Rotating Symbol On Perfect Axis?
I'm having lots of trouble rotating a symbol/graphic on a perfect axis, and also it does not spin smoothly. It looks somewhat like a pinwheel, and when it spins it becomes very jagged and choppy.
Can anyone provide me some ideas as to how I can go about creating this spinning symbol the proper way?
Thanks so much!
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Posted on: 04-13-2003, 07:50 PM
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Code:
var centar:Object = new Object();
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var speed:Number = 4;
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Code:
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I've been trying to figure this menu out for a while and I just can't. What i'm trying to do is to have a similar menu to this http://www.templatemonster.com/flash...tes/12947.html
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ActionScript Code:
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import fl.transitions.easing.*;
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ps: sry for my terrible english.
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Now, I'm trying to get the emblem to rotate "clockwise" 90 degrees when the mouse rolls over the bottom part of the emblem (I want the top part to stay anti-clockwise). To do this I have split the invisible button into 2 separate buttons. The top button called "Top Hit Panel" and the bottom button called "Bottom Hit Panel".
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Check out the attachment - you'll see what I mean.
Now, I'm trying to get the emblem to rotate "clockwise" 90 degrees when the mouse rolls over the bottom part of the emblem (I want the top part to stay anti-clockwise). To do this I have split the invisible button into 2 separate buttons. The top button called "Top Hit Panel" and the bottom button called "Bottom Hit Panel".
Now, it seems to me that I need an action script to go on the bottom button that will cause it to play backwards on the "Nav Bar" timeline. The only thing is, is that it must have the same easing as when the emblem rotates anti-clockwise. It will need to ease out +100 so it will have the same 'slow down before it stops' effect.
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Check out the attachment - you'll see what I mean.
Now, I'm trying to get the emblem to rotate "clockwise" 90 degrees when the mouse rolls over the bottom part of the emblem (I want the top part to stay anti-clockwise). To do this I have split the invisible button into 2 separate buttons. The top button called "Top Hit Panel" and the bottom button called "Bottom Hit Panel".
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Ok
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i've made a lot of great stuff with it, my menus are sliding all over the place as we speak, but only on the x axis.
now i'm trying to make one that slides up and down on the y axis, and i can't get the coding to make it work right. i have seven buttons this time instead of 5, and i've changed all the "x's" in the actionscript to "y's"
it still slides along the x axis!!!!! what's going on. does flash not like using the y axis. perhaps this is impossible?
this is the code, maybe someone can tell me what i'm doing wrong?
easeSpeed = 5;
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};
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This Is Perfect
Just what I need!
I've been doing lessons and tutorials (like the ones that come with Flash MX) that seem to assume you already know where everything is and can easily find it.
Someone pointed me in the direction of THIS website today, and most of the tutorials I looked at seem basic enough for me.
I need PICTURES and where something is! Not just "go to_________ and set this" etc.
I did a button tutorial and actually got it to work,(2nd try) but had to import sound from my Coffee Cup html editor- which went into the FLASH library, and I found it and dragged it onto the work area, with the frame I wanted it in selected.
Amazingly it worked! I had little choice of sounds and picked on that sounds like a cash register. One I could have picked was a cow MOO.
Either I couldn't figure out where to find the sounds in FLASH (going by the tutorial, which even had pictures) or, the tut was for another version of FLASH?
I've noticed this a few times, something won't be where the tutorial says, or will be a little bit different. Which usually stops me, but I find another to try and will get back to it.
One thing that stumped me in one, that seemed to have good, clear directions was in one place it was adding a button (to stop the action) and had a script to copy/paste. It said "add the script to (one of) the frames". Without any clue as to HOW one adds a script?
Since then I have seen clues about this, so maybe either adding a keyframe and right clicking (for options and a place to paste the script) or just right clicking and finding options?
Plan to go back and try it again at some point.
But that's what I mean about the tutorials, some of them will say "select a certain frame and add the sciript to it". (for example) like how on earth do you do THAT?
I look in all the tools and right click everything I can think of and look in FLASH HELP (Index) etc.
Some things I have worked out on my own. Some I gave up on for now.
I've been interested in this for a long time, but haven't really gotten into learning it till last week. And I think it's kind of addictive
I've been sitting up till 1-2 AM (like I did when I was learning to make webpages, finding all the ways it didn't work) Just trying to get something to WORK!
I got a ball to bounce across the screen. And a button to click. And also a ball to go around a word, but it does't go behind it on one side. I got confused with that, too. I think I have the idea, though. You have to delete the frames (on one of the layers)so the ball does't SHOW when it goes over that part.
I don't know how much I'm learning but I'm starting to feel a little smarter
And it's such a great feeling to finally get something to work!
One more question (for now) when it's done, I save it and publish it- do I have to copy all the layers onto one? (ONE tutorial I did said this at the end) THEN save it and click PUBLISH.
