>How a transition can be applied on only one
>specific sprite on the stage?
Check the library palette > animations > sprite transitions. You can apply
those to specific sprites.
You can use imaging Lingo to write your own, too. I'm working on some
myself--I'll try to post them when I get them
>In Director 7,
>"Save as Shockwave" allowed me to specify the location of each file as it
>was shocked. Is there anything analogous to this in Director 8
Sure 'nuf. Check File > Publish Settings. Set the file name, path,
compression, all sorts of goodies.
Then you Publish. Love it.
Cordiall
Hi Ramesh!
I am going to check it.
Thanx.
Mahmood.
on 2/23/01 5:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> Hi Mahmood,
>
> Director transitions can not be applied to specific sprites. The transition
> occur when the playback head moves from the current frame to the next
> fra
>Can
>you explain the following a little more:
><--JavaScript function--call it, say, OpenFocus. Within that function,
>call window.open('list of params...') and window.focus(). >
Sure...
In the header of your html file (the file that embeds your Shockwave
movie), put this:
function OpenAndFo
At 20:58 2/23/2001, Will2 wrote:
>This is much definitely a lot more concise than what I did and cleared up
>a couple of problems I had. The only thing I'm stuck using Dir5 and it
>doesn't have a mouseLoc handler. Is there a way to emulate it?
Sure. It's one of the things I forgot about but Col
This is much definitely a lot more concise than what I did and cleared up
a couple of problems I had. The only thing I'm stuck using Dir5 and it
doesn't have a mouseLoc handler. Is there a way to emulate it?
I am a deaf ed. teacher and am trying to do game that incoporate sign
language.
In th
Hi Griffin!
Any built-in transition of director.
Mahmood.
on 2/24/01 1:28 AM, Kurt Griffin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> What kind of transition?
>
>> Here is an easy question. How a transition can be applied on only one
>> specific sprite on the stage? Although there are more one or more s
Depends on what you are using the text for.
I'm not a big fan of the way Director embeds the fonts, but you can try any
or all of the following if the text is just for display and not being
updated or editable.
1.) Set a pre-render option
2.) Use the "Save Bitmap" text option
3.) Create a pictur
I recently upgraded to Director 8 (a little late to the party but I finally
got there) and am enjoying most of the new stuff. The whole "Publish" thing
is really bothering me, though. I have a .dir file with several linked
casts, some of which are located in a folder inside the folder that contain
On 2/23/01 5:53 PM, "Colin Kettenacker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> If my sprites need
> to communicate with each other usually I will have a sprite manager object
So this is, what, usually a global variable/list/proplist, ie a common well
that they all draw from?
I'm not specifically saying t
OOPS! You've just opened up a whole can of worms on proper OOP protocol
> I'm really just curious here; I've been doing a lot of projects utilizing
> sendsprite and sendallsprites -- between the two of those, which
> is better?
> Obviously knowing the specific sprite is 'better/faster', but if
>
>Completely painless. What have you been smoking, Colin? ;o
Unfortunately, nothing, but I was using my PowerBook at home, and I
think that when I went up to QT5 Preview 3, it didn't do a full
install. My G4 at work has no problems with showing text for the .KAR
file. I'll try a full install of
I'm really just curious here; I've been doing a lot of projects utilizing
sendsprite and sendallsprites -- between the two of those, which is better?
Obviously knowing the specific sprite is 'better/faster', but if you didn't
and didn't need to target a specific sprite, but more targetting a sprit
Colin Holgate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> I'm starting to worry now about where my messages are going to.
I missed your message, but now I read it.
> Hopefully you've read the one about importing the .KAR file into
> QuickTime. Brennan's suggestion won't work, because as part of the
> import
> What's the best way of only allowing one instance of a director projector to
> play? I'm having an issue with more than one windows app being started
>
> I thought there was a way budapi could sense that another instance of the
> projector is running and kill that one?
Don't bother with Bu
What kind of transition?
