g.
<images>
<image>car01.gif</image>
<image>car02.gif</image>
<image>car03.gif</image>
</images>
Now inside of the main class I have arrays for the images.
var busArray:Array;
var carArray:Array;
var trainArray:Array;
How would I create a function to recursively read each XML file and load the images into the array. I only want to create one Loader class. The bit that confuses me is how do I do the loop to load each file and once its loaded one file move onto the next until all the files from that XML file are loaded.
I thought it might be something like this,
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.CO MPLETE, imageLoaded);
for(i = 0; i < xmlFileLength; i++) {
loader.load(new URLRequest("car01.gif"));
} private function imageLoaded(e:Event) {
//add image to its array
//move onto next image
}
What I am thinking I need is a Flag of some sort to say the previous image is loaded. Move onto the next, but not sure how to structure it.
I want an air application to be able to update the assets it uses, but minimizing the download needed, so only downloading files added since it last updated.I'm thinking this would include a server portion which would zip the needed files based on a version number? Has anyone implemented anything similar / got any thoughts on the best approach to building this sort of system?
View 1 RepliesMy client wants to take all the Flash games on their website and put them on a portable device that's not connected to the internet. I need to make sure that the swfs are completely self contained, in that they do not require the internet to load any swfs or other assets. The client does not have any of the fla's, so my plan is to download the swf and decompile it with Sothink, and then search the AS for these methods:
URLRequest
loadMovie
loadMovieNum
If the search returns results then I'll assume the game is loading something and that game will not be used. The client doesn't want to put any development time into this, so it either goes on the portable as is or not at all.
without having to hardcode a username / password in my .swf file (very easy to decompile!), is it possible to send a URLRequest for some file (perhaps .php?) to a loader object which can load assets that reside in password protected directories?my PHP skills are weak at best, so if calling a .php script is the solution.
View 2 RepliesThis is sort of a repost, but because this thread is in the AS3 section the subject is inherently different because this board doesn't have anything to do with Flex.So, I want to put a bunch of assets within one file (SWF maybe) and load it at runtime. Then I want to be able to access these assets after I've loaded the file.As is visible by my previous thread, I have no idea where to begin, but I know it's "absolutely" possible and obviously very useful.
Even if the loaded file isn't an SWF file, I'm fine with it. I would prefer to be able to store vector graphics in it though, maybe even produced in CS3/4/5 (because that's what my friend's using to draw said graphics).Looking forward to hearing from some of you over here--now that the thread has a more general subject.
I have been handed a project that was built to embed all assets at compile time and I need to update the app to load assets from a remote server instead. Right now everything is being embedded as follows:
[Embed(source="assets/gfx/tutorialBg.png")]
public var tutorialBg:Class;
[Embed(source="assets/gfx/tutorialStraightArrow.png")]
[Code]....
These Class variables are being referenced all over the app to place the assets so I'm hoping to be able to update the code to load the assets and store them in these same Class variables. So far the methods I've tried have not worked. I've tried using URLLoader and it loads the images fine, but I'm not then able to extract the image and cast it as type Class to these variables.
Is there a way to execute code (like a preloader) before loading the embedded assets? I'm using the [embed] tag with CS5, and I'd like to avoid using an external preloader.
View 9 RepliesI've been using a fairly un-dynamic approach in AS3 as until now when it comes to loading assets, but now I'll be trying to adapting a current project to fit other clients with different needs which means I'll have to grab the bull by the horns. I have an XML with a list of images that will be used, which is reused multiple times in each project. So I'm wondering if there's a way to load an image using the loader-class, and making it reusable? Being able to attach said asset later to a placeholder inside a movieclip I have stored in the library would be ideal.
I managed to load it into a movieclip but duplicating it from there on was a bit of a headache, using an approach similar to this would be great(but I have personally no idea of how to implement it): [URL] Here's the current code I'm using, in case it helps understanding what I'm after(it's most likely really ugly compared to what you SHOULD be doing in as3):
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This is a follow-up to another thread that is getting wordy and unfocused:
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I am trying to load an external library .swf to use its embedded fonts, much like this method:
[URL]
However, the swf that is loading the font swf is loaded within a wrapper swf, and is defined as a separate ApplicationDomain as the wrapper.
Wrapper swf (app domain 1) <--- Player swf (app domain 2) <--- font library swf
The font is loading fine, and I'm even able to retrieve the font name (so I'm able to reference the object), but it is *not* showing up in the textfield as it should be.
