I'm after a little theory here from people who have created multi-player
games before.
I have a java socket-server in place and all the functionality of the game
working fine. I just need a way to synchronize the game (as best as I can).
What I'm trying to do is restart a new game every 3 minutes
that none of the projector apps offer, so
> basically, if you want to do anything real-time, do it
> in C++, or Java.
>
> --- Mick G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm after a little theory here from people who have
> > created multi-player
> > games b
I need a way to encrypt a LARGE string (up to 100k of text) - my data is
mostly xy coordinates so 90% numbers.
I've tried a few AS encryption classes that I've found online and
considering I have such a large string, they're all too slow. It doesn't
need to be too secure - decryption speed is more
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Why do you need to encrypt it? If you just need it unreadable, then why
> not
> kill two birds with one stone and compress it?
>
>
> http://www.razorberry.com/blog/archives/2004/08/22/lzw-compression-methods-in-as2/
>
> On 8/16/07, Mick
I'm looking for a proto or function to display a string of text one
character at a time, cycling through random characters one at a time until
the string is built.
I've had a look in the usual places and can only find inefficient ways it's
been done by attaching some movieclips one letter at a tim
This is a new security setting in Flash 8 - drives me crazy. I rolled back
to Flash 7 in one of my browsers. If you have Flash 8, there are
workarounds.
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html
The settings manager being an online app is so weird.
Most of us that develop flash content I'm sure work in an environment where
we work with clients with some level of client approval required. Often this
means emailing SWF's forward and back to clients for testing purposes on
their local computers. I'm in advertising and the security settings are
c
I'm curious why Macromedia (oops, adobe) don't pick up PHP as a remoting
technology. It's a huge audience and they support PHP in their other
products (ie. dreamweaver).
On 1/27/06, Miles Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> But exactly what *is* the legal issue? That AMFPHP reverse-enginee
It's not very compelling, but it's audience is probably
business/marketing/investor folk that like to sit back and listening to
mindless blabber and not think too much ;)
On 1/30/06, GregoryN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> I'd say "by hand"... Maybe you think it's too boring to be made
> manual
seems obvious, but you are adding a GET or POST to the getURL?
On 3/8/06, Bob Leisle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> getURL() is the wrong way to go for sending data. The Flash XML object
> has methods specifically for sending and receiving data. Read up on the
> XML.load(), XML.send() and XML.send
Does anyone have any tips why a site i'm using that is connecting to Web
Services works fine in the IDE, and works fine outside my work network but
not from my work network. At first I thought perhaps the port number was
blocked at work but it is working within the Flash IDE and when I view the
swf
a request for a crossdomain.xml file
>
> On 3/12/06, Mick G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone have any tips why a site i'm using that is connecting to Web
> > Services works fine in the IDE, and works fine outside my work network
> but
> > no
If your images are generally similar file sizes and you have 5 images, just
make each one equal to 20% and do it that way. It won't be perfect but how
perfect does a progress bar have to be? It's an indication of how much has /
is loaded.
On 3/12/06, Sascha Balkau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
In your publish settings try export your classes in frame 2 (with your
preloader on frame 1) - has worked for me when using some beefy components
before.
On 3/17/06, Weyert de Boer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> It's probably the AS2 classes you import these are loaded before first
> frame one, me
t; image, but the user data does not get inserted into the database.
> > >
> > > Did you get yours working? If yes, can you pls send me your sql file,
> so
> > > that I can replicate it on my server. I need to see how you've set
> your
> > > table up.
>
Sounds like a job for Flex! :)
Or if you're not flexible enough yet, you'd have to be confortable with some
form or remoting.
In my opinion, why use flash? With resume's in particular, lots of people do
copying and pasting of text - and for future growth you may want people to
upload word docs of
If you open the SWF in the Flash Player (version on your computer, not
browser), just go File > Create Projector from the menu in the player. I'm
not familiar with MTASC to know what it will effect.
On 4/1/06, David Rorex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On 3/31/06, Lieven Cardoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The discussion on this seems to be broken into 3 groups
1. "Microsoft - how could they do this to us"
2. "Look at all the money you can make charging clients to implement the
fix"
3. "Such a nightmare to implement - panic stations!"
My thoughts/responses...
1. Microsoft didn't WANT this to happe
I don't know if this falls in line with the whole law suit or not, but it
just seems so obvious to me that MS should implement a checkbox next to the
dialog when you're allow ActiveX content that says "[x] Always allow this
Active X type" or "[x] Always allow flash content" (the same way you get
th
Does anyone know of any way to optimize a whole bunch of lineTo points? Say
I have 500 points all fairly close that I'd like to reduce to fewer points.
