Hi Brad,
Preloading a cast works like this:
When working locally your cast points to a file called "bigcast.cct"
So if you upload it to a url called
"http://www.bradsshochwave.com/bigcast.cct", then download it locally to
the users cache using the preloadnetthing command.
Once the download is complete, set the filename of the cast to
"http://www.bradsshochwave.com/bigcast.cct".
Although the filename points to a remote file, since it has already been
placed in the cache, Director will use the members in the local copy.
So your code might be something like this(untested, but I'm pretty
confident it'll work without major glitches.)
on beginSprite me
gNetID = preloadnetthing("url")
end beginSprite me
on exitFrame me
if netdone(gNetID) then
castLib(2).filename = "url"
go #next
else
go the frame
end exitFrame me
Please note that this does not contain the error check routines. You'll
need to plunk them in yourself.
Regards,
Pranav
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Can someone please give me a good URL or explanation of how to use linked
external casts in shockwave.
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