[Flashcoders] Pseudo 3D car games
Hi guys, I remember there is a technique used by some car games, like I presume here: http://www.2flashgames.com/f/f-3D-Rally-Racing-4621.htm Which allows you to have realistic car games without a real 3D engine. Does anyone remember the name of this technique and have some information about how to implement it? Thanks a lot, chr ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Pseudo 3D car games
The technique is called Mode7 and you can find Flash source here: http://www.gotoandplay.it/_articles/2006/09/mode7racing.php (Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_7) HTH, Ian On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Christian Giordano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, I remember there is a technique used by some car games, like I presume here: http://www.2flashgames.com/f/f-3D-Rally-Racing-4621.htm Which allows you to have realistic car games without a real 3D engine. Does anyone remember the name of this technique and have some information about how to implement it? Thanks a lot, chr ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] mouse event still down
hi guys
I have flash scroller it's working fine in flash but i have to use the
flash file in Director so when i use in director i have this problem .
if i try to drag the scroller down the mouse will release and scroller
will stop
I use this code
on (press)
{
startDrag (, false, 0, 0, 0, _parent._parent.line._height -
_parent._parent.dragMC._height);
}
on (release, releaseOutside)
{
stopDrag ();
}
i need to know how can I keep mouse press in director ther is one
event _mouse.stillDown I need some thing same or if I can use
addListener
please need help urgent
Thanks
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Re: [Flashcoders] The flash job hunt
* Ask your connections for connections on your city. You might be surprised of them knowing some one in the area. * Contact some one such Aquent. I was in the same position as you are and they helped me to get in the door with some great agencies. For sure you wont get the salary you might get on your own since they have to get paid too but they pay on time and might lead you to new connections. On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:02 PM, Joel Stransky [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Yeah I'm already compiling a list of local agencies. I had a ton of connections in my last city but I'm new out here in D.C. Just wondering what other avenues there might be. On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 9:46 PM, dr.ache [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you should contact agencies... those who are in online advertisement for bigger companies... these guys always have to few people to do all the work. try to get on their freelancer list and work hard - so they can see you can do their work in a short time then it should not be a problem to get work on a regular basis... but do not stick with only one company. instead of show up at maybe three... Joel Stransky schrieb: A bit off topic plus I don't know where to search recent flashcoders archives. I've been living off of freelance work for more than a year now but lately it's getting difficult to drum up contracts. I figured I'd hit up the pros to see how you guys are finding work. Do you have a favorite job listing site? Fond of craigslist? Spending a lot on advertising? I really need to get more work on a steady basis. Thanks for any input. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- ...helmut ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] structuring singletons in AS3
Singletons are overused and, except in rare instances, are a bad idea. Singletons are acceptable if you're writing throwaway code, like agency stuff where getting it done under tight deadlines is more important than getting it done in the most scalable and flexible way. A Singleton is just a global. IMO, globals are helpful when hacking, but generally bad practice. If it was called Globalton, people wouldn't think so highly of it just because it's a Design Pattern. Most people misuse Singleton, anyway. http://misko.hevery.com/2008/08/17/singletons-are-pathological-liars/ http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2008/05/tott-using-dependancy-injection-to.html http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2008/08/where-have-all-singletons-gone.html Google even has a tool that detects Singletons in Java so you can refactor them out. http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Programming/Quality-Assurance-and-Testing/Google-Singleton-Detector-29295.shtml ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Papervision 3D causing animation lag?
Background Info: Ok so I have a project that uses papervision3D. I'm new to papervsion so please bear with me: I have a background movie which is animated and laid over the top is are my 3D objects - there are 26 single sided planes and 26 double sided planes that all use MovieMaterials. These are either animated on a click from a start position or already set to a final position. The animation of these planes is on the Z-axis. They are designed to be doors that open if that helps you grasp what I am doing. Ok so on the click, the background is snapshot and added to the clip that is used as the movie material to capture the current state of the background animation. WIth me so far - I hope you are. Problem: So when I run this everything does what it's supposed to - so what prey tell me you say is the problem. Well although everything runs as it should it runs incredibly slowly and seems to eat up CPU processing power. So my background animation (which are just traditional tweens) no longer look smooth as they are running slower than intended. It seems to be from experimentation that the more planes I put on screen the slower it gets, I know that this is true due to how it builds stuff via triangles but the triangle count is well below the recommended max of 2000. Help required: Any tips/tricks/recommendations or info on known problems that could help me reduce the lag of everything and the CPU usage used by this project would help as it is only aggravated by people having other projects open at the same time causing every last thing to run slow. If more detailed information is required please don't hesitate to ask, I'll provide what I can but obviously can only provide so much for security reasons. Thanks in advance Ele ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] hover event for links in HTML textfields - possible?