I guess what I'm really after is an algorithm similar to the "Modify > Shape
> Optimize" command in the Flash API. Has anyone seen what type of ma
Does anyone know if it's possible to push content from a database to a list
of flash clients (or widgets running on a desktop).
I can have a flash app that checks every X seconds for new content from a
database, but wondering if there's a way to do it in the other direction and
push the content fr
If your button has been removed from the stage at any point on the timeline
or there is a new instance name of the button then you will need to re-apply
the button actions.
If your button is moving around or you need to assign it actions several
times you may be better creating a function to assig
You're supposed to use the google supplied code for google ads. Not modified
in any way.
The things people do for an extra few cents ;)
On 5/8/06, Peter Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think the bare fact of rendering the ads in Flash is not a legal concern
(though I am no lawyer either). Bu
Handy TILE component...
http://chq.emehmedovic.com/?id=2
On 5/9/06, Bernard Poulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Wow!
I just tried your algorithm with my previous example numbers and it does
output the correct square size (100) - also, internally it has the right
number of columns/lines: e.g. 3x
Sorry wrong link, I'm sure there is a component on the site somewhere that
does what you need (I think) ;)
On 5/9/06, Mick G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Handy TILE component...
http://chq.emehmedovic.com/?id=2
On 5/9/06, Bernard Poulin < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
&
You could always wrap CDATA around it.
On 5/16/06, Fumio Nonaka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Even if you manipulate newline only with string, you might get annoying
result:
// Frame action
var my_str:String = newline;
my_str += ""+newline;
// [Debug] > [List Variables]:
Variable _level0.my_str
"../" should give you the parent relative directory.
If needed, you may like to try using the BASE attribute in your object/embed
tag...
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_04157
On 5/18/06, Flashgrrl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Flashcoders!
I am attempting to load d
I think target audience is more about the type of users (eg. some
corporations still have a % of 800x600, or older age groups).
On stats of a few sites I run, there is still a 15% 800x600 audience (one of
these sites is a gaming site).
On the flipside - the new yahoo.com is by default 1024x768 (bu
I'm building a fairly demanding site that has a fair bit of animation and
rather than aiming for an average performance level of animation for my
users, I'd like to turn off/on some features of the site depending on
rendering capabilities of the users computer.
Does anyone have any recommendation
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Subject: [Flashcoders] Test CPU/performance/rendering
I'm building a fairly demanding site that has a fair bit of animation
and
rather than aiming for an average performa
One dirty way is to place a one blank button over all your other buttons -
set the btn to usehandCursor to false. This may or may not suit your needs.
On 5/27/06, Éric Thibault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi all
Is there a rapid way to disable all the buttons present in my movie at
once or do I
You sure this isn't a security issue thing? Have you tried uploading it to a
server and testing it? Javascript calls from your local drive from Flash 8
player can cause problems.
On 5/29/06, Phil Glatz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've been experiencing an intermittent problem with a getURL call
Help vampire messages are more of a waste of *everything* than the original
posters - <>
http://www.cove.org/flade/ if a flash physics engine that might help you.
On 5/29/06, Byron Canfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Review the archives for the thread entitled: Are you a help vampire?
--
B
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321346939/002-5233719-8129618?v=glance&n=283155
It's probably the worst title for the type of book it is, but an excellent
front to back book. It speaks plain english and leads by example with real
world case study scenarios rather than trying the explain each CS
Just curious if many of you have done performance test on the Flash 8
filters and if they're much of a hit on the CPU or strain on rendering in
anyway...
eg.
- A MC doing _x++; with and without a blur filter (much difference in
performance?)
- 50 instances of above?
- FIlter values changing while
en dupe the same source object to different clips.
Just a thought :)
a
On 6/1/06 11:33 PM, "Mick G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just curious if many of you have done performance test on the Flash 8
> filters and if they're much of a hit on the CPU or strain on rendering
My question is two-fold: Is it possible to determine if the stage is
resizing larger? smaller? only height? only width?
If you don't want to use onEnterFrame, just do the same process by checking
the Stage.width and Stage.height with a setInterval and compare the current
values with the last.
Does anyone know if there is any batch utility out there to convert/downsave
Flash 8 FLAs to Flash MX2004. This is for someone without Flash 8. I googled
and had a look on the Adobe site with no luck.
___
Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
To change your
king for.
regards
tom
- Original Message -
From: "Mick G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Flashcoders mailing list"
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 2:36 AM
Subject: [Flashcoders] convert FLA to mx2004 utility
> Does anyone know if there is any batch utility out there t
I have options of using Flash 8 - just thought someone might have built a
util. I have about 20 files to convert, not a huge amount but It's just
something I get asked to do regularly and it would be handy to point clients
to it that don't have Flash 8.
On 6/7/06, Marc Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED
I havn't tried this but you could try adding a _lockroot to the swf.
