Flash :: IDE - Art Gets Destroyed
Jan 27, 2010
What is the best route for an artist to take, when it comes to Flash? Is illustrator the best, since it doesn't use pixels, rather vectors? I had someone draw me something in photoshop, and when I resize it to make it much smaller than its original size, it looks like garbage, and you can see the pixels. Regardless if I resize it in photoshop (gimp) or flash, it looks like garbage if it is reduced in size. I have not dealt with alot of art in flash, so wondering what the best way around this is, besides having the artist draw everything to scale, since the scale is dynamic.
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Aug 8, 2010
I've noticed that using stage.addChild(obj)(i.e. creating objects on the fly) can slow down frame rates.I was told by several sources that one way to speed up a flash game engine (or any animation where instances are generated as you progress), is to reuse objects in what is known as object pooling.
First of all a bit of background:The game engine I'm working on can be found at: http:[url]....Most objects (i.e. bullets, particles, enemies...) are exported for actionscript, each with a set of actions that are performed each frame, and another set of actions upon being created.Each class has an array called instanceList, which keeps track of all objects currently within play.The main timeline contains an event.ENTER_FRAME function mainActions(event:Event):void, that loops through each of the instances and performs the actions associated wit11h each.It goes through each instance of each class by going through the static array instanceList().
Now what I plan to do is:Have a seperate static array for each class, called inactiveInstances,which keeps track of deleted objects.Introduce a function for adding the objects back to the stage (with the nesscessary variables reset), to give the impression of a new object being created.When objects are destroyed:Should they be removed from the stage and readded latter e.g. removeChild(obj2)/addChild(obj1)? e.g.
Code:
public function instance_destroy()
{
parent.removeChild(this)
//Remove all refferences and listeners[code].....
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Nov 19, 2009
Is there method that gets called just before object destroyed? So I can override it.
Like
protected override function beforeDestuction():void
{
trace("This object is about to be destroyed!");
}
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Jul 19, 2009
Ok, so i'm making a game using AS2 (AS3 confuses me even more than AS2) and so far it's going great, but i want it to move to the next level (or maybe a shop between levels) when all the enemies are destroyed... I have Code: Select allenemies = 15; for the amount of enemies on stage. I have Code: Select allif (explode) {this.removeMovieClip(); to get rid of the enemy and i have Code: Select allif(enemies == 0) {gotoAndPlay(3) } to take it to the next frame. I want to know how to update it so when an enemy is removed the original code of enemies = 15 gets updated, meaning when they are all gone it will go to the next frame
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Feb 23, 2008
i want this clip unloaded (destroyed) when ANY other link is clicked. This clip is an empty container clip that will be generating child clips that will each be loading thumbnails for images. Obviously i need to destroy the parent clip to remove all children without looping, etc.
This movie clip ("TL") is created in a keyframe that is the stopping point of an animation. When a user clicks the Portfolio link from the menu, the menu hides itself, and then goes to a frame label where actionscript awaits. Once there, the AS tells the submenu movie to animate (play). The submenu then plays and stops when it hits a certain frame (the one with the 'stop();' code, lol), and that frame then contains actionscript that generates the Gallery Thumbnails' parent container ("TL"), via:
var TL:MovieClip = createMovieClip("TL",60);
and GT then creates movie clips for thumbnails to be contained in via:
TL.createEmptyMovieClip('Thumb' + i,TL.getDepth() -1);
All this works so far. Now, to get rid of the clip when any other button is clicked, i tell the gallery movie to play again, which alphas it out of sight. So, on the NEXT frame of the timeline AFTER the frame which the TL and children are created is where i need to place the actionscript to unload/remove them. The problem is that there is no method for this! It seems that all the methods for removing / unloading clips only apply to clips that were duplicated or instatiated from loading external files or attaching instances from the library...I need to remove this "TL" clip, and can't figure out how.
Code:
_root.mcMenuGalleryAnimation.attachMovie("thumbsList","TL",60);
TL._x = -300;
TL._y = 0;[code]....
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Jun 8, 2010
I'm working through Dreamweaver fairly well, and I'm now wanted to import Flash buttons I've created myself into Dreamweaver for a website I'm currently building, and it's here that I'm finding the problem. I have been to the 'get URL Function', but it says something about needing to link to a web page? But my problem is how can I link Flash Buttons to a web page, when my site is still being developed and not published? Do I have to publish first?