When I got to my html editor to upload it, there are 3 files with the name of the flash. One is the html one, one is the fla file and I don't know what the other is. Maybe the image in some way?
I have discovered all 3 have to be uploaded for it to show on the webpage.
So, I guess that answers my own question about that.
I have to get off this computer and get something else done, and see if I can still walk.
~ Carrie
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b
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Is it possible to really preload the entire movie?
I ask this because some of the stuff I am doing, the preloader will completely load, play for about 2 seconds and have a slight pause or seem jumpy. My file sizes range from 10k - 35k.
Does anyone know what might be causing this?
Thanks so much for your help!
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Perfect Setinterval?
I want a piece of code to activate every 1000 milliseconds. However, when I check with getTimer() how many seconds actually pass between activating the function, i get a lot of 1000's but also a lot of 1009's and 1050's. How can I rewrite my function here to get it perfect?
Code:
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setInterval(sitime, "interval", 1000);
sitime.interval = function() {
box2._x+=1
lasttime = marktime;
marktime = getTimer();
timepassed = marktime-lasttime;
trace(timepassed);
updateAfterEvent;
};
Picture - Not Perfect
Hi all!!
something strange is happening to my images. My image files are in movie clips and I use an easing equation in AS2 to tween them into the stage.
When I test the moving using Control - test, the images are displayed perfectly. But when I export the swf and view the movie in IE7, the images are all jagged and distorted.
Any suggestions? anyone? will be much appreciated!
Cheers!
Perfect Circles?
In the Flash IDE, is it possible to draw perfect (or at least better than the circle tool) circles? I ask because I'm applying math-based physics to an arc and it doesn't quite match up to the visuals in the background.
The Perfect Rollover
Hi, i'm not so familiar with as3 but i decided to take the step and forget as2.
I am now trying to make perfect rollovers. Not the play over on rollover and play out on rollout but play forward on rollover and play backwards on rollout.
Why? because if you have a long animation on that rollover and you go quickly over the button with your mouse the forward and backward technique is the only way to have something that doesn't skip frames.
I found some code on this forum that did almost what i wanted :
var whoami:MovieClip;
var over:Boolean;
over = undefined;
button1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,ove rHandler);
button1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, outHandler);
button2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,ove rHandler);
button2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, outHandler);
button3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,ove rHandler);
button3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, outHandler);
button4.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,ove rHandler);
button4.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, outHandler);
function overHandler(e:MouseEvent):void {
over = true;
whoami = MovieClip(e.currentTarget);
whoami.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, playForwards);
if (over) {
whoami.dispatchEvent(new Event("overEvent",true, false));
}
}
function outHandler(e:MouseEvent):void {
over = false;
whoami = MovieClip(e.currentTarget);
whoami.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, playBackwards);
}
function playForwards(e:Event):void {
if (over == true) {
whoami.nextFrame();
}
}
function playBackwards(e:Event):void {
if (over==false) {
whoami.prevFrame();
}
I liked that code very much because the same functions are used for all the buttons (overHandler,outHandler,playForwards and playBackwards) but it had a bug : when you go quickly from one button to the other, the animation doesn't have time to finish and the previous button the mouse was on stops in a position between the over and out state.
I fixed this making different functions for each button and i'm quite happy with that but now the code is much longer and if there are more buttons it will get even longer :
var over1:Boolean;
var over2:Boolean;
var over3:Boolean;
var over4:Boolean;
over1 = undefined;
over2 = undefined;
over3 = undefined;
over4 = undefined;
button1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,ove rHandler1);
button1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, outHandler1);
button2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,ove rHandler2);
button2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, outHandler2);
button3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,ove rHandler3);
button3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, outHandler3);
button4.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,ove rHandler4);
button4.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, outHandler4);
function overHandler1(e:MouseEvent):void {
over1 = true;
button1.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, playForwards1);
if (over1) {
button1.dispatchEvent(new Event("overEvent",true, false));
}
}
function outHandler1(e:MouseEvent):void {
over1 = false;
button1.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, playBackwards1);
}
function playForwards1(e:Event):void {
if (over1 == true) {
button1.nextFrame();
}
}
function playBackwards1(e:Event):void {
if (over1==false) {
button1.prevFrame();
}
}
function overHandler2(e:MouseEvent):void {
over2 = true;
button1.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, playForwards2);
if (over2) {
button2.dispatchEvent(new Event("overEvent",true, false));
}
}
function outHandler2(e:MouseEvent):void {
over2 = false;
button2.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, playBackwards2);
}
function playForwards2(e:Event):void {
if (over2 == true) {
button2.nextFrame();
}
}
function playBackwards2(e:Event):void {
if (over2==false) {
button2.prevFrame();
}
}
function overHandler3(e:MouseEvent):void {
over3 = true;
button3.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, playForwards3);
if (over3) {
button3.dispatchEvent(new Event("overEvent",true, false));
}
}
function outHandler3(e:MouseEvent):void {
over3 = false;
button3.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, playBackwards3);
}
function playForwards3(e:Event):void {
if (over3 == true) {
button3.nextFrame();
}
}
function playBackwards3(e:Event):void {
if (over3==false) {
button3.prevFrame();
}
}
function overHandler4(e:MouseEvent):void {
over4 = true;
button4.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, playForwards4);
if (over4) {
button4.dispatchEvent(new Event("overEvent",true, false));
}
}
function outHandler4(e:MouseEvent):void {
over4 = false;
button4.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, playBackwards4);
}
function playForwards4(e:Event):void {
if (over4 == true) {
button4.nextFrame();
}
}
function playBackwards4(e:Event):void {
if (over4==false) {
button4.prevFrame();
}
}
does anybody have an idea to make this code shorter, maybe by using something similar to the previous code but still fixing the bug. I really need to find a way to make a lot of buttons without writing tons of code.
