RE: Any way to test for the existence of a slot or attribute in a shared object referenced by Lingo?
Hi James The answer to your question is yes it is theoretically possible.. whether or not its supported and whether it will continue to work is another story. The following is an easy way of doing what you want without Lingo throwing a script error but it is undocumented and unsupported by Macromedia. Put the following into a movieScript or adjust for your behaviour: on mCheckFlashObjectForProp(oFlashObject,symPropName) if not(objectP(oFlashObject)) then return(false) end if return(oFlashObject.dbgPropList().getPos(symPropName) > 0) end mListFlashObject This will allow you to determine whether a property exists on a flash object before you call it. It will only work "accurately" on flash objects that are non movieclips and not associated with a movieClip. ie. It won't work with objects/movieclip "hybrids" that are created with registerClass. It will work on a movieClip but only to reveal the presence of core movieClip properties. You can use it to check for the existance of a property on the __proto__ property of the movieClip to get at a registerClass movieClip/object hybrid but that does not reveal any undeclared properties of the object class (to the best of my knowledge). The data revealed by dbgPropList will give you the exact same data as that displayed by the object inspector. If you can't see it in the object inspector then you won't see it by dbgPropList. For additional detail, dbgPropList gives you a list of all properties (and in Flash all methods since methods are properties on an object). for example: lets say gTextSO is a sharedObject on the server (remote shared object). It contains a data object which has a textValue and a code property. gTextSO.Data.dbgPropList() will return: [#textValue, #code] as a linear lingo list which you can then perform lingo list manipulations on as I did in the handler noted above. For those interested, dbgPropList will work on more than just flash objects.. but your mileage may vary and I have not tested beyond flashobjects. For flashObjects, thus far it does work in Shockwave and it does work in authoring and projector. No additional xtras or anything seem to be required. This may not hold true for other object types. This seems to be the only way I have come up with that seems to traverse the explosion of property does not exist script errors. If someone has a better method that is more supported then I'd gladly use it. The only other method that I can think of would be to create a very small flash movie that contains a number of accessory methods that might be useful, such as one that traverses any flash object revealing its properties and so forth. Perhaps an encapsulating function for typeof as that doesn't seem to work either. But again dbgPropList is unsupported, undocumented Lingo that you are advised to use at your own risk as it may disappear from future versions. If they do make it disappear, I sure as heck hope they implement something that allows us to get around the lingo script errors that you are seeing James. I hope this helps you James and I hope I haven't broken any cardinal sins. Sincerely Mark R. Jonkman [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: A few questions about MX for Mac
The Memory Inspector is only available on Windows. It was removed from the Mac version. -Phil "Chad Mefferd (Morris Publishing)" wrote: > Hi List, > > It's been a while since I posted anything, but thanks to MX I have a few new > questions that someone, by their good graces, might be able to help me with. > > First. How do you access the Memory Inspector in MX for Mac. I checked the > help files for MX which direct me to the usual, which is to check under > "Window". Problem is, it's not there. Any ideas on if there might have been > a last minute removal of this feature or if it is dependent upon some other > conditions to appear as an option? > > Second. Any ideas out there on whether it is possible to have a cd (using > toast 5 or some other method) check which system you are opperating before > performing an auto run to launch the appropraite "classic" or OS X version > of a stub projector? > > Apple script was one idea for a work around. Have an apple script be the > auto run target, check the system and then launch the appropriate stub > projector. > > Any ideas out there would be greatly welcome. > > Thanks a bunch, > > Chad Mefferd > Art Director/Multimedia Developer > Morris Printing Group > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for >learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: Write a Text File to a Folder on the Web
I'm trying to figure out how to write a text file to a folder on our web site. (from a projector, not Shockwave) You might take a look the shockfiler xtra at updatestage.com (uses ftp) or use net lingo to post the text to a cgi on the server (uses http). -- Cole [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: Write a Text File to a Folder on the Web
Prop the easist way of doing it, is using a translator - like a webpage with php or asp - and sending a name/variable list to the webpage, exactly like a form does. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: Write a Text File to a Folder on the Web
Hello I'm trying to figure out how to write a text file to a folder on our web site. (from a projector, not Shockwave) Currently, I used BuddyAPI to read & write test scores locally on the user's hard drive. I would like to store that info online for the international tests. Locally I would write: set OK = baWriteIni( "Settings", "Neopost", "1", "c:\windows\TestData\UserData\Results.txt") I was hoping this would work, but no: set OK = baWriteIni( "Settings", "Neopost", "1", "http:\\www.neopost.ca\Text\Results.txt") Can anyone point me in the right direction? Dave [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
