Flash :: Lack Of Creativity

Large Text....no Creativity....HELP
Hi there,

I am lacking creativity at the moment. I am working on a flash cd presentation. At one point a lot of text needs to be displayed to introduce the story. I tried with shape tweening to display the text a little bit funny before it is actually readable. But because the text is so large, it doesn't work (too slow). Does anybody have a creative idea on how to show large texts in flash??

Thanx,
Dorine

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Tweening(or The Lack Of It)
I'm trying to show a tree growing on a page I'm making for a personal project. I am using photographs in various formats (bitmap,png,jpeg,psd) and the movement I get when tweening is just a snap to the final image. No smoothness or movement of the tree at all throughout the movie. Is there something I have to do to prepare these source photos for Flash5 to tween properly? I've got a bazillion more questions but that'll do for a start.

Lack Of Ideas
Have you gotten to the stage where ideas are out of reach? Then you visit a site and get mad at yourself becasue everyones ideas are cool and unique and "better than your own"? Just wondering.

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Lack Of Speed...
hi there,
i did some animation with tweens in content.swf
when the content.swf is nested into my main.swf (with loadMovie) the animations seems to be slower.

framerate is the same with 30 fps

what´s the reason for that, how to fix the problem...?

cobo

Lack Of .onMouseWheel Support On Mac OS X
Being a Flash developer since Flash 5/MX, I'm highly annoyed by the lack of support for the .onMouseWheel event in the Flash player for Mac.

This is not a rant, I'm just looking for answers.

For those not familiar with the .onMouseWheel event handler, it allows you to scroll text fields and even movieclips with a mouse scroll wheel. However, this is only supported in Windows.

Mac OS X, surely enough, is more than capable of supporting this. OS X supports scroll wheel mice, and with the release of the Mighty Mouse, scrolling via mouse will [finally] be standard. I'm quite disappointed that I cannot test this feature on my platform, and I do find it a hindrance to the progression and feature-set of my project.

There's an example of the .onMouseWheel event handler at http://www.communitymx.com/content/a....cfm?cid=E81CE

Does anyone have any insight on this?

Lack Of Sound Sync...
I've already posted about this little dilemma of mine in the "MX04 Bugs/'Issues'" Topic, but I've decided that this problematic an issue deserves a topic of it's own.

During production with MX 2004 Pro, I've run into a little problem with sound syncing. I've become aware that I'm not the only one with this problem. It starts with one scene and it even carries over to other scenes, making fade in and outs completely pointless. I'm using a separate layer for Sound FX and Music, but the problems begin in a scene with no music at all. If anyone has a solution or bug fix for this (besides working with an extremely delayed timeline) let me know. Thanks.

Help With A Button State...or Lack Of...
Ok, I have this little idea for a new project (u guys are more than welcome to critique it...) i have to halfs that open up with one button, and closes with another. I want to achieve this same effect with only one button...I'm pretty sure I have to use an If...Then... statement, but how? what do I do? Here's what the SWF looks like so far....

Likny-Linky

Help I´m Lost In Scripting - Or Is It Just Lack Of Experience
Hy you guys out there !

Can anyone help me ?? I´m stock in a case, where I need to get movieclips to fade out. But I´m not clever enough to script this part.

Check out this site :
http://www.nicesound.dk

I want the enduser to click the buttons below, and then the individual movieclip needs to fade out !!! How do I do that ?

I know it has something to do with variables, but I get confused. It seeme to me, that I can´t understand the logic of scripting vaariables.

It would be at great help, if anybody could tell me what to do !! And by the way, now that you are there: give me a comment on the generel graphic design.

