Flash :: Speed Related Animations

Using Buttons And Animations Related
Hi

I don't know if anyone will help me, but I am desperate I don't know what to do...

I have a simply code that has buttons working with actionscript, and it has an animation in the background. the animation do works when I use ONE button, but when i tried to use more buttons, it does not work anymore... if someone could help me, I will be VEEEERY pleased.

just write your email and then I send the fla
the file is to large to attach here...

very thanks

Actual Time Related Animations
Sorry if this is in the wrond section but I was wondering is it possible to do time related animations with actionscript.

Example

At 9am in the morning it will play frames 1 to 7 at 12 midday it will play 8 to something and at 8pm it will play the other frames.

Is this possible .... sorry to say that I am a bit of a newb on the actionscript front.

Thank you in advance

Does CPU Speed Affect SWF Animations?
I notice that in slower PCs such as aging Pentium III's, complex Flash animations run slowly. Sometimes the animations or movements become choppy and skip a few frames. Why is that?

Speed, Smoothness Of Animations
I'm just starting to learn Flash on my own. I've noticed that the animations I create (motion tweens, etc) seem choppy compared to the quick, smooth ones I see around the net on nice sites.

What controls this? Is it the fps of the movie? I've played with that already, to no avail. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks.

How Do I Speed Up Flash Animations?
Hi,

I was just wondering if there's a way I could speed up flash animations on my computer. ie: Making a flash game go super-speed.

Instructions would be greatly appreciated

Thanks :)

Speed Up Playback Of Flash Animations
Hi all,
I have many many flash .swf files to view and was wondering if I could speed up the playback rate. I don't mind if the audio/voices sound like chipmunks as I don't have time to watch everything at normal speed.

The .swf files come in a movies folder while in the root are 2 files: "config.xml" and "index.html" to run everything, so I figure I can edit these to somehow affect the playback speed. Any ideas?

Smooth Animations And Speed. Happy Medium, Help
Hey all,

I had a general question. I'm working with tweened animations (ie. stuff fading up via. alpha channel, movements, etc.)

Everything is looking jagged/staggered right now, my animations aren't smooth at all. I figured the more frames in an animation the smoother it would look (as in trad. animation) but the more frames I use the longer it takes the complete the animation.

What is the solution to getting quick AND smooth animations. If I want say, a black bar to streak across the bottom of the screen smoothly.

Do I need to use more keyframes inbetween my first and my last keyframe? I see great smooth and quick animations all the time, so I know the solution is here somewhere.

Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks for your time!

AX-1

I Am Using Flash MX, But This Is Mainly Action Scripting Related/XML Related Help ME
Hi.
I have a Flash menu that reads info from an XML file.
But I do not know how to make the links in the menu go to a certain url.
Here is my example:
http://www.digitarium.net/dnd/test/

and here is an example of the xml

menu
value id="1"
title News /title
disc Current News and 0wnage /disc
url index.asp /url
/value

I want the links to work and access the url.
Can anyone help me?
Here are links to the files.
http://www.digitarium.net/dnd/test/new.fla
http://www.digitarium.net/dnd/test/menu.xml
http://www.digitarium.net/dnd/test/xml.swf

Streaming Audio Speed No Good - Depends On Processor Or Internet Connection Speed?
we are launching a narrated, streaming flash 6.0 presentation for a client. frame rate is 20fps. here is the link:

http://www.optionaldesigngroup.com/preston

they sent us this email:

"I do not know who else this may be happening with, but when Marjorie Sanders (OC) opened to take the tour, it loaded the software (not sure why her machine didn't have it), and the video was the size of a postcard, Kathleen sounded like a little child (almost munchkin like) and was going 100 mph (so very, very fast - almost unintelligible). Can we experiment with it. Could it be because of the download - I would hope that people don't receive it that way or they will end up laughing at it (it is almost silly)."

does the streaming sync depend on the internet connection or the processor speed? i am assuming processor, and that on a kick-butt new machine it will stream faster then on a slower one.

i think the only way to counter for this is to go in and add some more frames in the narration between phrases. we don't want to lower the framerate because it will affect the flow of the tweens.

any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

Problems With Speed: Loading An Animation Dynamically...reduced Speed Why? W/exampl
Im loading an animating logo dynamically into a site. The animation works in normal speed if i access it directly:
http://www.ingerreime.no/David/thegl...ches/home.html
But, when i load it dynamically into the main site, the speed reduces drastically! Click "home":
http://www.ingerreime.no/David/thegl...achesmain.html

Everything is loaded dynamically, except the blue backgrounds.

Any thoughts?

Thanx!

Dave

The Speed Of Moving Movie Clip Changes With The Speed Of Mouse?
Hello:
anybody knows how to make the speed of the moving movie clip changes with the speed of the mouse?
here is an example http://www.bgagroup.com/dev/alpha/ui_001.html
thank you very much!!!
I am using Flash MX

fibi

Light Speed Or Warp Speed Effect.
Can someone tell me if they no how to create or have and .fla file of the stars in the star wars when ships go to warp. They kind of strech. I have been looking for this but the search tool here is not the best.

