RE: [Flashcoders] AI Personalities...

2005-11-30 Thread Jim Armstrong
At 04:18 PM 11/30/2005 +, you wrote: should have mentioned that this is for a simple Chat Bot I had a client experiment with this one and he was pretty pleased. Don't have any personal experience with the product, though. http://www.personalityforge.com/ good luck! - jim

Re: [Flashcoders] where and how can I learn actionscript bytecode

2005-12-03 Thread Jim Armstrong
At 12:40 PM 12/3/2005 -0800, you wrote: Is there any tools or documentation out there that will aid in learning actionscript bytecode? Flasm is a good start, http://flasm.sourceforge.net/ have fun! - jim 2112 FX :: Singularity [Business Intelligence][Custom Programming] Flash Math

Re: [Flashcoders] easy to implement a* flash classes?

2006-01-12 Thread Jim Armstrong
At 12:07 PM 1/12/2006 -0500, you wrote: can any one toss me links to the latest and greatest a* pathfinding examples that are easy to implement? Much appreciated. If memory serves, Jobe Makar has an implementation in his 'Flash MX Game Design Demystified' book. I think this question may

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Media Server

2006-01-18 Thread Jim Armstrong
At 03:40 PM 1/18/2006 +0100, you wrote: Are there any great technical forums in which is for FMS questions? -I have tried the forum at flashcomguru.com, but that had low traffic and no help given from there. http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcomm hth! - jim 2112 FX

Re: [FlashCoders] wave generator example

2006-02-02 Thread Jim Armstrong
Dimitrios Bendilas wrote: Hello everyone, There was a tutorial/article about a wave generator engine in ActionScript, that produced pretty complex waves and had a boat which you could move ON the waves using the left and right arrow buttons. It was a very nice example and I think it was made

Re: [Flashcoders] Set volume of flash video?

2006-02-13 Thread Jim Armstrong
Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Hi list... Is there a property to get/set the volume of a flash video on the stage? Here's a small snippet of code from a recent project -- create a Sound object to control the sound level in the video. __audioControl = __timeline.createEmptyMovieClip( audio,

Re: [Flashcoders] Set volume of flash video?

2006-02-13 Thread Jim Armstrong
Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Thanks for the feedback Jim...however, my video is embedded, and it looks like netstream only works with an external video. Any idea how this can be done with an embedded video? If memory serves, the argument to attachAudio() must be either a Microphone object or

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2.0 time/date Objects: Timer class?

2006-02-27 Thread Jim Armstrong
lars wrote: anyone has a timer class handy? something to display minutes and seconds counting, starting at 0:00... sorry, but i tried to calc a date/time difference using the date and time objects, but i can't make it :( tsk tsk http://www.2112fx.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=13 timestamp

Re: [Flashcoders] Shared object not saving off cd-rom?

2006-05-16 Thread Jim Armstrong
Karina Steffens wrote: Hi list, Does anyone know if there are any gotchas when trying to save a shared object from a flash application running off the cd-rom? The client has sent this cd-rom to a number of reviewers, and one of them has reported that the player's data isn't being saved.

Re: [Flashcoders] Has anyone had any experience with Bit Components?

2006-10-02 Thread Jim Armstrong
Rich Rodecker wrote: for skinnability, they are great. there are some wierd issues you'll encounter here and there, I would check over the products forums for some examples. One such example is that I dont think you can change the animation of the accordion pane. The documentation is decent

Re: [Flashcoders] efficient line segment intersection algorithm?