My own opinion is that it is nice - but could certantly be bettter

Thanks in advance

Egander

Strings Variables And Lack Of Knowledge
Hi,
I've got a dynamic text box that should display the relevant text depending on the values of the two variables:
"section" and" thumb". The text related variables are dynamically loaded from a text file when the movie loads and follow a logical pattern of graphics1,graphics2,web1,web2 etc... or in other words they correspond to the result of combining the "section" variable with the "thumb" variable.
I have the following script to load the relevant variable into the texfield:

_root.section_clip.text_loader.txt_holder.htmlText = _level0._root.section+_root.thumb;

the problem is that instead of actually loading the relevant text, it displays the combination of _root.section and _root.thumb ie:
graphics1.

graphics1 would be the name of the variable I'm trying to call, but flash interprets it as text rather than the variable that it should to make me happy.

I am aware that I'm probably doing this completely the wrong way
but that is what happens when you try to figure out actionscripting with no external aid.

Thanks for your time.

Can Someone Put This Together For Me - My Lack Of Understanding The Complete Picture
Can you put it together in my mind how this works as I follow it i want to do this in one actionscript everything but the PHP part of course.

It allso has come to my attension there might be a issue if the control does not exist when data is returned from the PHP then how can i make shure this does not happen.

> *
> var newWindow = PopUpManager.createPopUp(this, Window, true);
> *
> for my fancy output message box
> *
> and so forth
> *
> var win = PopUpManager.createPopUp(_root, Window, true,
> {closeButton:true}); function click(evt){
> *** evt.target.deletePopUp();
> }
> win.addEventListener("click", this);
> *
> *
> But can this be done in a simple action script like
> *
> var SendData:LoadVars = new LoadVars() SendData.email =
> "email@send_to.com"
> SendData.name = "Name"
> SendData.message = "Test Message"
> var returnData:LoadVars = new LoadVars() returnData.onLoad =
> function(){
> trace(this.status)
> }
> SendData.sendAndLoad("phpFile.php",returnData)
> *
> *
> from a simple button like this
> *
> bttn12
>
> on (release){
>
> txt.loadVariables("email.php", "POST");
>
> }
> *
> *
> from a simple PHP script like this
> *
> <?php
> $sendTo = "cleopataura@comcast.net";
> $subject = "Message from Massage Yoga Polarity contact form.";
> $headers = "From: " . $_POST["name"]; $headers .= "<" .
> $_POST["email"] . ">
"; $headers .= "Reply-To: " . $_POST["email"]
> . "
"; $headers .= "Return-Path: " . $_POST["email"]; $message =
> $_POST["message"]; mail($sendTo, $subject, $message, $headers); echo
> "&status=your Mail has been Sent&junk="; ?>
> *
> In Relaity I need to send back more data then what is displayed above
> I am just trying to simplfy the examples so a not to get thrown off
> track.
> *

Stupid Question .... Must Be Lack Of Sleep
Stupid question...

I have a map that shows the regions of new zealand. When a person clicks on Auckland for example. I want it to call an enlarged version then the user will confirm that Auckland is correct with a go button that I have made. Once this is done I need to make a dynamic text box say "auckland region"

Any idea what i'm doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

Damn I need sleep.. I've not slept in a couple of days now....

Christopher Mitchell

Text Scroll, Lack Of Working...
I'm building a text scroll But for some reason the up button wont work.
If anyone is interested in helping me, I'll send you the fla file.

//TEXT STYLE
var tFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
tFormat.font = "_sans";
tFormat.bold = true
tFormat.size = 15;

//TEXT FEILD POSITION
var nWidth:Number = mcDisplayBg._width;
var nHeight:Number = mcDisplayBg._height;
var nX:Number = mcDisplayBg._x;
var nY:Number = mcDisplayBg._y;

this.createTextField ("tHome", this.getNextHighestDepth(), nX, nY, nWidth, nHeight);
tHome.multiline = true;
tHome.wordWrap = true;
tHome.setTextFormat (tFormat);

//Holding Interval
var nInterval:Number;

//Text Loader
tHome.html = true;
var lvHomeContent:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
lvHomeContent.onData = function (sHTMLData:String):Void {
tHome.htmlText = sHTMLData;
};
lvHomeContent.load("tHome.html")