> Here is an easy question. How a transition can be applied on only one
> specific sprite on the stage? Although there are more one or more sprites
> are being changed. Other sprites should change but not through transition.
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At 12:11 2/23/2001, g r i m m w e r k s wrote:
>On 2/23/01 2:39 PM, "Mark A. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > FastSplash is a tiny executable file that displays a .bmp image very
> > quickly while starting up your projector. It's beerware & available at:
> > http://bwsmith.com/index.php?
Not sure about this one, as it's off the top of my head (don't use Video all
that much)
You could use the frameReady() and preLoad() commands to check if media is
available. If it's not, you can loop in the frame, or loop a series of
frames until it is.
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Hi Theresa
I'm LePhuronn and I'll give you quick run-down...
I originally came to Director 4 from a Visual Basic background about 4 years
ago. From the VB standpoint Director is a pinch, as with both environments,
in its simplest form, you draw your interface on a blank screen and then
assign
The fact that the second sound is playing at all means that you are using
separate sound channels, but you seem to be specifying sound channel 7 for
the original bgMusic. Isn't that for Digital Video only(correct me if I'm
wrong, guys)?
Try this...
If these sound files are BOTH background music
When using puppetTransition, your can specify to change either the whole
stage or just the changing area. However, if you have more than one sprite
changing when the transition kicks in it will affect them all, i.e. the
changing area.
You could have the transition kick in first and then have the
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Hi!
I have a html page with 2 panels. The top panel is the
nav panel and the bottom is the shockwave movie. I
disable the nav panel buttons based on externalEvent
from sw. I have implemented this in IE successfully.
However, it does not work in Netscape Co
At 00:02 2/23/2001, Brajeshwar wrote:
>Directors,
>
>I have to preload a 300 MB Video File before a particular frame. This
>gobbles up a considerable amount of time (30-60 seconds, maybe).
>I want some sorta preloading event to happen untill and unless the video
>is ready to play.
>How do I addr
At 06:50 2/23/2001, Geoffrey DiMasi wrote:
>I was wondering if someone could explain how to
>constrain the movement of a sprite to a path
>(particularly a curvy path).
Check out "Irregular constraint" and possibly a couple of the other choices at:
http://perso.planetb.fr/newton/#dragging
--
M
> > The psymState flag I use to flag the object as being dead so I can
> > short circuit it's handlers if I need to until it's actually deleted (a
"state
> > engine" approach).
>
> It's still your sprite that's deleting itself from the
> scriptInstanceList, right? But what actually happens to
On 2/23/01 2:39 PM, "Mark A. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> FastSplash is a tiny executable file that displays a .bmp image very
> quickly while starting up your projector. It's beerware & available at:
> http://bwsmith.com/index.php?t=2&s=3
>
Thanks Mark. I thought this was built into
sprite(x).constraint = sprite(y).
make a constraint sprite and put it on the stage and make
it invisible. a white on white square shape set to background
transparent should help.
steven
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Unfortunately, I've had AWFUL results when embedding fonts into Director.
They frequently look worse than the original and are nearly unusable at
small sizes. Also, as previously noted, the tracking/kerning between Mac
and PC is positively terrible. One bit of advice is to either size your
tex
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I'm having difficulty getting a sprite to constrain in
a certain area while still tracking my mouse in
Lingo..any tips?
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At 06:09 2/23/2001, Colin Holgate wrote:
>Mark's routine is almost the same as mine:
Good to know my theory was sound. I like your method of placing the sprites
off screen better than my member swap to the "dummy" method. More
importantly, you remembered a VITAL step that I forgot - puppetSprit
At 10:19 2/23/2001, Fabrice Trioullier wrote:
>You're right.
>To kill an instance you must know the application handle of it.
>So you should use first call the baWindowList or baFindWindow function to
>get the handle of the application you want to close.
>And then use it to close the application u
On 2/23/01 2:06 PM, "R. Bhakti Klein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> there's something you can do to the director.ini file. check bruce's
> nutshell books...