Animations Playing Over Animations...
Alrighty,

First off I'm not new to flash, however when it comes to scripting, I am. Heres the issue I'm having:

I have a website entirely done in flash. When you select a side link it plays a short animation on the main animation and then loads another animation upon the main one. This way you only load what you need as you need it. When it appears it gives the illusion of all being part of one site. Now, I'm trying to set it up so that you can select a link on this 2nd animation and have it bring up another animation over part of it... I did it... Thing is, whenever I select one of the far off links to the left from the main animation it wont get rid of the tiny animation brought forth by animation 2... It just stays there and wont go away.

Anyhoo, sorry if this issue is a very simple error and the entire question void of all inteligence, but any help woud be great.

-Ashek

The Speed Of Movieclip Changes With The Speed Of Mouse?
Do anyone know how to do that?
Here is the URL of an example
http://www.bgagroup.com/dev/alpha/ui_001.html

Great Great Thanks!!!

fibi

[MX04] MC Speed Vs. Document Speed
I'm an intermediate to flash, and know limited coding.
But,
I have created a flash slideshow with a preloader. However, the preloader needs to be at 12fps in order to look good, but the slideshow is at 0.4fps to look good. (It basically just flips to each image.) The controller is a sample controller in flash, and I wasn't sure how to activate the delay switch in it, so I just set the fps of the whole scene at 0.4fps.

Anyways, is there a way to have the whole slide show at 0.4fps but the preloader MC at 12fps, or sped up or something. Thanks!

How To Increase Speed And Decrease Speed "movieclip" Using Buttons
I am building a flash game and was wondering do anyone know how to make a variable/button increase speed and to decrease speed of a movie clip.

Thanks

Its All Related
I know this is not a direct flash problem but i hope someone can advide.

I have a browser containg a link which opens my flash site in the centre of the screen...no problems there...

however! what i would like to do is make my browser containing my link to the site go straight to full-screen...any ideas...

but also i have a title on the screen...say it says "My Site.com". what i would like to do is position this title so that it always appears above my centered website regardless of screen resolution just for cosmetic looks. I assume that part will have to do with tables and alignment...so my main problem is the full screen...

if someone can advise on all or part of my problem i would be exteremly grateful.

Hex To Dec (not RGB Related)
Hi

I'm doing a simple hex converter with a input window(hex) and output window(dec)

Currently i'm using a simple script on a button to covert the hex to dec

on (release) {
outputBox = parseInt(inputBox, 16);
}

This is ok if you want to convert one hex number at a time, what i want to do
is input lots of hex values (in the input window) and convert them to dec (to
the output window) in one go.

All help is appreciated

4Real

Related To .flv
I am working at a flex project . There are variuos vide files and variuos .swfs , suppose any user choose a video file and put some effects over that video file (.flv) effects are in .swf format , now i want save all that effects and a .flv video file in a single .flv file . Is it poosible? if yes how? please reply me as soon as poosible

thanks

A Related Question
i have a related question... i was wondering about this the other day, and i think i am talking about the same thing here, but once a person fills out a form and clicks a submit button, where does that info go? where can you retrieve it? can you set it up to go to a specific email address or anything? any explaination available here? thanks.

Not Exactly Flash Related But~
correct me if I'm wrong, but I heard that flash takes in math equations/formulas and displays that graph into the flash player as shapes...
if this is true, is there any way we can export the equations? or am I just dumb ^^;;

OnMouseEvent - Related
I made buttons in flash, and I gave them 3 events...
OnMouseOver
OnMouseOut
OnMouseRelease
The Over and Out commands work, however, I can't get the release event to work properly. It for some reason, instead of going to 10, goes back to frame 1. Any ideas why? Anyone know the correct scripting? I am honestly, very new to Flash Mx, and I am trying to teach myself. So any input is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Help With Zooming On Two Related MCs
Hi,

I tried posting this question a bunch of times in the MX forum but got no response, so I'll try here since I'm a total NOOB!

My flash file is here:
www.humboldt.edu/~mgk9/Test2.fla

Here is my situation:

When you use the zoom slide a frame appears in an inset that corresponds to the zoom level on a big map. The frame can be dragged and the view updates on the big map.

Here is my problem:

If you click anywhere in the frame that is NOT the exact center and start dragging, then the frame jumps to center in on the mouse. So the big map doesn't correspond to what is viewed in the frame. In general, the view in the frame doesn't seem to match the view on the big map. It's almost as if the frame covers more "ground" than the big map, especially when zoomed or dragged.

Thanks in advance to anyone that can help!

Not Related But Interesting
http://costofwar.com/

Imagine how many Flashers could of been helped!