Yes it is. Greensock built an as2 class to do just that thing and then I rebuilt it in as3. Basically it works out the location of certain words and then creates a box around it. You can create whatever you want really as all it is doing is getting the x,y,width and height you need for the location of the word. Check his blog entry for the as2 version http://blog.greensock.com/textmetrics/ Cheers M On 2 Dec 2008, at 06:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, Is there something like a hover event for links in HTML textfields? For example, imagine an HTML textfield which displays the poem Jabberwocky. If the user hovers over any of Lewis Carroll's nonsense words, a definition appears in something like a tool-tip. Is such a thing possible? Cheers, CB. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] hover event for links in HTML textfields - possible?
Hi, You can use a tags in HTML textfields an you can also have these call ActionScript functions using asfunction:funcname or similar. This would work nicely for text with only a few words that you want to highlight. You can even use css to style your links. If you want every word to do this, it would possibly better to write your own class to work out what word your cursor is over and highlight / tooltip for that. Glen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, Is there something like a hover event for links in HTML textfields? For example, imagine an HTML textfield which displays the poem Jabberwocky. If the user hovers over any of Lewis Carroll's nonsense words, a definition appears in something like a tool-tip. Is such a thing possible? Cheers, CB. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Papervision 3D causing animation lag?
Ele, May be worth posting to the Papervision mailing list. http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/Papervision3D_osflash.org I haven't looked at your issues in depth - but it may simply be that you're asking Flash to do too much. 2000 may be a recommendation for the number of planes, but your actual performance will vary depending on how many other animations and things you are asking the Flash Player to cope with, whether your MovieMaterials are animated, how much of the screen is being redrawn on each frame... But I'm no expert on PV3D - post to their list and you should get more helpful answers. Cheers, Ian On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Eleanor Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Background Info: Ok so I have a project that uses papervision3D. I'm new to papervsion so please bear with me: I have a background movie which is animated and laid over the top is are my 3D objects - there are 26 single sided planes and 26 double sided planes that all use MovieMaterials. These are either animated on a click from a start position or already set to a final position. The animation of these planes is on the Z-axis. They are designed to be doors that open if that helps you grasp what I am doing. Ok so on the click, the background is snapshot and added to the clip that is used as the movie material to capture the current state of the background animation. WIth me so far - I hope you are. Problem: So when I run this everything does what it's supposed to - so what prey tell me you say is the problem. Well although everything runs as it should it runs incredibly slowly and seems to eat up CPU processing power. So my background animation (which are just traditional tweens) no longer look smooth as they are running slower than intended. It seems to be from experimentation that the more planes I put on screen the slower it gets, I know that this is true due to how it builds stuff via triangles but the triangle count is well below the recommended max of 2000. Help required: Any tips/tricks/recommendations or info on known problems that could help me reduce the lag of everything and the CPU usage used by this project would help as it is only aggravated by people having other projects open at the same time causing every last thing to run slow. If more detailed information is required please don't hesitate to ask, I'll provide what I can but obviously can only provide so much for security reasons. Thanks in advance Ele ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders le, I'd suggest you ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] hover event for links in HTML textfields - possible?
Hi, In addition to what Glen said, I suggest that you refer to this post here: http://troyworks.com/blog/2008/03/14/flash-textfield-actionscript-hyperlink-in-as30/ It's mentioned there that rollovers can be detected using TextField.getCharIndexAtPoint(x:Number, y:Number). Although you can use CSS to change links during hover it doesn't dispatch an event for you listen to. HTH Thanks Best regards, Daniel Boey On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Glen Pike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, You can use a tags in HTML textfields an you can also have these call ActionScript functions using asfunction:funcname or similar. This would work nicely for text with only a few words that you want to highlight. You can even use css to style your links. If you want every word to do this, it would possibly better to write your own class to work out what word your cursor is over and highlight / tooltip for that. Glen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, Is there something like a hover event for links in HTML textfields? For example, imagine an HTML textfield which displays the poem Jabberwocky. If the user hovers over any of Lewis Carroll's nonsense words, a definition appears in something like a tool-tip. Is such a thing possible? Cheers, CB. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] hover event for links in HTML textfields - possible?