Hmm. I know of the OTTO.ini...I'll check LIAN.
Thanks.
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g r i m m w e r k s wrote:
>
> Hey all..
>
> What's the best way of only allowing one instance of a director projector to
> play? I'm having an issue with more than one windows app being started
>
sometimes director ignores the very last frame that has anything in it
in the score. don't ask me why.
but put some bitmap in the score in a frame after that last frame, some
frame that you'll never go to. that should make the "go to the frame"
script work...
--bhakti
Abdou Diaw wrote:
>
> Hi,
On 2/23/01 1:19 PM, "Fabrice Trioullier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You're right.
> To kill an instance you must know the application handle of it.
> So you should use first call the baWindowList or baFindWindow function to
> get the handle of the application you want to close.
> And then use i
well, we all lean a little bit to the left, now don't we...
McComish Leon wrote:
>
> I've got a nice cane 'Emmanuel' style chair which leans a bit to the left -
> does that count?
>
>
> Anyone got a swing too? Just wondering
>
>
>
> I do rock. Got a nice wicker one on the veranda.
>
>
or a big slide? or one of those big baloon rooms that you go in without
your shoes and bounce around?
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> Anyone got a swing too? Just wondering
>
> Regards,
> Pranav
>
>
> I do rock. Got a nice wicker one on the veranda.
>
>
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You're right.
To kill an instance you must know the application handle of it.
So you should use first call the baWindowList or baFindWindow function to
get the handle of the application you want to close.
And then use it to close the application using the baCloseWindow function.
-Original Me
Hey
The budapi site claims that the xtra can kill other instances of a running
app, but I can't quite see how - I'm sure it has to do with the winhandle
stuff, but has anyone had experience with this?
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Johanna,
I could be very wrong here, and I hope I am, but, I believe that this is a bug that
has been in Director for a very long time. I am not the expert on multi-lingual
director, but you may want to ask around... i know that there was someone (quite a
while ago now) working with german-la
> When you start embedding a font, you may find that there are a few quirks
> with the process, but most of them can be overcome.
I've noticed these problems--mainly horrible tracking/kerning errors when I
embed the font on a mac and bring it over to the PC. I've also noticed the
appearence of a
Hey all..
What's the best way of only allowing one instance of a director projector to
play? I'm having an issue with more than one windows app being started
I thought there was a way budapi could sense that another instance of the
projector is running and kill that one?
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I guess I didn't explain myself well enough... I don't want the browser to
open up behind the movie, I just want the browser to pop up in a smaller
javascript window so it doesn't take up the whole screen and cover up the
movie. I am creating a cd-rom that will link up to the web and I thought
t
Hi all...
At least I think it's a problem with regpoints - here's my dilemma:
I'm using a film loop to animate a series of images with alpha
channels all the same size (102 x 102) - the animation should appear
centered in that area. However, during runtime the animation shifts
all the way to
Kerry,
Thanks for the suggestion, I'm just not too familar with javascripting. Can
you explain the following a little more:
<--JavaScript function--call it, say, OpenFocus. Within that function,
call window.open('list of params...') and window.focus(). >
Thanks again...
Steffanie
-Origina
The path to the file is absolute:
=the moviepath&"enemy\"&vEnemyName&"_s.tif"
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> > member("hit","enemy").filename=
>
> What is the like? is it relative to the
> movie?
>
> regards
>
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> Phoenix
Thanks... I'll keep that in mind.
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From: Kerry Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, February 22, 2001 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: quick question
>
>>here's my script:
>>
>>on MouseUp me
>>goToNetpage("javascriptwindow.
>
>You
I was wondering if someone could explain how to
constrain the movement of a sprite to a path
(particularly a curvy path).
