Naw, just made it up. If Ian's comment doesn't help, post some code, and upload a SWF if you can.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Buck Ruckman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] File under BIZARRE: Keyboard Freezes Game,Wiggling Mouse Unfreezes (um ... i think you responded to the wrong person ... ?) >From: "JesterXL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Flashcoders mailing list <[email protected]> >To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] File under BIZARRE: Keyboard Freezes >Game,Wiggling Mouse Unfreezes >Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:37:58 -0400 > >Line 65 of frame 12; you can't utilize onEnterFrame twice in an >onClipEvent(initialize). > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Buck Ruckman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 11:35 AM >Subject: [Flashcoders] File under BIZARRE: Keyboard Freezes Game,Wiggling >Mouse Unfreezes > > >Hi everyone! > >i really hope someone here can help out, because i think we have a doozie >of >a strange problem. > >i partenered with an artist and built a game that takes place in a zoo. i >built a stick and ball version while the artist built the graphics. The >stick and ball version works fine on all the machines in our department. > >Then i incorporated and animated the artist's graphics, and something weird >happened. > >On certain machines ... i *think* slower machines (i've ruled out browser >type and version, and Flash player version) ... when you hold down the >arrow >keys to move the character, after about 1 second all the animation on the >screen freezes. The monkey stops moving. The hippo stops moving. The >penguin - yes, even the penguin - stops moving. It's tragic. > > >Now it's not just the arrow keys. The problem happens when i hold down ANY >key on the keyboard. > >i went back to my file and stripped out all listeners, all Key code, all >enterframe scripts. Then i stripped out nearly every other piece of >Actionscript except the code that dynamically places the animated zoo >animals on screen. Still no good. Everything animates hunky-dorey on >these problem machines until i hold down a key - any key - *** and there's >NO Key code in the file. *** > >AND HERE'S THE REALLY WEIRD PART: > >i hold down a key and after one second, all screen animation halts. THE >ANIMATION RESUMES WHEN I MOVE THE MOUSE AROUND. Let go of the key, the >animations keep looping. Hold down a key and the animations stop. Move >the >mouse around while holding the key, and they keep playing. Stop moving the >mouse, and they stop. > >And no, there's no Mouse code in the file either. In fact, there's barely >any code in there at all. > >So! What in the heck is going on with this crazy thing? It works on most >machines in our department, but on a handful of PC machines and our testing >Mac it exhibits this bizarre behaviour. > >BIG BIG HUGE thanks to anyone who can shed some light. Do it for the >animals. > >- Ryan Creighton > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN® Calendar keeps you organized and takes the effort out of scheduling >get-togethers. >http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines > Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the >first two months FREE*. > >_______________________________________________ >Flashcoders mailing list >[email protected] >http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >_______________________________________________ >Flashcoders mailing list >[email protected] >http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _________________________________________________________________ Powerful Parental Controls Let your child discover the best the Internet has to offer. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