A few questions about MX for Mac
Hi List, It's been a while since I posted anything, but thanks to MX I have a few new questions that someone, by their good graces, might be able to help me with. First. How do you access the Memory Inspector in MX for Mac. I checked the help files for MX which direct me to the usual, which is to check under "Window". Problem is, it's not there. Any ideas on if there might have been a last minute removal of this feature or if it is dependent upon some other conditions to appear as an option? Second. Any ideas out there on whether it is possible to have a cd (using toast 5 or some other method) check which system you are opperating before performing an auto run to launch the appropraite "classic" or OS X version of a stub projector? Apple script was one idea for a work around. Have an apple script be the auto run target, check the system and then launch the appropriate stub projector. Any ideas out there would be greatly welcome. Thanks a bunch, Chad Mefferd Art Director/Multimedia Developer Morris Printing Group [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
ANN: INM's Java Xtra for Director - Beta Release
Integration New Media is happy to announce the beta release of our Java Xtra for Director, which allows Director to access Java objects through Lingo. To find out what Java Xtra is: http://www.IntegrationNewMedia.com/products/javaxtra/ We are now inviting the general public to participate in the beta testing phase. As a member of the beta testing team, we would appreciate your feedback regarding the product's functionality, ease of use, wish list items, problems, etc. To download Java Xtra Beta 1.1 and become a beta tester, click the link below. After agreeing to the terms of the Non-disclosure Agreement, you will be permitted to enter the Java Xtra product site, where the Xtra package, User Manual and First Steps demo are available for download. http://www.IntegrationNewMedia.com/products/javaxtra/beta/ Once you enter the Beta download page, bookmark it, so you do not have to pass through the NDA on return visits. WIN A FREE LICENSE: The top three Beta-testers will receive a FREE license of Java Xtra (worth $499 US) and an INM T-shirt. Beta-testers will be judged based on a combination of quantity and relevance of feedback provided to INM. Regards, Gabrielle Gabrielle Krim Product Manager Integration New Media, Inc. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Director/Authorware/Other Question
I'm writing an article for a graphics magazine that'll have a title something like: "How to make buttons that will keep your programmer happy". I know that the techniques I plan to describe work in Director, I'd like to find out how they'll play in Authorware or for that matter other multimedia authoring tools. Director handles images with alpha channels and lets you set the Alpha Click Threshold. What about Authorware? Other tools? Off-list replies are probably appropriate. Up to you. TIA. -- Carl West [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://eisen.home.attbi.com I have no superfluous leisure; my stay must be stolen out of other affairs; but I will attend you awhile. - Isabella, Measure for Measure, Act 3 Scene 1 [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: Any way to test for the existence of a slot or attribute in a shared object referenced by Lingo?
At 13:21 15.01.2003 -0600, you wrote: Thanks for the idea Daniel. Tried it, and it appears that the #data element of a Flash shared object is an object, not a property list. Sorry, I must have missed the bit where you said that this was a Flash thing. In that context what I wrote is not usefull, pardon. Daniel Plaenitz [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: Any way to test for the existence of a slot or attribute in a shared object referenced by Lingo?
Thanks for the idea Daniel. Tried it, and it appears that the #data element of a Flash shared object is an object, not a property list. So: tData = gsoConfig.getAprop(#data) returns an object, which makes the next line not work: if tData.ilk = #propList then tConfigInfo = tData.getAprop(#configInfo) else .. endif Only problem is, I don't know how to get the #data object to report whether or not one of it's child objects exists... Thanks again! james - Original Message - From: "Daniel Plaenitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 1:50 PM Subject: Re: Any way to test for the existence of a slot or attribute in a shared object referenced by Lingo? > At 10:43 15.01.2003 -0600, you wrote: > >this, with the idea that > >-- I would test the tConfigInfo variable to see if it is VOID or not: > > > >tConfigInfo = gsoConfig.data.configInfo > > tData = gsoConfig.getAprop(#data) > if tData.ilk = #propList then >tConfigInfo = tData.getAprop(#configInfo) > else > .. > endif > > ... > > best regards > Daniel Plaenitz > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: Any way to test for the existence of a slot or attribute in a shared object referenced by Lingo?
At 10:43 15.01.2003 -0600, you wrote: this, with the idea that -- I would test the tConfigInfo variable to see if it is VOID or not: tConfigInfo = gsoConfig.data.configInfo tData = gsoConfig.getAprop(#data) if tData.ilk = #propList then tConfigInfo = tData.getAprop(#configInfo) else .. endif ... best regards Daniel Plaenitz [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: Any way to test for the existence of a slot or attributein a shared object referenced by Lingo?
Why not have a function like tINfo = sharedObject.getInfo() and in that sharedobject function you just have it return a list of it's properties, ie on getInfo me return([#configinfo: configinfo, #color: ]) end ? [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Any way to test for the existence of a slot or attribute in a shared object referenced by Lingo?