//SCROLL BUTTONS
upbtn.onRollOver = function():Void {
nInterval = setInterval (scrollHome, 100, "up");
};

upbtn.onRollOut = function():Void {
clearInterval(nInterval);
};

downbtn.onRollOver = function():Void {
nInterval = setInterval(scrollHome, 100, "down");
};

downbtn.onRollOut = function():Void{
clearInterval (nInterval);
};

function scrollHome (sScrollD:String):Void {

if(sScrollD == "up") {
tHome.scroll --;
}
else {
}
tHome.scroll++;
}
updateAfterEvent();

//Scroll Commands - Keyboard
/*
var oListener:Object = new Object();
oListener.onKeyDown = function():Void {
switch(Key.getCode()){
case Key.UP:
tHome.scroll++;
break;
case Key.DOWN:
tHome.scroll--;
break;
case Key.PGUP:
tHome.scroll = tHome.bottomScroll;
break;
case Key.PGDN:
tHome.scroll -= tHome.bottomScroll - tHome.scroll;
}
};

*/

Lack Of Www Causing Security Problems?
I've got a Flash app that calls a php script to query a MySQL database. It's working OK, but if I go to the address without the www, it doesn't work.

I've triggered the script directory from an html page with a form, and there's no problem dropping the www. And I know that Apache is set to display pages without www.

So I'm baffled as to the cause of the problem. I don't think it's a crossdomain.xml issue because it's the same domain. And I don't want to go through the entire project and change http://www.personal-log.com/LCARSLogsLoader.html to http://personal-log.com/LCARSLogsLoader.html

Any ideas?

TIA, Jennfier

Dynamic Buttons Lack Actions?
Hi there-

I am having two related problems with the attached file:
The main issue is this: I am using a movieClipLoader class to load a bunch of thumbnails, then upon their completion, enable them as "buttons." Within the onRelease action of those thumbnail buttons, however, I cannot seem to write a statement which will apply the action to the corresponding variable, depending on which button is pressed. I can trace the button's name, but I can't figure out how to make it do something for(var i = 1;i>=106;i++).

Here is my code, inside a movie clip that holds all of the thumbnail images, sitting on the _root:

ActionScript Code:
stop();
//define Movie Clip Loader & listener
myMCL = new MovieClipLoader();
myListener = new Object();
myListener.onLoadComplete = function(targetMC) {
// over functions for loaded "thumb" images
targetMC.onRollOver = function() {
//
};
// down functions for loaded "thumb" images
targetMC.onRelease = function() {
//*******************************
//*******************************
//can't figure out how to load the big image here:
this._parent._parent.big.loadMovie(this["thumb"+i].bigImage);
//can't figure out how to refer to my new text variables
//with respect to which button i'm pressing.
//Something like: "thumb1, thumb2, etc" or "cap1, cap2, etc"
_root.cap = new LoadVars();
trace(targetMC);
_root.cap.load("content/text/ch6_captions.txt");
_root.cap.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
_root.capText.html = true;
_root.capText.htmlText = this.cap2;
}
};
};
};
//loading images works fine
function initClips() {
for (i=1; i<=total; i++) {
total = 106;
this.attachMovie("thumbHolder", "thumb"+i, i+10);
this["thumb"+i].bigImage = "images/ch6/big/"+i+".jpg";
this["thumb"+i]._x = (i*60)-60;
//i've replaced " i " below with an image number(8) because i can't post
//all 106 images...
myMCL.loadClip("images/ch6/thumb/"+8+".jpg", this["thumb"+i]);
this._parent.attachMovie("bigHolder", "big", this.getNextHighestDepth());
with (_parent.big) {
_x = 272;
_y = 140;
}
}
}
// add listener
myMCL.addListener(myListener);
initClips();

Thanks a lot, everyone!

Help Me Please... MX 2004 Crash(lack Of Memory)
Hello,

Please help me on my problem. I have a Pentium4 3 Ghz Processor with a 760 mb RAM but still MX crashes due to lack of memory. My dilemma started by:

I'm creating a Multimedia Presentation for my company in Flash 5, I'ts all about the company and the Government, I put a lot of pictures and text. The Presentation are divided into 2 parts, English and Arabic. Im done now with the English part, since the Arabic content is same as the content of English I just copy Scenes in English to Arabic. I try to duplicate it giving a different scene name. To give you an idea the fla file size is 33,785 KB. It is working normally in Flash 5, I publish it on EXE and SWF Files easily.

