Hi Lieven,
No, you cannot do that without breaking the parsing up over multiple frames.
A function is fully executed in 1 frame. The display is only updated 1 time
per frame.
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In Flash I've always opted to create XML as a string, and then when I'm done
do this:
var myXML:XML = new XML(theString);
If you do it that way then CDATA definately works.
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k the text node. It works.
So I would just test it out with what ever application you are communicating
with to see if it worked. Even if you can't see the CDATA after converting
it to XML.
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Hi Brian,
Are you looking for a multiplayer game or a single player with computer AI?
If you want to email me directly I can give you some information.
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not pretty and uses some really silly techniques to get
around the Flash Player bugs. As a result, if you compile it to a later
version of Flash it stops working...because the bugs are either fixed or
just different.
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Hi Michael,
ElectroServer 3 works on OSX. It will work on any OS that support the JRE.
http://www.electro-server.com
or to download
http://www.electro-server.com/downloads.aspx
(just click on the Mac download)
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Hi Simon,
That's pretty slick!
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Hi Judah,
This is a good candidate for a 'while' loop:
while(errors.length >0) {
errors.pop();
}
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str += "]";
} else if (ob instanceof Object) {
str += "}";
}
return str;
}
function interpretValue(val) {
if (Number(val) === val){
//number
return val;
} else if (val == true || val == false) {
return val;
} else {
return "'"+val+"'";
}
return val;
}
...or due to network problems.
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Hi guys,
I was wondering if there was an algorithm in existence that will convert an
XML instance into a string while adding white space back in (for
readability).
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Hi Sander,
Thanks, but modifying the source XML is not an option in this case. I am
just looking for something that will take the XML and convert it to a string
with whitespace. I'll probably just need to write something to do it.
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Thanks I'll give it a shot!
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Thanks Jim and Dimitrios, this works great!
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usdev address
bounce.
My question is this: does anyone know of a good place where I could find
support on AS2Doc. Or, can anyone suggest an alternative software that takes
the java-doc style comments and create documentation?
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Thanks Eric.
I saw BLDoc, but it says its in beta. Is it solid?
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Hi,
Reverse the difference calculation in the atan2 method. Those parameters
determine the slope from the perspective of one of the two points. So change
it to this and it should work:
var theRadians:Number = Math.atan2(( goodGuy._y-_y), (goodGuy._x-_x));
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erver. ElectroServer is free for up to 20 simultaneous connections.
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obably apply to most server
solutions. I just know that with ES the added latency is negligible.
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Ah, sorry for the misunderstanding. Good luck with your search and let me
know if I can help you figure anything out with ES.
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t for Electrotank uses.
I'd recommend looking into FLADE to see if that is frame independent. I've
seen it posted on this list but I haven't read the details.
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ting messages), then just about any solution will work.
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o), and is more
expensive. Most of the other features are supported by both ElectroServer
and FMS such as server-side ActionScript, database support, etc.
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d hit ENTER
telnet 213.32.122.227 80
If it worked you should see the policy file in the console. When I tried it
I did not see your policy file.
Here is an example of ElectroServer serving up a policy file (run this
line):
telnet electro-server.com 9875
You'll see that it spits out the policy file
Hi,
Is your game written in AS 3? If not then you shouldn't expect a tremendous
increase in performance. Simply using the Flash 9 player won't do it.
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x27;t have the issue.
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Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006
e
insight here!
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Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 10:09 AM
Subject: [Flashcoders] Multi
imer();
}
}
function pingResponseReceived() {//called when the ping response is received
pingIsOut = false;
var ping:Number = (getTimer()-timePingSent)/2;
trace(ping+" ms");
}
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Mattias,
Yeah, I don't know much about .Net and sockets. I'm sorry about that. Good
luck
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From: "Mattias Högnäs" <
Hi Paul,
My game book is not comprehensive on multipalyer stuff, but gives a decent
intro. There are 2 chapters, one on a chat and one on multiplayer chess.
You can find tons of source files on this site:
http://www.electro-server.com
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the work you've done in the past. Please send rates.
ps - Don't be too scared about the multiplayer part. It is likely that any
of the tough multiplayer pieces will be handled by myself or someone else
with expe
Ljava/util/Map;)Lj
ava/util/List;
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To tell you the truth, I don't know why 'compileSwc' would even be attempted
in a documentation generation tool. If someone could lend some helpful
advice I would appreciate that.
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t, then take it a step further. Have
tiny.swf give app.swf security access, then tiny.swf actually does the
bitmap loading and passes the bitmap data to app.swf.
Stuff like this is a pain to test but I bet one of those will work. Please
let me know if you try one and it works.
h FLA I'm dealing with.
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Thanks Steven,
doc.path was the breakthrough that I needed. For some reason I didn't notice
that in the documentaiton. Your code is useful as well. Thanks for the help!
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Hi Ned,
This should do it:
mdm.FileSystem.saveFile(path, content)
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A back in:
y-s = c*B/i ---> y = c*B/i + s
Put B back in:
y = c*(w-b-s)/i + s
Generally substitutions like this are for longer expressions, but you get
the picture. Hope you solve what ever issue you are having!
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t one of the well
established products out there.
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one of those programs I described.
All-in-all the game works well, but its probably the least popular game on
our site!
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dius
That actually yields + or - and you just pick what fits your situation best.
So, you pump in an x and get you 2 y's. Pick the best y and use it.
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to position the clips on the line where they need to be
when the line is at rest. Then displace them vertically based on the
amplitude of the center displacement.
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Hi,
If a script takes more than 15 seconds to complete then you get that error.
AS3/Flash 9 player allows you to modify that value.
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Hi,
You should check out ElectroServer 3 as well. http://www.electro-server.com
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Hi,
Replace this:
this.flipCorner("bottom_right");
With this:
portfolio.flipCorner("bottom_right");
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ample code that
I copied is for a MovieClip, but I think it will work with any display
object.
import fl.motion.*;
var m=mc1.transform.matrix;
MatrixTransformer.rotateAroundExternalPoint (m,100,100,5);
//transfrom original mc
mc1.transform.matrix=m;
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Don't forget to put ElectroServer on your list. It is used to power some
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sts a "circle variant"
of this algorithm that can achieve what you're trying to do. Perhaps it is
too much work to implement, but I thought I'd let you know that it is
described on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bresenham%27s_line_algorithm
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?
ps - I'm on Vista Ultimate. And by 'crash' I mean Flash stops responding and
eventually I'm told by Windows that it needs to be closed forcefully.
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Cedric,
Yes there are queries. But this crash happens before publish is complete, or
several seconds after publish. I never happens on SWF close, just on
publish.
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iling...ungracefully.
So for the record - that query-didnt-finish bug still exists! It just has
different behavior than we're used to from previous Flash versions.
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Hi James,
There are plenty of bitmaps used in the MovieClips. But I'm not giving
linkage to any bitmaps directly.
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Awesome! Finally something is happening in my own back yard :)
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include this information:
- Availability
- Are you proficient in AS2 and AS3?
- Do you have multiplayer game development experience?
- Do you have ElectroServer experience?
- A small number of example links. If a login is required, please supply
that.
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Hi,
I know it doesn't make sense, but try passing in the width and height in the
constructor. If I remember correctly that will do it.
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g. For the most part it is AS3, but
there is some AS2 as well. Here is the link:
http://jobemakar.blogspot.com
I wish you luck in finding the right materials for your class!
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to have a
tough time hiding the latency. You can achieve good results in real-time
multiplayer games if you make the good decisions on game choice, features,
speed/update rate, etc.
I think that you can pull off a real-time first person shooter more
believably than real-time multiplayer po
maxz;
var floor:Number = a*(b-1)+x;
var depth:Number = a*(z-1)+x+floor*y;
return depth;
}
}
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list). http://www.electro-server.com
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Hi,
This sort of thing is coming up a lot lately! The list of servers tha can
provide what you need are:
Flash Media Server
ElectroServer 4
Red 5
Wowza
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like to be wrong, so if someone could tell me why ...
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Hi Weyert,
Thanks for the suggestion. I may be wrong here, but I think that would
equate to the same number of draw() executions per frame, and would take a
lot of logic to do it.
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http://www.electrotank.com/lab/SpringTests/Rope/Rope.swf
http://www.electrotank.com/lab/SpringTests/Soda/Soda.html
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