Hello and thanks in advance!
I am trying to find a way to determine whether or not a particular attribute
of a shared object exists, using Lingo. Here's the sample code:
-- this part works fine
tSharedObject = newObject("SharedObject", FALSE)
gsoConfig = tSharedObject.getLocal("dfcookie")
-- here's where the problem begins. To check whether or not
-- configInfo exists as a slot (or attribute) in the shared object, I tried
this, with the idea that
-- I would test the tConfigInfo variable to see if it is VOID or not:
tConfigInfo = gsoConfig.data.configInfo
-- but this syntax generates a script error in Lingo, if configInfo doesn't
exist. So next, I tried the old bracket trick, like -- this:
tConfigInfo = gsoConfig.data[#configInfo]
-- but this always returns a null, even if configInfo actually exists. So
this won't work either. It appears that brackets don't work with shared
objects referenced in Lingo.
So, is there a way to determine what the slots are in a Lingo-referenced
shared object? Even a way to get a list of all the slots? Or the number of
slots?
Thanks for your help!
James Auld
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FindingNotWantedFonts
Thanks all for the input. Turns out that I solved my own problem the same day and posted it, but I didn't have my email set to plaintext so it didn't get posted. I will modify the below code later with input you all provided. This turns out to be a handy piece of code for sloppy typists like me. First go to the computer that has the missing fonts. In this case my PC. Add this code to the movie script and execute from the message window: on FindFonts repeat with i = 1 to the number of castmembers of castLib 4 if the castType of cast i of castLib 4 = EMPTY then nothing else if the castType of cast i of castLib 4 = #richText then put the memberNum of cast i of castLib 4 && Member(cast i of castLib 4).missingFonts end if end if end repeat end This saved me tons of work. I went into two of the members found and could not manually find those fonts! However when I reselected the text and changed to the correct fonts and resaved my problem was solved. Point being that I would have never found the problem by going through each text member manually. Bruce [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Very long date...Buzz
>I spent a lot of time trying to improve the Help entries while I was >at MACR, & I guess I reacted a bit. > >-Buzz ++ The help entries of Director has been a real helpsaved a lot of papers for my sake. And the Lingo-hunches are often slightly different from occassion to occasion as one forgets... One is slowly getting demented, I guess. Hope new Lingo-girls and boys takes over this funny graphical/audio tool and form it to even more advanced stuff for Mediaterminalisation-future. Slingatj ! - FREE E-MAIL IN 1 MINUTE! - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.pc.nu [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Basics ?
>From: "David Burgoyne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Basic ? >Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:05:54 - >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Best way to do this is not to use a repeat loop as nothing will update >while its running (I think) > >put loop stuff in enter/exitframe handler and use some form of counter >to drive it +++ Agree in full...David. Repeaters' are locking stuff, pretty hard to get out of ..for the first mentioning to be said. And is of no good - when using in multiple animations -. Solution as menitioned by David here written, is as I've used for several in the same time running animations, using 'the time'. Say you put the time into a field, just for watching it run along with the animations. And then, setting the animations towards aiming some of the specific digits running. That is up to decide in what frequence the pictures shall drop in forwarding the series of bitmap pictures. One can do it on specific number per second characters (using the long time hh:mm:ss), or by higher numbers of second in 2digits...and so on. The learning in taking out charaters is needed, look up lingo syntax: 'chars' and play with it for a while. Next syntax would be to sum all your characters in 'the number of chars..', for counting in how many charaters involved in a field. This to actually get that specific digit number x. With this trick, you never get any probs if the CPU:s gets faster made in the future, the time-ticker is the same...allways. And the animations will follow same speed as allwaysnot any 'Charlie Chaplin'-animations. And the benefit also mentioned, is the possibility to toss in more stuff that is needed in the director movie.. - FREE E-MAIL IN 1 MINUTE! - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.pc.nu [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Basic ? end a Loop
>From: "Meiky -" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 17:01:08 +0700 >Subject: Basic ? >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >hi, > >if my script looping forever, if there any shortcut to stop it? > >Thanks Sure set a 'StartTimer' in a handle 'on beginSprite': on beginSprite StartTimer end beginSprite on exitFrame if the timer > 10 * 60 then beep go to movie "Move-on" else go to the frame end if end exitFrame Cold Basic Ice-Lingo - FREE E-MAIL IN 1 MINUTE! - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.pc.nu [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: re: 3d shockwave collision detection
