Supposedly Flash sprites sap memory from Director movies. I read somewhere (mm technotes?) that if you can keep from using more than one swf at a time, then that's a good idea. I use unLoadMember to clean out memory, so as to leave space for other sprites. Hope this helps.
Sam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 2:26 PM Subject: RE: <lingo-l> Reclaiming memory from Flash Sprites > > > Each exercise is a one-frame movie that builds itself on the fly, > > navigation is by 'go to movie', all known movie-specific objects are > > being disposed of on 'stopmovie', the Flash sprites are on stage most > > of > > the time (some are hidden part of the time), so 'unload' probably > > isn't > > going to help. Nonetheless, the code has a number of 'unload's in > > places > > that seem like they ought to help, and they don't seem to be helping. > > > Hi Carl, > > I'm having exactly the same problem--I've inherited a project with tons > of Flash. When I upgraded from 8.0 to 8.5, I started getting memory > leaks, and I'm more and more convinced it's the Flash Asset Xtra. > > I'm running some tests to make sure, but for me, it looks like the > answer may be that we have to go back to 8.0. Fortunately, all our Flash > was done in F4, or F5 & published as F4. > > I'm curious, though. I wonder what would happen if I used the Flash > Asset Xtra from 8.0 with an 8.5 projector? That's one of the things I'm > going to try. > > Also, how are you sure that you've got a memory leak? I don't really > trust the freeBytes or the Memory Inspector--I've gotten some really > screwy results. I can send you a spreadsheet showing the difference > between the freeBytes, the MI, and Buddy's memoryInfo call if you like. > > Cordially, > > Kerry Thompson > > [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!] > [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!]
