Hi Kerry
Looks like you caught the attention of a number of people, just saw Terry
Schussler post a similar question on his Xtras-L listserve, so if I see
anything come about from it I'll let you know. This one is extremely
interesting. It wouldn't necessarily have to be a dcr but if a castlib could
be used so that you could call objects and say graphics it could be a
potential huge advantage to revisits to a site. It could also be seriously
misused so one would have to be extremely careful.
Sincerely
Mark
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Kerry Thompson
> Sent: September 4, 2000 5:24 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: SV: <lingo-l> loops in Msg window?
>
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>
> >Is it also possible to use them in Shockwave...
>
> I don't see why not--you can use a .dcr as an Xtra.
>
> > it would be an interesting
> >concept to wrap a lot of reuseable code into a "Xtra" that could be
> >downloaded and used repeatedly on the end user's computer. Any
> additional
> >thoughts on this
>
> Hmmm... there may be something there. I'm a big fan of OOP. I could see
> putting general-purpose objects like a sprite manager into a dcr. That
> might not make that much sense, though, because it's not the code that
> takes the download time--it's the assets. There certainly would
> be a bit of
> time in writing the support code--I would think it would have to be a
> pretty substantial code library to make it worthwhile.
>
> I could also see putting something like a standard splash screen or logo
> movie into a dcr. Or, you could put your audio or video assets for a
> substantial game into a dcr, and save download time for subsequent visits
> to your site.
>
> I like the idea--I'm about to start work on a sort of generic game
> structure for our company. I'll let you know what I turn up.
>
>
> Cordially,
> Kerry Thompson
> Learning Network
>
>
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