2006-11-09 Thread Jim Armstrong
Millie Niss wrote: I found a useful segment intersection algorithm in the book _Computational Geometry: Algorithms and Applications_, by Mark de Berg http://www.amazon.com/Computational-Geometry-Algorithms-Applications-Second/dp/3540656200/ref=pd_ys_qtk_rvi_img/102-1020427-4119337 The

Re: [Flashcoders] OT CG textbook, was efficient line segment intersection algorithm

2006-11-09 Thread Jim Armstrong
Millie Niss wrote: BTW (off-topic): What is the standard comprehensive computer graphics text these days? When I was in grad school, it was Foley-Van Dam (and some of my friends worked for Andy Van Dam so they considered no other book) but I have heard it is quite out-of-date. FVD is

RE: [Flashcoders] Letting go of AS2 for AS3

2006-11-14 Thread Jim Armstrong
Rough cuts are available, http://www.moock.org/blog/archives/000203.html regards, - ji\m/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 2:00 PM To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders]

Re: [Flashcoders] Boids algorithm in as2 or as3?

2006-12-07 Thread Jim Armstrong
John Grden wrote: I've seen several entries about people who've toyed with it, but no posts with actual code. has anyone done the 3D conversion? any links to 2d or 3d source would be much appreciated ;) If memory serves, the Flash player team has a Boids test (written by Jethro Villegas) in

Re: [Flashcoders] using mx.controls package in an Actionscript 3.0 Project

2007-02-13 Thread Jim Armstrong
JOR wrote: Below is my test class of trying to pragmatically add a set of radio buttons to an ActionScript 3.0 project. Do you see anything I may have done incorrectly? When I run it, I don't get any compile errors but I also don't see any radio buttons. If memory serves, in Flex, the

Re: [Flashcoders] As3 Reccomended Book

2007-03-26 Thread Jim Armstrong
Merrill, Jason wrote: there just aren't a lot of AS3 specific books out there yet. There are several in the works though. Moock's EAS3 is available for preorder, http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596526946/ref=nosim/moockorg regards, - jim -- Jim Armstrong::Mathematician

[Flashcoders] OT - Six-month contract opportunity in Dallas, TX area

2007-04-30 Thread Jim Armstrong
A company I contract for has an opening for a Flash developer - AS 2/F8, OOP, the usual stuff. Must be in the Dallas, TX area and able to work on-site. Contract duration is approximately six months. If interested, contact me off-list with resume, url's etc. Thanks! - jim Armstrong

RE: [Flashcoders] amfphp.org?

2007-05-15 Thread Jim Armstrong
http://www.5etdemi.com/blog/archives/2007/05/amfphporg-domain-name-debac le/ regards, - ji\m/ www.algorithmist.net algorithmist.wordpress.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dnk Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 11:43 AM To: Flashcoders

Re: [Flashcoders] AS2: capturing a href=link/a events?

2007-05-16 Thread Jim Armstrong
sebastian wrote: Hello again, a more difficult question maybe... Is there any way for me to capture a user click on an href tag inside of a CSS formatted html text field? Have you looked at asfunction? good luck! - jim -- Jim Armstrong::Mathematician::Algorithmist::Programmer Singularity

RE: [Flashcoders] Simplify point collection

2007-07-11 Thread Jim Armstrong
Glad to help. good luck! - jim www.algorithmist.net http://algorithmist.wordpress.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Smeets, Ben Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 10:26 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders]

RE: [Flashcoders] Simplify point collection

2007-07-11 Thread Jim Armstrong
Is this what you're after? http://motiondraw.com/md/as_samples/t/LineGeneralization/demo.html regards, - jim armstrong www.algorithmist.net http://algorithmist.wordpress.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Smeets, Ben Sent: Wednesday

RE: [Flashcoders] Simplify point collection

2007-07-12 Thread Jim Armstrong
Not sure if this is what you want, but check out the JTS Topology Suite. Here is the user's guide - The Polygonizer class may be in the ballpark of what you desire http://www.vividsolutions.com/jts/bin/JTS%20Developer%20Guide.pdf This is not a Flash library (it's Java), but it is available for

RE: [Flashcoders] AS 2.0 Tweening libraries

2007-07-18 Thread Jim Armstrong
I've used TweenLite and TweenFilterLite in a couple projects -- ease of use was an issue in the prototyping stages and small file size was a benefit in deployment. Works as advertised and well worth a look! regards, - jim armstrong www.algorithmist.net http://algorithmist.wordpress.com