hi robin - be good to hear from you... have a look at my example http://mercury.tvu.ac.uk/igpd/sitefiles/examples/3dex2.zip it's a reworking of gary rosenzweigs... a bit clunky but you get the idea... havok is great but you still need to work out the interaction. Hedley - Original Message - From: "Robin Pereira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 11:42 AM Subject: RE: re: 3d shockwave collision detection > Was just reading the post and would also like to achieve the same effect > could I be included in the help/ demo/ data/ > file?[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeremy > Sent: 14 January 2003 22:33 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: re: 3d shockwave collision detection > > > The easiest way to do as you describe is to use the havok physics that > is built into director. If you would like to email me I can send you a > small dir file that is a very simple example of using havok. Or you can > IM me ICQ:13463220 or AIM: whatshisnutz6979 > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of JerryZ > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 9:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: re: 3d shockwave collision detection > > > > > Hi everyone, i have been suscribed to the email list for a week now > and i have been reading all the answers and i am amazed at how bright > everyone is on here. I am a newbie to lingo and hope i can become as > great as most everyone here. I am a 3d artist who wants to create > interactive 3d demonstrations with director. I created a house with > several "3d rooms" in 3ds max and imported the scene to director. > > My goal is to have the camera navigate around the rooms with > keyboard navigation using the arrow keys, up is fwd , down is reverse, > right and left pan the camera horizontally. i want to be able to click > on an object in the scene to play a new movie and then when the user > returns to the room from the new movie its the same spot they left > originally. > > My problem is when i attach navigation with 3d behaviors my camera > does everything fine except it goes through walls. I have been reading > extensively on collision detection such as creating a sphere around my > camera and then adding the camera as a child of the sphere and attaching > collision detection to both my walls and the sphere but my results are > not working. Most examples ive come across deal with the mouse as source > of navigational movement which is not what i want. I am reading the book > director 8.5 3d shockwave macromedia training from the source and am > half way through but its still soaking in my brain and i cant digest the > whole book yet. Please someone help me with a simple solution to have my > caamera > not go through walls and be able to navigate with the arrow keys. > Thank > you all > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). > Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is > for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
again with other subject: characters and interaction inenviroments
Hi, I'd like to develop some characters and it's interactions with the enviroment. I have a robot an a room full of furniture. What I want is when my sprite moves around it's detects the furniture and turns around or avoid to walk into a wall. Where I begin to learn this? I'd appreciate if someone can send me url, or tutorials. My goal is something like www.habbohotel.com Thank's in advance Rodrigo -- [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: buddy api lingo help
--- marcus brooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Guys I hope someone can help, > > It was recommended that I get the Buddy Api xtra to > launch word and excel > files from a Director exe. But can't for the life of > me get my head round > the script. > > The script on the help me file is > set OK = baOpenFile(thepathName & "test.txt", > "maximsied" > > I get the script and what it does, but when I put in > on a mouse event and > create a projector is throws up an error message > "Script Error. Continue?" > Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?? Help Please. > > I'm working in Director 8.0, PC, Windows 98. > Thanks > Marcus Hi Marcus, The error is due to the reason that you have not put "budapi.x32" as a file inside the "xtras" folder in the same level of the projector. ie., your ".exe" file. Including the same inside projector won't go with some platforms. Rest of the commands no problem. Sometimes you have to include "budapi32.dll" too along with the "budapi.x32" file in the "xtras" folder, especially when dealing with special command strings. Cordially, Biju George. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
RE: re: 3d shockwave collision detection
Was just reading the post and would also like to achieve the same effect could I be included in the help/ demo/ data/ file?[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeremy Sent: 14 January 2003 22:33 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: re: 3d shockwave collision detection The easiest way to do as you describe is to use the havok physics that is built into director. If you would like to email me I can send you a small dir file that is a very simple example of using havok. Or you can IM me ICQ:13463220 or AIM: whatshisnutz6979 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of JerryZ Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 9:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: re: 3d shockwave collision detection Hi everyone, i have been suscribed to the email list for a week now and i have been reading all the answers and i am amazed at how bright everyone is on here. I am a newbie to lingo and hope i can become as great as most everyone here. I am a 3d artist who wants to create interactive 3d demonstrations with director. I created a house with several "3d rooms" in 3ds max and imported the scene to director. My goal is to have the camera navigate around the rooms with keyboard navigation using the arrow keys, up is fwd , down is reverse, right and left pan the camera horizontally. i want to be able to click on an object in the scene to play a new movie and then when the user returns to the room from the new movie its the same spot they left originally. My problem is when i attach navigation with 3d behaviors my camera does everything fine except it goes through walls. I have been reading extensively on collision detection such as creating a sphere around my camera and then adding the camera as a child of the sphere and attaching collision detection to both my walls and the sphere but my results are not working. Most examples ive come across deal with the mouse as source of navigational movement which is not what i want. I am reading the book director 8.5 3d shockwave macromedia training from the source and am half way through but its still soaking in my brain and i cant digest the whole book yet. Please someone help me with a simple solution to have my caamera not go through walls and be able to navigate with the arrow keys. Thank you all [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
