Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha stability issues

2007-01-30 Thread John Dowdell
Frederico Ferro Schuh wrote: Do you have any huge images in your project? I have a 1600x1200 jpeg image that represents the track. Maybe that has something to do with the crashes, since I don't remember having any problems when I was just prototyping the car's physics with no assets at all. T

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha stability issues

2007-01-30 Thread James Marsden
Hey, We have some enormous images, but we're chopping them up into 256px squares and tiling them with a scrolling engine, as the game would chug badly on lesser graphics cards throwing images of that size around. J Frederico Ferro Schuh wrote: That's odd, but good to hear that not everyone

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha stability issues

2007-01-30 Thread Frederico Ferro Schuh
That's odd, but good to hear that not everyone is having problems. Maybe with some tweaking I may be able to avoid these crashes. Do you have any huge images in your project? I have a 1600x1200 jpeg image that represents the track. Maybe that has something to do with the crashes, since I don't re

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha stability issues

2007-01-29 Thread James Marsden
Hey Frederico, I'm using 9 Alpha for a large game project, and the only problems I've had have been with my code. It seems just as stable as the Flash 8 IDE. There are a couple of things I'm not keen on though, and that's the inability to assign more than one MC to any one Class (which has be

[Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha stability issues

2007-01-29 Thread Frederico Ferro Schuh
Hi all, This is my first post in the list. I've been experimenting in some AS3 development with Flash 9 Public Alpha in our company, coding a racing game prototype. So far the experience has been great, at least from a coding perspective, as I'm using Flex 2 to write the code and Flash 9 to compi

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-07 Thread Forums @ Existanze
Of Cortlandt Winters > Sent: 07 July 2006 03:31 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ... > > Sorry Steven, > > I can promise that I'm not burned up about anything. Just > stating what I think is important. > > And I tho

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-06 Thread Cortlandt Winters
Sorry Steven, I can promise that I'm not burned up about anything. Just stating what I think is important. And I thought you were responding to Pete's comment more seriously than you apparently were. And I'm sorry to spell your name wrong. ___ Flashco

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-06 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
> I submit that there would be very little progress made in any field, if it > required that you throw away all the assets you currently have. Point taken. I'm going back to Flash 5 components. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-06 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
Weyert de Boer > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 2:53 PM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ... > > Win2000 is missing cool Win32 APIs. Beside of that I don't see any > reason yet to install Vista next

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-06 Thread Weyert de Boer
Win2000 is missing cool Win32 APIs. Beside of that I don't see any reason yet to install Vista next year, though. WindowsXP works fine. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.fig

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-06 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
> Stephen You can see in the "From" it's spelled with a v. It's not like you heard my name and spelled it with a ph. You read the word right in front of you with a v and yet you still misspelled it. Astounding. ;) > you're misreading the information on that link. And you're misreading the s

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-06 Thread Dave Watts
> There are plenty of reasons I don't work in corporate environments. > Bureaucracy is one of them. Well good for you, you free spirit you. But standardization != bureaucracy. If you're responsible for a fleet of 10,000 workstations, you don't want to have to manage them individually. Because that

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-06 Thread ryanm
Serious benefits you be would required to rely on = Flash 9 IDE. Ding! Nail... head... and so on... ryanm ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-06 Thread Cortlandt Winters
Stephen you're misreading the information on that link. MS still supports win2k they just don't sell NEW oem licences, that's a big difference. If and when they try to discontinue support, expect some serious legal reprecusions. They support it for good reason, if they don't do so (at least until

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-06 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
> There are plenty of reasons why people in corporate environments run > Windows > 2000 Workstation, that have nothing to do with the speed of technology or > Moore's law (which has absolutely nothing to do with operating systems). There are plenty of reasons I don't work in corporate environments

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-06 Thread eric dolecki
I use Win2000 when working - there is no reason to use XP for us. I can upgrade to XP whenever I choose, I just know I'll have fewer problems using Win2000, etc. I don't think its a wicked thing to use an older OS if a new one poses no serious benefits I would be required to rely on. On 7/6/06,

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-06 Thread Dave Watts
> It's time to stop holding on to the past and live in the > present. It's 2006. You've had four years to upgrade your > OS (XP is built on 2000, after all). That's like 28 years > for a dog. > > If you find the speed of technology to be too fast for you, > or you find Moore's law inconvenient

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-06 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
> I've often thought working in a toll booth would be a nice change. Ba-dum-bum. Ching! ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-06 Thread Dave Mennenoh
If you find the speed of technology to be too fast for you, or you find Moore's law inconvenient, perhaps you should get a job working for the government or a bank (I think they're up to the Flash 6 player by now), or choose a different career path, like plumbing, carpentry or anything that doesn

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-06 Thread Steven Sacks | BLITZ
> Are Adobe for real ? Some people in this world are running 2000 still http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/default.mspx It's time to stop holding on to the past and live in the present. It's 2006. You've had four years to upgrade your OS (XP is built on 2000, after all). That's like 28

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-06 Thread Derek Vadneau
From: "Nick Weekes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 10:24 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ... Given that MS no longer support 2000 themselves, why are yo

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-06 Thread Nick Weekes
Given that MS no longer support 2000 themselves, why are you still using it? Just curious... Pete Hotchkiss wrote: Whilst I realize this up date to the Flash 8 IDE in sonly an Alpha - I'll be somewhat pissed if the final release delivers the same message I just received. 'Adobe Flash 9 Publi

RE: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha - Blaze Preview

2006-07-06 Thread neo binedell
EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Hall Sent: 06 July 2006 01:45 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha - Blaze Preview > I really hope I'm missing something... Yes, you are missing the fact that this is just a technology

[Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha ...

2006-07-06 Thread Pete Hotchkiss
Whilst I realize this up date to the Flash 8 IDE in sonly an Alpha - I'll be somewhat pissed if the final release delivers the same message I just received. 'Adobe Flash 9 Public Alpha requires that your computer be running Windows XP' Are Adobe for real ? Some people in this world are running 20

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha - Blaze Preview

2006-07-06 Thread Marcos Neves
Those funcionalities are disable on Flash9 until the final release. Check this release note: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flash9as3preview/releasenotes.html#issues On 7/6/06, Peter Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I really hope I'm missing something... Yes, you are missing the fact that

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha - Blaze Preview

2006-07-06 Thread Peter Hall
I really hope I'm missing something... Yes, you are missing the fact that this is just a technology preview. You should expect things to work unexpectedly, and you should report issues to Adobe, instead of ranting on a mailing list. If you need a production-ready AS3 editor, use FlexBuilder2.

[Flashcoders] Flash 9 Public Alpha - Blaze Preview

2006-06-28 Thread neo binedell
Is it just me or is it rather pointless that AS files containing AS3 classes opened in the IDE default to AS2 compilation? Now maybe I'm just a moron but CTRL-T and it it spews out a long list of errors. Alt-enter and run it and everything is fine. Do I have to publish the fla everytime I want to