Hi Rob Thanks for taking an interest.
I'm trying to animate a little man walking along between bars on a screen, at any moment he may be required to go left or right a number of units from 1 to 4. So rather than have seperate animations from 1 to 2, 1 to 3, 1 to 4, 1 to 5, 2 to 1, 2 to 3, 2 to 4, etc etc I've been trying to keep it to an animation each of him moving 1, 2, 3 or 4 places left and the same going left, each starting and ending in the same pose. Then I dynamically placing the filmloops on the stage a positioning them appropriately. My questions have all centred around this and I'm nearly there now. I need to be able to detect the end of a filmloop so I can decide if I (or rather my little man) have arrived where I want to be, or if I/he need to be somewhere else (ie another button has been clicked while he was walking.) Originally I was intending to keep all the animation inside one filmloop, moving it around on the stage and moving between markers on the filmloop... I quickly decided this was a bad idea, Flash works like this and Director doesn't :) The solution I am using is to keep track of where my man is actually on the stage (global coordinates as a Flasher might say) and keep this updated by knowing how far he walks in each animation, and have an adjustment value instead of being able to set the regpoints. Does this make sense? What do you reckon to it as a solution? Thanks again Simon -----Original Message----- From: Rob Romanek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 26 November 2001 18:57 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: <lingo-l> regPoint in Filmloops Hi Simon, You can't change the regpoint of a filmloop but you can re-position sprites inside the filmloop. Can you shed some insight into why you want to change the regpoint? Depending on what you are trying to achieve there may be another means to the end you desire. By the way, did you see my posting on controlling filmloops last Thursday? I've had problems with my mail server and have been getting messages from the list very sparodically so I don't know if my post raised any more questions by you. If you want can cc [EMAIL PROTECTED] to ensure I get any filmloop questions and I'll see if I can help you out. later, Rob Simon Wheatley wrote: > In fact I am unable to change this value in the inspector before runtime > without it resetting itself. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] ______________________________________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This communication and the information it contains is intended for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. Its contents are confidential and may be protected in law. Unauthorised use, copying or disclosure of any of it may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact us immediately. The contents of any attachments in this e-mail may contain software viruses, which could damage your own computer system. While Marlborough Stirling has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise this risk, we cannot accept liability for any damage which you sustain as a result of software viruses. You should carry out your own virus checking procedure before opening any attachment. Marlborough Stirling plc, Registered No. 3008820, Allen Jones House, Jessop Avenue, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3SH Tel: 01242 547000 Fax: 01242 547100 http://www.marlborough-stirling.com The following companies are subsidiaries of Marlborough Stirling plc and are registered in England and Wales at the above address: Marlborough Stirling PLC, Registered No. 3008820 The Marlborough Stirling Group PLC, Registered No. 1855353 Marlborough Stirling Administration Limited, Registered No. 2341195 Metgem Limited, Registered No. 02341195 [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