Another thing i'd like is to have a hand cursor on those buttons, i know i can place a transparent button inside the movie clip but i don't like that, i tried to use useHandCursor but couldn't get it to work.
Picture Perfect
Hey guys...real simple question here!
IN the "cool sites" section there's this post...
http://www.purdesign.ca/
If you enter the flash site you'll notice the big,bright,beautiful background pics
of plants (cool idea)
My question is ...What is the best way to achieve such great looking pictures in Flash?
I've tried photoshop "save for web" gif,png format and jpeg. When imported into flash my pics lose thier vibrance and look "washed"
Anybody?
Perfect Timing
after much deliberation over my goldfish, I'm lost!
nothing seems to work!?
Just for a test run, I have 2 MC's, 1 is of a bland fish swimming happily, and one is is the same fish, fast asleep... I enter the code,
Code:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
time=new Date();
seconds = time.getSeconds()
minutes = time.getMinutes()
hours = time.getHours()
if (time.hours >13) {
gotoAndPlay(2);
}
}
in frame 1... and
Code:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
time=new Date();
seconds = time.getSeconds()
minutes = time.getMinutes()
hours = time.getHours()
if (time.hours >14) {
gotoAndPlay(1);
}
}
before even testing, I checked for errors, and the output gave me...
Quote:
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=actions, frame=1:Line 2: Clip events are permitted only for movie clip instances
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1
which threw me off course, So I tried removing the onClipEvent, and well the output was fine, but it was 13:20 and the fish was still awake!?
OK, question time
1) Why wont my fish go to sleep?... (i.e fix my code!!!)
2) At the moment he goes to sleep after 1PM (13 hours)... but what if I want him to sleep at say 1:35 (13 hours, 35 minutes) how would that fit in the code??
THANKS!
Perfect Circle
After taking Senoculars (wonderful) trig tutorial, I started messing with trig, and came up with a method to make a perfect circle using ActionScript. Check it out!
The Old Perfect Fade
I'm using the perfect fade for a menu. It's not fading in, it's sliding it. On the rollover, the menu slides out, then the buttons appear at the end.
Everything works fine until I rollover the buttons. They frantically blink on the Rollover. It's almost like the mc is trying to go to the prevFrame but can't.
Anyone know of anyway to make this stop?
The Perfect Preloader
http://www.versusmediagroup.com/kirupa/preloader/
Okay first off I am not going to even try to take credit for this great preloader. I got it from the Macromedia Developers site and its free there but I have been looking for one that had this much freedom and here it is.
When you open the '.fla' file you will see, in the library, a movie clip called progress_mc. The great thing about this preloader is that you can put whatever animation you want and it will play it as the preloader and it will slow it down as needed. It also playes the entire movie clip so you see it smoothly go all the way threw your animation.
Again i did not create this code here is a link to who did...write him and tell him how much you love him!
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/...preloader.html
Perfect Background
This is driving me crazy. Im doin a FBF and I wanna have a 100% picture in the background. Th problem is, when I scale the flash I want the picture to scale "untouched" with it.
Good examples:
http://www.diesel.com/
http://www.gskinner.com/site2_5/
Ok example
http://www.setvariable.com/elastic/
NO GOOD EXAMPLES:
http://www.secondstory.com/
http://www.revolvercreative.com/flash.html
can somebody PLEASE help me - Im goin crazy!!!
What Is The Perfect Size?
what is the perfect size i should work with? im not too fimilar about sizes and stuff this is going to be for a webpage. Should i be working with a 800x600 template ? and if so does that mean i just set it as 800 x 600 on flash or does it need to be bigger. Kinda confused..like what is the header for the size of this site now? thats the size i need
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