Now, once I imported it to Flash MX 2004, I can't compile it to EXE or SWF files because it will prompt an error, "Lack of Memory or Memory Unavailable" Given the fact that I do have a higher memory already and a good processor.

The only thing I need to migrate the project to MX from Flash 5 is that, Flash 5 does not support Arabic Text. That is the only thing.

Please help me, My deadline is really coming for this project? I really need your reply.

Thanks in Advanced...

francism_erl

Help Required: Sniffing Lack Of Mouse Movement
Hi there I was wondering if anyone could help me.

I am developing an swf where if the mouse is not touched for a period of time say 15 seconds then the movie will gotoand stop at say frame 1.

I am aware that I will need some type of if statement, however I am not sure of correct the syntax to monitor the mouse movement (or lack of) should I say.

If anyone could provide me with the correct syntax to allow this to work that would be brilliant.

Thanks in advance

Help With How To Link A Lack Of MouseEvents To Timer Resent
Hi-

Can someone help me?

Somehow I need Flash to detect if/when the mouse does NOT move over a course of time, so that it can begin a countdown to replay an intro movieclip I need to play before a graphical menu loads.

That is to say, if no one moves the mouse in order to access any of the menu items (say within a minute of the menu_mc loading), the script runs and the intro_mc plays over again. Every time the mouse moves, the script should reset (so that it doesnt go back and replay while the viewer is moving the mouse).

In the attached example, I've labeled the parts, where the light green ball represents the intro and the static dark green ball represents the menu. It stays on the menu page with the following script (which I am obviously unaware of how to modify to meet the above criteria).

Code:
stop();

function startOver() {
clearInterval(id);
gotoAndPlay("start");
}
var id = setInterval(startOver, 10000);
Thanks so much, I am totally lost

Spinny 3D Flash Movies And Button Interaction ... Or Lack Of
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~m...h/menubuild.swf

right I need some help guys .. I seem to have managed the seemingly complex spining menu items but I can't make the buttons work!

What should happen is ... move the mouse over a brick .. brick spins and the text appears .. if you dont click on anything .. the brick will spin back round. If you do click on it (well the bottom two bricks anyway) it will direct you to either MSN or Google. If you experiment with it, you'll find if you open both the bottom two bricks at once .. then click on any of the bricks (even the top ones).. its pot luck as to if you get google or msn.

I've tried setting the graphic as a button .. but i can't make it do anything at all.

Can someone maybe contact me and have a look at my flash coding and tell me where I'm going wrong?

Cheers Guys
Dave

[Books]: Fresh Flash And Flash Math Creativity
It seems there isn't a forum about books, so I posted here
I'm interested in these two books: I've just seen them in Levitated.net (they have a fantastic layout ) and in Amazon the users rated them very good. I'd like to know if they cover almost the same topics or both are useful.
Thank you.

Lack Of A "buttons Tutorial"
HI,
Im kinda new at this, but I have read the entire basic and advanced tutorial because i wanted to know how to create buttons with cool effects, however none of the above mentioned tutorials have a detailed explanation about this issue and I couldnt get the info Im looking for.

Thanks for considering this thread.

Marcovni

Flash MX Video OR Flash MX Video Creativity
Hi there,

I've just noticed that compman.co.uk are selling off a load of Friends of Ed books at half price, and I've been looking for a book about working with video in Flash for a while now!

Soo ... I was just wondering if anybody had read either of the two books above and whether you would recommend them or not. I would say my actionscripting is at an intermediate stage, and I can't really decide whether to go for Flash MX Video which will give me an introduction to Video ... or whether I should go with Creativity which will be harder to follow but show me a load more cool stuff!

Thanks for your help

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