[Flashcoders] File under BIZARRE: Keyboard Freezes Game, Wiggling Mouse Unfreezes

2005-10-28 Thread Buck Ruckman
Hi everyone! i really hope someone here can help out, because i think we have a doozie of a strange problem. i partenered with an artist and built a game that takes place in a zoo. i built a stick and ball version while the artist built the graphics. The stick and ball version works fine

Re: [Flashcoders] File under BIZARRE: Keyboard Freezes Game, Wiggling Mouse Unfreezes

2005-10-28 Thread Ian Thomas
My only immediate thought - did the artist deliver his art files to you in Flash format? Are you sure he hasn't accidentally buried some code somewhere in the frames of one of those movieclips? HTH, Ian On 10/28/05, Buck Ruckman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone! i really hope someone

Re: [Flashcoders] File under BIZARRE: Keyboard Freezes Game, Wiggling Mouse Unfreezes

2005-10-28 Thread Buck Ruckman
Subject: [Flashcoders] File under BIZARRE: Keyboard Freezes Game,Wiggling Mouse Unfreezes Hi everyone! i really hope someone here can help out, because i think we have a doozie of a strange problem. i partenered with an artist and built a game that takes place in a zoo. i built a stick and ball

Re: [Flashcoders] File under BIZARRE: Keyboard Freezes Game, Wiggling Mouse Unfreezes

2005-10-28 Thread JesterXL
: Friday, October 28, 2005 11:35 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] File under BIZARRE: Keyboard Freezes Game,Wiggling Mouse Unfreezes Hi everyone! i really hope someone here can help out, because i think we have a doozie of a strange problem. i partenered with an artist and built a game that takes place

Re: [Flashcoders] File under BIZARRE: Keyboard Freezes Game, Wiggling Mouse Unfreezes

2005-10-28 Thread Buck Ruckman
flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] File under BIZARRE: Keyboard Freezes Game,Wiggling Mouse Unfreezes Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:41:11 +0100 My only immediate thought - did the artist deliver his art files

Re: [Flashcoders] File under BIZARRE: Keyboard Freezes Game, Wiggling Mouse Unfreezes

2005-10-28 Thread Ian Thomas
That does sound weird. If you're sure it's not stray code (or a stray component kicking around offstage somewhere or something), then all I can really suggest is my standard 'something's weird' debugging approach; to make a temporary copy of the app, and start peeling away bits of it until it

Re: [Flashcoders] File under BIZARRE: Keyboard Freezes Game, Wiggling Mouse Unfreezes

2005-10-28 Thread Ian Thomas
Ah, we're getting somewhere... In Firefox 1.07 (my default browser) running Flash 8 it all seems to work fine. In IE 6 running Flash 7, it does, indeed, hang when I press a key. And restarts when I stop pressing the key. And gives me a memory error when I quit the browser. So is the difference