yeah sure, but performance wise, how much slower could _visible = false be?
"if on frame where the MovieClip is not present, nothing of its property is accessible...." yes, but does that mean that everything else can get more attantion from cpu, graphics etc? thanks, kalle On 4/6/06, Martin Weiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > when only setting _visible to flase., all other belongings are accessible, > all properties methods if it is forinstance subClass of MovieClip.... > if on frame where the MovieClip is not present, nothing of its property is > accessible.... > so big difference, visualy almost none, though > > MW > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kalle Thyselius, Inlovewith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 10:20 AM > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] What's different between _alpha=0 and _visible > =flase; > > > >i have a related question > > > > what is the difference between > > - setting _visible = false on a clip > > and > > - structuring the flash movie so i go to a frame where that same > > movieclip is removed. > > > > > > see what i mean? i always have a pretty massice _root.content_mc with, > > say, intro_mc, section1_mc, section2_mc inside it. > > > > i always set _visible = false on all the clips i'm not currently > > using, but it's sometimes tempting to have multiple frames in > > _root.content_mc, one frame for intro_mc, one for section1_mc etc. to > > save cpu. > > > > does anyone know the difference between _visible = false and going to > > a frame that hasn't got the clip. > > > > > > ps. i have noticed how > > intro_mc._y = - 2000 > > together with > > intro_mc._visible = false > > > > often gives better performance when showing for instance section1_mc. > > > > but probably attachMovie and removeMovieClip is the best way to go at > > this problem, in order to get the best performance? > > > > thanks, > > > > kalle > > > > > > > > On 4/6/06, Ian Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The other major difference is easily shown: > >> Place a movieClip on stage. > >> Give it an onRelease handler: > >> clip.onRelease=function(){trace("Release!");} > >> > >> Test your movie - click on it, and Release! is traced. > >> > >> Set clip._alpha to 0 > >> > >> Test the movie - click on where the clip should be, and Release! is > >> traced. > >> > >> Set clip._visible=false > >> Test the movie - click on where the clip should be, and nothing > >> happens. The clip has effectively been removed from the drawing > >> heirarchy completely. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Ian > >> > >> > >> On 4/6/06, zikey Han <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > I kown that one different between _alpha=0 and _visible =flase. > >> > > >> > when we load a picture or swf ,like this: > >> > > >> > this.createEmptyMovieClip("container_mc",0); > >> > container_mc.loadMovie("test.jpg"); > >> > container_mc._alpha =0 ; > >> > ////////////////////you can see nothing in the scene.because of ._alpha > >> > =0; > >> > but if you > >> > container_mc_visible=false ; > >> > ////////////////////you can see the test.jpg on the scene._visible = > >> > false > >> > do nothing. > >> > > >> > i want to kown ,what the other different between them. > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> [email protected] > >> To change your subscription options or search the archive: > >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >> > >> Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > >> Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > >> http://www.figleaf.com > >> http://training.figleaf.com > >> > > > > > > -- > > inlovewith.com > > inlovewith ltd. > > kalle thyselius > > linnégatan 76, stockholm, sweden > > + 46 707 602 600 > > inlovewith you > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] > > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > > http://www.figleaf.com > > http://training.figleaf.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > -- inlovewith.com inlovewith ltd. kalle thyselius linnégatan 76, stockholm, sweden + 46 707 602 600 inlovewith you _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