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Sep 2, 2009
:confused:Does anybody know is Flash mx 2004 compatible with flash CS3 and flash 8?? I can not open flash cs3 on my laptop with flash mx2004 also can actionscript 3.0 be used with flash mx2004 and flash 8 because when I save my flash cs3 document as a flash 8 document it does not work? I am awful confused with all this. If you created a flash website in flash 8 or Flash mx2004 you can not open in in flash cs3 it dosent make sence?
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Jan 16, 2012
Are there any programs or features in flash that can simplify flash vector art?
I just realized that one of the reasons why my program might be running so slow is that I made the images out of lots and lots of circles. When things didn't look right I often just put larger circles over smaller ones. I didn't think that flash might still be drawing the invisible circles underneath-
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Sep 17, 2011
When I call a .php file from flash and then echo a value back to flash from said .php file flash does not read it. My code is like this:
[Code]....
Note that there is a successful connection to a database using xampp as a server.
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Dec 4, 2007
We've got a green screened video playing in a flash movie over top of our html content.when the movie ends, flash uses external interface .api to call a javascript function which swaps the flash movie out with a 5 x 5 pixel flash movie (rewrites the <div>).this works and you can interact with the html content after the flash movie in all browsers except firefox.anyone know of any work-arounds or is there a better way of handling flash over html in this fashion?
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Oct 16, 2008
I have absolutely no idea where to post about this, please move if necessary.So, I've just installed flash player 10 and now my flash tracer plugin (in firefox) won't work. do i have to switch back to flash player 9 or is there a solution to this?
i have the correct path in Flash Tracer's settings (C:Documents and SettingsAdministratorApplication DataMacromediaFlash PlayerLogsflashlog.txt) as well as the mm.cfg file in C:Documents and SettingsAdministrator.
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May 21, 2009
I have made a small rectangle in the flash with the tweening effect and export in to the FLEX. When i publish in the FLEX i could see the rectangle with out tweening effects.How can i see the tweening effects.
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Sep 2, 2009
ive publish a html file with flash detection enabled from flash.[code]now since the default codes places my flash movie on upper left corner, ive made my own tables with the flash on it, how or where do i place this code to the upper codes?[code]
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Jan 29, 2010
it possible to create a button in flash that when clicked the flash interface extends to fit fullbrowser?
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Dec 8, 2009
Does anyone know of a DAM (Digital Asset Management) solution, preferably ASP.net that can handle storage of both common movie types and flash movies?
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Jan 22, 2010
We are developing our app in flash/flex builder for the front end hitting .NET backend webservices. There is one section of the old app that will not be initially converted, so we need have it appear in an iFrame.
So far all that works fine.We shrink the size of the SWF in the host page to just be the menu/nav area. And underneat that I have an iframe control that loads in this page from the old site.Now the problem. in the SWF is a drop down list to enable picking a client. Since the SWF has been shrunk to about 100px high, the drop-down will only occupy within that 100px area which it's opened. This is NOT good as you can imagine. How can I make the drop-down list descend over-top of the IFRAME control and thus extend outside the SWF dimensions? Is this possible?
I tried to make the internal stage transparent and leave the SWF a little larger, about 400 px high, but the IFRAME still appears behind the SWF.
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Mar 7, 2010
I'm familiar with C/C++/Scheme/Java/OpenGL/TCP/IP.I need to learn how to build a tile based / platform flash engine.What tools should I be using? What books should I buy?I strongly prefer tools that let me do things programatically rather than through a graphical UI.
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Aug 20, 2010
Is the Flash Video (or Flex VideoDisplay) component capable of seeking to an exact moment in a video?It seems to always 'snap' to keyframes (which is understandable). I'm just wondering if there are any mechanisms in the video classes for seeking to exact frames, ie it should do the translation from keyframe to specific frame in the background rather than having to actually play the video forward to the desired frame.This is not a streaming file and has nothing to do with buffering. The player is just downloading a movie file from the web and playing it from memory.