Not sure. You can do the hover effect using CSS - use the a:hover style. Apply a stylesheet describing a:hover to your textfield. Works great. However, not sure you can capture that particular event. You can use TextEvent.LINK event to find out when the user clicked the text, but there is not TextEvent.HOVER unfortunately. You could hack it with an invisible button of course, but that's not what you're looking for most likely. Maybe someone else knows. Jason Merrill Bank of America Instructional Technology Media · GCIB Staff Support LLD Interested in Flash Platform technologies? Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Interested in innovative ideas in Learning? Check out the Innovative Learning Blog and subscribe. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] The flash job hunt
Excellent suggestion Helmut. On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Helmut Granda [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: * Ask your connections for connections on your city. You might be surprised of them knowing some one in the area. * Contact some one such Aquent. I was in the same position as you are and they helped me to get in the door with some great agencies. For sure you wont get the salary you might get on your own since they have to get paid too but they pay on time and might lead you to new connections. On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:02 PM, Joel Stransky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah I'm already compiling a list of local agencies. I had a ton of connections in my last city but I'm new out here in D.C. Just wondering what other avenues there might be. On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 9:46 PM, dr.ache [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you should contact agencies... those who are in online advertisement for bigger companies... these guys always have to few people to do all the work. try to get on their freelancer list and work hard - so they can see you can do their work in a short time then it should not be a problem to get work on a regular basis... but do not stick with only one company. instead of show up at maybe three... Joel Stransky schrieb: A bit off topic plus I don't know where to search recent flashcoders archives. I've been living off of freelance work for more than a year now but lately it's getting difficult to drum up contracts. I figured I'd hit up the pros to see how you guys are finding work. Do you have a favorite job listing site? Fond of craigslist? Spending a lot on advertising? I really need to get more work on a steady basis. Thanks for any input. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- ...helmut ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] structuring singletons in AS3
Thanks for the responses everyone. Steven, I could use some constructive feedback: Usually what I do is have a singleton instanced when the swf is initialized, and using composition, other classes are instanced within the singleton. So the singleton becomes a sort of tree trunk with everything branching off of it. How would you say that this is a bad idea? It's worked well for me. What would be a more effective alternative to structuring my swfs? - MM Singletons are overused and, except in rare instances, are a bad idea. Singletons are acceptable if you're writing throwaway code, like agency stuff where getting it done under tight deadlines is more important than getting it done in the most scalable and flexible way. A Singleton is just a global. IMO, globals are helpful when hacking, but generally bad practice. If it was called Globalton, people wouldn't think so highly of it just because it's a Design Pattern. Most people misuse Singleton, anyway. http://misko.hevery.com/2008/08/17/singletons-are-pathological-liars/ http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2008/05/tott-using-dependancy-injectio n-to.html http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2008/08/where-have-all-singletons-gone .html Google even has a tool that detects Singletons in Java so you can refactor them out. http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Programming/Quality-Assurance-and-Testing /Google-Singleton-Detector-29295.shtml ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] structuring singletons in AS3
Why aren't you using a static class for that instead of a Singleton? Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Thanks for the responses everyone. Steven, I could use some constructive feedback: Usually what I do is have a singleton instanced when the swf is initialized, and using composition, other classes are instanced within the singleton. So the singleton becomes a sort of tree trunk with everything branching off of it. How would you say that this is a bad idea? It's worked well for me. What would be a more effective alternative to structuring my swfs? - MM Singletons are overused and, except in rare instances, are a bad idea. Singletons are acceptable if you're writing throwaway code, like agency stuff where getting it done under tight deadlines is more important than getting it done in the most scalable and flexible way. A Singleton is just a global. IMO, globals are helpful when hacking, but generally bad practice. If it was called Globalton, people wouldn't think so highly of it just because it's a Design Pattern. Most people misuse Singleton, anyway. http://misko.hevery.com/2008/08/17/singletons-are-pathological-liars/ http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2008/05/tott-using-dependancy-injectio n-to.html http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2008/08/where-have-all-singletons-gone .html Google even has a tool that detects Singletons in Java so you can refactor them out. http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Programming/Quality-Assurance-and-Testing /Google-Singleton-Detector-29295.shtml ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