On 6/8/06, Ryan Sabir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Heya,
I have an swf with form components on it, that is embedded inside another
swf. I want to be able to tab between the form elements, but when I hit tab,
the focus jumps to
You could also set your "wmode" to transparent in the object/embed tag and
use javascript to change the background of a containing DIV (Not that this
is elegant but should work).
On 6/8/06, Fernando Castillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I would like to know if I can change the stage background co
Doh!
If you're having trouble managing the size of the MC you're using as a
'fake' background, you could always just use a manageable size and use:
MC._width = Stage.width;
MC._width = Stage.height;
Make sure you run that onResize if you're allowing people to resize the
window of the projector.
Yes, you'll need to set up style in Flash...
A:hover is supported in Flash.
http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials/beginner/css_in_flash/index.shtml
On 6/9/06, elibol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Does anyone know if it's possible to trigger an event with a text link
hover
state?
___
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/webcam_motion.html
On 6/9/06, Ian Tilley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Weyert
I did something a year or so ago using webcamxtra Xtra for Director and
Flash 7. I'd like to do it again in Flash 8 at some point as I think
bitmap caching would improve
"How is that kind of thing done? I know you can achieve some interestin
gthings
with scaleMode and Stage.align but I'm guessing something more complex is
going on here."
No - that's about it really. Just make sure your flash is embedded with 100%
width so the stage does actually change size with
www.ratemydrawings.com might give you a good example of some of the things
that can be done with the flash drawing API.
On 6/22/06, David Rorex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 6/21/06, Weldon MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> A cake decorater is asking about a web based app for designing c
The Bold and Italic versions of the fonts will need to be embedded. This is
usually the problem I forget :)
On 6/22/06, Mike Mountain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
OK this sounds really daft and I'm sure you've probably checked - but
your text field isn't set to single line is it? Or no wrapping?
My answer was so very off subject ;) sorry.
The only way I can replicate that problem is if the textfield is single line
instead of double - otherwise your first code works fine for me.
On 6/22/06, Lee McColl-Sylvester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Why not use tags to keep things consistent?
Le
"Macromedia doesn't support free technologies that are in direct
competition with their technologies. Why would they? "
I always wondered why MM support PHP in Dreamweaver but refuse to do so for
Flash with a PHP remoting.
You can build a fully blown database driven site in Dreamweaver (allbeit
This is one of the reasons I avoid MM components unless I totally have to.
Most of the components will only work if you export in first frame so the
only option I''ve found is:
- Put your content in an external SWF (which also causes problems because of
a bug with the components needing an instan
Hey no laughing - my point was that they support PHP, nothing more :P
On 6/23/06, Michael Stuhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mick G schrieb:
> You can build a fully blown database driven site in Dreamweaver (allbeit
not
> perfec
The highly important and common feature for Forums is the ability to paste
HTML, perform clean and efficient searches, insert images from other
sites/URLs, embed flash animations, right-click to open links posted links
in new tabs/windows, paste code, harcore forum users even cherish their
custom
I've seen this mostly when the MC being tweened either has a lot of vector
information or large (physically) bitmaps.
- If it's all vector being zoomed, either optimize and cut down on the
vectors or, create a new frame in the MC with 'some elements' only, goto
that frame while zooming, do a call
MC Tween has a panTo command which does what you need (along with all the
other standard tweens)...
http://hosted.zeh.com.br/mctween/doc_panto.html
On 6/27/06, Weyert de Boer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, I have looked a bit at the Tween-classes, but I have some bad days
in Flash at the mom
Sorry - wrong one ;) One of the tween classes has a "pan" feature... will
post if I find it.
On 6/27/06, Mick G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
MC Tween has a panTo command which does what you need (along with all the
other standard tweens)...
http://hosted.zeh.com.br/mctween/doc_p
This is the perfect scenario for using any of the many tweening classes...
It might seem a bit confusing at first, but once you get familiar with them
you'll wonder how you ever lived without them.
I like...
http://hosted.zeh.com.br/mctween/
(has filter tweens which are nice, and I like the way t
You can 'fake' something by downloading a very small version of the image
(like 3K) and scale it to the final size, once that has loaded, display,
then start loading the full size version. I've done this before with very
large file sized images. You could even use a PHP script using the GD
library
I've had this problem before Joseph - ignore the ego's on here that like to
asume everyone else is a newbie ;)
I've found this problem usually when components are involved and it's not a
preloding issue. I even did a Flash dev class once and it was happening to
people in the class, I asked the te
Usually all the mediatemple fans come running out for this one ;) I'd
recommend MediaTemple if you have high traffic or high demand site. I've had
2 sites that other various hosting companies complained I was using too much
of their shared server resources - Media Temple server specs are VERY good
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