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Oct 6, 2010
Situation: Got a flash object with an icon bar (div with pngs) on top of it. Works on all browsers except Firefox 3.6 on Ubuntu 8. Example: http://ListAndPlay.com
Problem: Icons suddenly disappear after the flash is being loaded. See this screenshot: http:[url]...What I've tried: Setting z-index, recoding the JQuery behind it, nothing works.
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Oct 25, 2010
Is there any open source flash based spreadsheet application like google spreadsheets?
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May 17, 2011
Good day to everyone. I'm here today to seek help about Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0. The story starts when one day, my boss asked me to make a flash presentation about their upcoming user training for a newly developed software. I was enthusiastic and excited about it because it's been a long time that I did not use Flash (note that I don't have any experience in ActionScript 3.0). At first, everything was a bit rough as I need to recall how to properly use the frames to create a successful animation. As I was about to finish the project, my boss approached me again and asked if I could insert a menu page in front so that the users won't have to replay the whole thing again just to look for a little something on that part of the movie. So yea, at first I was abit hesitant to accept. I said that it will work with Powerpoint. But she's a total pusher and I was forced to say yes. Now I'm having this problem about how to make a flash button load a swf movie.I've tried searching all over the net for tutorials but most of the times the "getUrl" and other stuff are said to be outdated.
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May 20, 2011
I need to catch a hover event on top of a flash object, so I set the wmode and created an invisible div on top of it to attach the event listeners to. Thing is, I can't click the flash object. The cover is swallowing the clicks, and the things I've tried to go around this have made a mess of the hover events. This is the 30th problem I ran into in 2 days time and it's driving me crazy xD.
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Jun 15, 2011
My website will have a logo on the header that will play as a flash movie (animated flash movie .swf). I am looking for code / algorithm that will display an image with the same dimensions as the flash movie if Flash is not installed or enabled for the current user accessing the site. How do I do this?
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Oct 6, 2009
I have a flash file that loads in a external swf. That swf contains a form that I want to control the tab order on. The external swf has form fields in it, and I have their tab indexes set. When I hit tab, flash ignores the flash index, and focuses on some of the navigation elements of the parent .swf. What am I doing wrong?
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Jul 19, 2010
Just wondering if anyone knows of a good italic serif font (like Georgia) that renders well in Flash at 10pt?I'm struggling to get anything looking sharp and crisp even with style set to Readability.
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Oct 25, 2006
Here's the site: [URL] From feedback I've gotten, it appears that under certain circumstances the first image in a set of images does not load properly, although I haven't seen it myself. I'm told this happens only in Firefox. And I believe only Flash player 8. Works fine with FF and Flash player 9, or IE with 8 or 9 I believe.
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Oct 5, 2007
I want to activate Flash Fullscreen mode when flash movie loads in the browser. Without activating it through button clicks. I tried for this using this type of code:
function goFullScreen()
{
Stage["displayState"] = "fullScreen";
}
goFullScreen();
But it is not working this way, it is working when I put this type of code:
function goFullScreen()
{
Stage["displayState"] = "fullScreen";
[Code]....
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Oct 14, 2010
I'm working on a little game/quiz where the user has to get 8 or more questions correct.If they get 8 or more correct and hit submit, their scores will be sent to a server. I don't have the server info yet, but I believe I'm pretty close to solving this on the flash end of things, as far as sending out the url with the total number correct appended.I'm getting the following error.
Code:
TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert "http://www.website.com/complete.asp?13" to flash.net.URLRequest.
[code].....
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Dec 2, 2010
I'm trying to create a dynamic menu in Flash using PHP & MySQL and bring it into Flash using AS3 DataProvider. My menu works fine with a local Array, but I seem to have an issue with the Type being a String and not an Array, but how do I set it up properly so the types are correctSo I started with a typical, non-dynamic array and it works to create my menu:
Code:
var items1:Array = [
{myClass:"SCI101", question:"What color is the sky?"},
{myClass:"MATH110", question:"What is the square root of 81?"},[code].....
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Nov 14, 2011
I have just been asked to do a project that i can do it in flash cause of its interactivity and graphical comunication and so on... its like an interactive map, VERY interactive. BUT, came the question of how long more will Flash survive after the HTML5 and the discontinuing of flash player for mobiles.Does it worth it doing it on Flash or should i move to something else?
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