Re: [Flashcoders] zinc 3.0 overhead

2008-03-25 Thread John Hattan
I'm using Zinc 2.5 for my games (http://www.thecodezone.com/games/bulldozer.php).I haven't had any real performance problems between standalone andweb-based versions. My stuff targets the Flash 8 runtime and isn't areal performance hog, though. I'm not upgrading to Zinc 3because the deployed

Re: [Flashcoders] Couple questions re Zinc and Access

2007-07-29 Thread John Hattan
Glad you like it :) FWIW, here's the page for my SQLite glue-DLL for Zinc. The Mac version works with mProjector, which is what I'm using for the Mac games (Zinc for Mac doesn't do universal binaries). http://www.thecodezone.com/downloads/sqlite.html - Original Message From: vipin

Re: [Flashcoders] amfphp.org?

2007-05-15 Thread John Hattan
Yeah, looks like the domain got snatched with that whole registrar snafu of a few months ago. Right now it's up in the air as to whether they can get the domain back. In any case, the project's still very much alive. Update your bookmarks to http://amfphp.sourceforge.net/ and you'll be fine.

Re: [Flashcoders] flash and paypal

2007-04-24 Thread John Hattan
: [Flashcoders] flash and paypal That was helpful John! FYI, it seems your Google Checkout code is broken! Cheers On 4/23/07, John Hattan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You don't need any third-party API's to talk to paypal. Since the paypal site accepts standard GET and POST CGI data, sending a transaction

Re: [Flashcoders] flash and paypal

2007-04-24 Thread John Hattan
is this? are there any passwords or seller account details sent by flash to paypal? Quoting Jordan Snyder [EMAIL PROTECTED]: That was helpful John! FYI, it seems your Google Checkout code is broken! Cheers On 4/23/07, John Hattan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You don't need any third-party API's

Re: [Flashcoders] flash and paypal

2007-04-23 Thread John Hattan
You don't need any third-party API's to talk to paypal. Since the paypal site accepts standard GET and POST CGI data, sending a transaction to Paypal can be done by setting up a LoadVars object, setting the parameters to your shopping cart in the object, then sending that LoadVars object to

Re: [Flashcoders] Screensavers...

2006-12-04 Thread John Hattan
I've done screensavers with Screenweaver and had good luck. The one thing that puts it ahead of Zinc for screensavers is that you can set up an SWF file to appear as the setup-dialog if somebody presses the settings button on the Windows display preferences. That way you can add settings for

[Flashcoders] SharedObject path?

2006-06-04 Thread John Hattan
to one consistent place? --- John Hattan The Code Zone - Sweet Software for a Saturnine World www.thecodezone.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman

RE: [Flashcoders] Best SWF Wrapper

2006-05-09 Thread John Hattan
for gamedev ;) --- John Hattan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gamedev.net - more 1's and 0's than you can shake a stick at ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo

RE: [Flashcoders] obfuscation swf !

2006-05-08 Thread John Hattan
I wrote up a review here. http://www.gamedev.net/features/reviews/productreview.asp?categoryid=35prod uctid=565 A couple of the commentors talked about how it's absolute crap, but I haven't yet found a SWF-decryptor that can bring the encrypted SWF back to something resembling its original form.

RE: [Flashcoders] ZINC - Last Good Version (was FATAL Zinc issue)

2006-03-28 Thread John Hattan
it is I was wondering what the last good version is. Are you all using 2.5.0.12 or should I get a previous version? IIRC, there's a last known good discussion at mdmforum.com. --- John Hattan The Code Zone - Sweet Software for a Saturnine World www.thecodezone.com

RE: [Flashcoders] FATAL Zinc issue

2006-03-27 Thread John Hattan
of times. Seems like every time they make a new release, the discover an hour later that they broke something important and they have to release again. --- John Hattan The Code Zone - Sweet Software for a Saturnine World www.thecodezone.com

RE: [Flashcoders] Bouncing laserbeam for game

2006-03-07 Thread John Hattan
://www.kidstation.de/junior/r5u3/r5u3m16/a.html The physics for the bounce is really simple. The bounce-angle is just 180-(the angle that the projectile is hitting the paddle) --- John Hattan The Code Zone - Sweet Software for a Saturnine World www.thecodezone.com

RE: [Flashcoders] Obfuscation

2006-01-15 Thread John Hattan
. http://www.gamedev.net/features/reviews/productreview.asp?productid=565 --- John Hattan The Code Zone - Sweet Software for a Saturnine World www.thecodezone.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash Lite 2.0

2006-01-03 Thread John Hattan
$0. Tried installing it on my N-Gage. No joy. Looks like I'll need to upgrade phones to use it :( --- John Hattan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gamedev.net - more 1's and 0's than you can shake a stick at ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders