Hi Hans,
Hmm.. I'm not sure what was I thinking when I was writing about
onEnterFrame, coz like you describe earlier, I didn't use any onEnterFrame
either.. gosh, this what happens when you don't have enough coffee with you
after 2 days of no sleep :p.. well, anyway, in onMouseMove, I broadcast to
piece group members to move as well, with the current piece as reference.
Currently I calculated the distance prior broadcast and as the current piece
moves, the piece group members would move in the same way without getting
off location... but it does.. when you move the mouse fast enough, it
displaces..
somefrogs.com... wow! that's so cool.. How you do such a thing?.. it blends
in and mostly, the pieces dont fall off when you move the mouse fast
enough!... how the...?..
anyone got an idea with my problem?
thx!
[g]
On 7/11/06, Hans Wichman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
with respect to the combining pieces, why would you use onEnterFrame to
update the other pieces?
Of course I dont know the details of your implementation, but it would
seem
that if you had puzzle clumps (in want of a better term), meaning groups
of
already combined pieces you could either temporarily parent (meaning
recreating) the whole clump in a parent clip, and move the parent clip or
do
something like:
puzzlePiece.onMouseMove = {
get self.deltaxy
if Puzzle.getGroup(self) == null then self.move(deltaxy)
else Puzzle.getGroup(self).move(deltaxy);
}
With respect to the masking and filling through the drawing api, my
routine
looks like (in pseudo):
canvas.clear()
canvas.beginFill()
drawTop(canvas);drawRight(canvas);drawBottom(canvas);drawLeft(canvas);
canvas.endFill();
each draw routine picks up where the first left off, creating a closed
shape
which can be filled as normal.
However if you had different sides drawn as vectors in flash, and convert
them to a symbol, and put four of them together, you can't do this, since
4
symbols together of course dont make a closed 'shape'.
One other thing though: did you know this one: http://somefrogs.com/
It might be all you need. It lacks a nice bevelled edge around the pieces,
which would have been easy to add to your drawn shapes, using a
bevelfilter,
but it still is a very nice out of the box reusable puzzle component I
think.
greetz
Hans
On 7/11/06, Hans Wichman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> with respect to the combining pieces, why would you use onEnterFrame to
> update the other pieces?
> Of course I dont know the details of your implementation, but it would
> seem that if you had puzzle clumps (in want of a better term), meaning
> groups of already combined pieces you could either temporarily parent
> (meaning recreating) the whole clump in a parent clip, and move the
parent
> clip or do something like:
>
> puzzlePiece.onMouseMove = {
> get self.deltaxy
> if Puzzle.getGroup(self) == null then self.move(deltaxy)
> else Puzzle.getGroup(self).move(deltaxy);
> }
>
> With respect to the masking and filling through the drawing api, my
> routine looks like (in pseudo):
> canvas.clear()
> canvas.beginFill()
> drawTop(canvas);drawRight(canvas);drawBottom(canvas);drawLeft(canvas);
> canvas.endFill();
>
> each draw routine picks up where the first left off, creating a closed
> shape which can be filled as normal.
>
> However if you had different sides drawn as vectors in flash, and
convert
> them to a symbol, and put four of them together, you can't do this,
since 4
> symbols together of course dont make a closed 'shape'.
>
> One other thing though: did you know this one: http://somefrogs.com/
> It might be all you need.
>
> greetz
> Hans
>
>
>
> On 7/11/06, Guntur N. Sarwohadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks guys for the reply. Now I have a better understanding on how to
> > achieve the effect. Currently i'm planning to provide vector puzzle
> > pieces
> > as mask templates first. Once that's done, I would try to start
working
> > on
> > dynamically drawing the puzzle nubs and cutouts.. I like the review
Neo
> > handed. It explains a lot what Hans described... One question though,
> > whether the sides are drawn by code or provided as vectors, how would
> > you
> > combine 4 of them to make it as a filled masked vector shape using
> > drawing
> > api?
> >
> > One other thing, the puzzle I'm doing would allow users to move puzzle
> > pieces and combine them by side references (like, piece A is always in
> > the
> > left of piece B, while D is always below A, for example). Now I've
> > manage to
> > make each piece move other pieces in one group as a whole (using
> > onMouseMove
> > for the dragger and onEnterFrame by calculating distance with the
> > dragger
> > for the 'dragee') but it seems unoptimized and often lags (which
shifts
> > pieces location) if you move the mouse fast. It would look unsticky.
> > Does
> > anyone have an idea for a better algorithm?
> >
> > thx,
> > Guntur N. Sarwohadi
> >
> > PS. Neo, hows the TGB Isometric Add-On doing? :p
> >
> > On 7/11/06, neo binedell <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> > >
> > > Try something like this
> > >
> > > http://www.cedesign.com/cefx/reviews/reviews1_avbros.html
> > >
> > > ~neo
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> > Guntur N.
> > > Sarwohadi
> > > Sent: 06 July 2006 03:15 AM
> > > To: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
> > > Subject: [Flashcoders] jigsaw puzzle piece algorithm
> > >
> > > I'm working on a puzzle game in flash, much similar to jigsaw
puzzles
> > you
> > > see in gameHouse or such casual game publisher. I'm having a hard
time
> >
> > > trying to cut an image to make it as puzzle pieces in AS2. Currently
> > I'm
> > > doing it the hard way, cloning bitmapData image, and masking
portions
> > of
> > > the
> > > image. Can you cut parts on an image using bitmapData methods? And
> > does
> > > anyone know how to create the infamous jigsaw pattern to it as well?
> > >
> > > Many thanks,
> > > Guntur N. Sarwohadi
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