Thanks.
geoff
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Is only a suggestion, but try check the box of "Play Every Movie" in
projector - Options. Maybe your frame script be in a last cast member and
your projetor is executed when the script is not loaded still. There isn't
no logic, but sometimes the computer is no logic... ;)
Another tip: Don't put
on 23/2/01 1:36 pm, nik max at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> http://www.showstudio.com
Whatz wid da restricted access ?
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> > Does anyone knows a way to play ST3 or KAR Files in Director? Any Xtras?
>
>You can use the Quicktime Xtra. Just set the filename of a dummy QT
>member to any external .KAR file.
I'm starting to worry now about where my messages are going to.
Hopefully you've read the one about importing th
>on mouseDown
> set clickedSprite = the clickOn
> set theMem = the member of sprite clickedSprite
> set the member of sprite 48 = theMem
> set the member of sprite clickedSprite = "dummy"
> repeat while the stillDown
> set the loc of sprite 48 to the mouseLoc
> updateStage
> en
Thanks Colin and Ramesh
the keypressed() works
ravi
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Multimedia Developer
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That's hard to answer without seeing what code you DO have.
Try putting an alert box before the "go to the frame" just to verify that
it actually hits that script. Otherwise it may not even be making it to
that script. Usually it's not so much that the script is ignored but that
you don't r
hi all
thanks for the help!
the tech notes on this are a good start though i am also positioning the assetts i
need streamed first in the first frame of the movie now, but offscreen to force
streaming.
btw: all these 'flash inside shockwave inside browser window' efforts will be vieable
soon (
I'm trying to make everything in my director movie run faster and smoother.
I was told reducing the amount of sprites would make a big difference. In
our CD we have created a pop-up menu system that uses 47 sprites. Does any
one know of a way to make them appear into the score only when needed?
Hi Mahmood,
Director transitions can not be applied to specific sprites. The transition
occur when the playback head moves from the current frame to the next
frame. the change area option in transition dialog determines whether the
transition occurs only in the changing area or over the stage.
Hi,
Using D8 I have a movie that works fine in the authoring environment.
At the last frame I have a "go to the frame" script for the movie to wait
for a user action. But when I create a projector, the projector ignores the
go-to-the-frame script and exits unexpectedly.
I tried the "pause" command
Fabiano de Aguiar Aniceto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> Does anyone knows a way to play ST3 or KAR Files in Director? Any Xtras?
You can use the Quicktime Xtra. Just set the filename of a dummy QT
member to any external .KAR file.
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Hi Masters!
Here is an easy question. How a transition can be applied on only one
specific sprite on the stage? Although there are more one or more sprites
are being changed. Other sprites should change but not through transition.
Thanx in advance.
Mahmood.
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I've got a nice cane 'Emmanuel' style chair which leans a bit to the left -
does that count?
Anyone got a swing too? Just wondering
I do rock. Got a nice wicker one on the veranda.
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Hi Mark,
> Instead of deleting the reference from the scriptInstanceList
> why not just
> set the scriptInstanceList to [] of course that assumes that
> there is only
> one object / behaviour attached to the sprite and that setting the
It's become a mostly theoretical discussion by now, but from
Hi Sephane,
> I don't think that having objects deleting themselves from their own
> scriptinstancelist is good, I seem to recall that although
> the actorlist is
> tolerant of this (ie. adjusts for deletions of objects in the
> list during
> stepframe processing), the scriptinstancelist is not.
Hi Jasper.
I wasn't following this thread so I don't know if you got your problem
solved yet. In case you didn't, heres what you need to do.
Open Modify>Movie>Xtras
Make sure the list contains the name of the required Xtra.
Select it and then check the box labeled "Download if needed". You will
Dear Jasper,
Copy the required Xtra in the \Windows\system\macromed\shockwave\xtras
folder
after copying, publish it again.
that should do the trick.
Regards,
Jeevan Mathew John.
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Hi Bhakti,
> any vector shapes? there was some problem with the xtra when it first
> came out that caused that sort of problem..
Nope, I just checked - no vector shapes whatsoever.
Karina
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