When I remove the ApplicationDomain issue between wrapper and player swf by testing the player swf locally in the IDE (*not* loaded through the wrapper), it works fine. But I'm not sure how or why this is, because like I said, I'm able to get the font name so I'm able to reference it, it seems.
The TextField is being set to embedFonts, the font is loading, everything else seems to be working 100%, but there's some issue between the application domains that I just *can't* figure out.
Working on a 'video heavy' Flash site that has an intro video. While the intro video is playing, assets(images,flv files) should be loaded in the background. The problem is that, while the assets are loading, the intro video play gets jittery. What can I do to make the video playing smoothly while still loading assets? It might be the single threaded nature of actionscript, not sure. After using @Demian Brecht suggested method, I noticed that the culprit might be Memory allocation. As the FLVs load the memory usage goes up by ~266MB and while the videos are written to memory, the framerate drops to 1FPS.
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I am using flash builder to make an app for android/ios. How would you recommend I use assets such as images and sounds. Should I embed them or use loader? Any benefits to each one. I have a fair amount of assets.
View 2 RepliesFor the current site I'm working on, I need to display an intro video while other ssets(mostly flv files)load in the background.The issue is the framerate drops from ~30 to about ~1 because of the loading. When the videos loadinto memory, it grows by about 266MB~ and until it's 'written' the framerate drops.Is there any workaround/solution that will allow me to play an intro video while the assets load intomemory ?
View 3 RepliesI'm loading a lot of external videos and pictures and I'm wondering what is the best way for handling the loaded videos and images. Should I unload them after they have finished playing and reload them whenever they are needed, or it's not required since they just use the clients memory and not the cpu cycles when inactive?
View 2 RepliesI cannot seem to find anything of what I need from google.(Well, I can find the reverse method to what i need ) Basically I wish to access a variable declared in the Root Timeline from my Movie clips timeline.
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I download a flash template to take apart and play around with to make sure i still know my way around the software. Everything was going great until I discovered there are part of it that I can not find. The animation are not in the timeline or anywhere else I've looked. When I scrub through it they aren't there, but when I preview the movie (F12) they are always there. I managed to delete the pictures in those particular animations, but can not edit or find anything else.
Here is the link to the file... [URL]
I'm using Flash 4 and AS2;I've composed the code such that my MC (called hole) will turn slowly upon entering the first frame:
var hole:MovieClip;
this.createEmptyMovieClip("rotator_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
rotator_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
hole._rotation += 1;
};
Then, on frame 55 I have:
rotator_mc.removeMovieClip();
to stop the clip. After that, I animated "hole" on the timeline to shrink... but when I play my movie, the timeline animation doesn't happen.
Is it possible to test only a section of animation in a timeline? I'm trying to refine the last bit of animation at the end, and would prefer not to watch it all from the beginning again.
View 8 RepliesI'm not able to create a working seek bar (or progress bar or timeline bar) to give the viewer complete control for where they want to play an animation. The animation is a .fla file, which moves frame-by-frame with motion tweens). There are 4446 total frames (at 12 fps), so I'd like the viewer to be able to skip ahead or back as they desire. The instructions I've found so far all have to do with FLV files instead of FLA.I've tried the following Actionscript, but I get errors(which are also listed below). As the seek bar object, I'm using the UIScrollBar (with a horizontal direction).[code]I'm more than willing to try a different Actionscript.
View 4 RepliesI am new to Flash and am still trying to come to grips with AS3. I want to pause an animation twice in the same timeline. I have applied the code given in the adobe article 'Using ActionScript to pause and loop the timeline in Flash' [URL].
this.stop();
var timelinePause:Timer = new Timer(2000, 1);
timelinePause.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, timerHandler);
timelinePause.start();function timerHandler(evt:Object):void {
this.play();
}
This works well when used once in the timeline but I get the following errors when applying it twice
1151: A conflict exists with definition timelinePause in namespace internal.
1021: Duplicate function definition.
Warning: 3596: Duplicate variable definition.
What I need to change to make it work twice.
I've got a multi-element character animated in its own timeline, within its own symbol --- but it's not showing up in the main timeline, or on the stage when I exit the symbol and go back to the Main movie view. How do I get the symbol's animation to integrate into the main scene?
View 2 RepliesI was just looking through a tutorial, and saw something interesting and I wanted to find out if it is ok to do. Sometimes, I think it will be a lot easier performing animations in standard flash using the timeline. However, sometimes I need to use code to do things like get a user input. Is it possible to do an animation in flash on the timeline and then convert this to as3 code which I could then work on to do further things like get user input?
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