Maze Related
Hi all,
I need a help from you flashguru's.
I have a maze. Now in that maze, I have a MC. That MC should move anywhere whithin the maze. It will not move on a key press but on enterframe.
So for example, if the MC hits any maze border, it should move in another direction. It can move up, down, right or left.
So how do I tell my MC to move within the maze, and when it hits any border, how do I tell it to move the other way?
Plz help as this is urgent.
Thanks

Got Some MC Related Problem...Help Me, Please:)
Well, what follows is the code I made, and the clips are well generated...still, thereis a problem: it does not generate the textfields inside the MC's...could any of you, gods of ActionScript show me the way this problam can be solved?
By the way, the variables are well passed, and the matrix exists(proved).

matriz = new Array();
myStr = results.toString();
matriz = myStr.split(";");
matriz.pop();
var pos = 0;
for (i=0; i<_root.contador; i++) {
_root.holder.attachMovie("square", "square"+i, i);
this.mc = _root.holder["square"+i];
this.mc._x = 0;
this.mc._y = _root.pos;
this.mc.createTextField("texto"+i+"o", 1, 0, _root.pos, 120, 25);
contenido = "texto"+i+"o";
contenido.text = matriz(i);
contenido.html = true;
contenido.background = true;
myformat = new TextFormat();
myformat.font = "Arial";
myformat.bold = true;
myformat.url = "";
contenido.setTextFormat(myformat);
_root.pos += 24;
}

Internet Related
I am wondering how to make pop-up windows for my movies or games that are the same size as my swf. files (550 by 400 pixels)... If you've seen pop-up windows, like on newgrounds, thats what I'm aiming for...

I am using Flash MX 2004 Pro.

If there is actionscript or javascript, please tell me how to use it and paste the code in your response.. Thank you.

Drawing Related
How to draw Rectangle or Oval, so that it starts from center (the point where I click the mouse) but not by the edge.

Not Sure If This Is Actionscript Related
Hi,

I'll get right to the point, as I have said in the topic name, not sure if this is AS related. But im working in AS2.0 CS3.

I've run into a problem. My project has keylisteners, so pressing letters activate certain functions. But there is one area where I need to put an Input Text box.

My question is, how do I make it so, when im in the text box and typing, the key listeners wont activate. Second part, how do I get out of Text box mode when im done?

Thanks in advance.

Another Xml-related Question..
I have this script:

var temp:String;
var config:XML = new XML();
config.load("config.xml");
config.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
temp = config.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild + "";
trace("temp parsed from config.xml:"+temp);
}
};
trace("temp:"+temp);

The problem is that the second trace statement executes first and then executes the other in the onLoad method body. I thought that code execution would freeze until xml has completely loaded and then it would go on processing the rest statements. Is there any way to achieve that?

IMG Related Question
Hi, I know this doesn't have much to do with Flash. But my purpose does. How can I convert a bitmap image to jpeg?

Thanks in advance

Related Object
Hi all
i am new in AS3 and in flash generally, i am trying this code, but it fails and give me an exception.

var Container:Sprite=new Sprite();
Container.x=200;
Container.y=280;
var color:Array=new Array(0xFF0000,0x00FF00,0x0000FF,0xFFFF00);
for( var i=0;i<4;i++)
{
var ellipse:Sprite=new Sprite();
ellipse.graphics.lineStyle(3,0x000000);
ellipse.graphics.beginFill(color[i]);
ellipse.graphics.drawEllipse(0,0,60,100);
ellipse.x=i*30;
ellipse.y=0;
ellipse.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,clickEll ipse);
Container.addChild(ellipse);
}
function clickEllipse(e:MouseEvent)
{
Container.setChildIndex(e.relatedObject,Container. numChildren-1);
}
addChild(Container);

and the exception is
TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter child must be non-null.
at flash.display:isplayObjectContainer/setChildIndex()
at sprite_fla::MainTimeline/clickEllipse()

plz i need help to overcome this problem.

A/S + HTML Related Q's
Without much ado...I want my webpage to open in a new window without any scroll bars, the status bar or any other tool bars - Just the header line at the top with the minimization and close buttons still active. I am using the Java Script button code generator and can figure out most of what is there.

What I wanted to know was what is the size of the screen (minus the bar at the top) in which my webpage would be displayed if I had a resoution of 1024 x 768? I want my page to cover the whole screen and I figured this may be an everyday thing for web designers here!!

Thanx for reading!! (And for replying, if you do)

Regards.

Related Macromedia...
can annyone gave me the link from where i can gate the action scripts.. in Macromedias webpage...

pls help me on these. need tam soo much..

the live codes or what thay r called..

What's The Best Way To Search For Help Related To 'XML'?
Hi, I tried to run search for messages re use of XML in flash. Instead I got this:

Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.

The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search : xml

What's the best way to look for XML related subjects?

Printing Related
Hi,
I have a flash game of 1024 X 744 size and a single framed movie clip of 1024 X 786 size inside it. When the movie clip is printed in A4 size paper, the black background color is also get printed along a side( bcoz movieclip is proportinately scaled automatically in some machines). How the bgcolor can be avoided.(Code attached).

Also please explain how can i print a 1024 X 786 movieclip with PrintJob( ) in portrait orientation.My main doubt is about xMax,Xmin... etc. given in addPage( ).

Thanks in advance,

Manu

Attach Code

attachMovie("mc_finalCertificate","mc_finalCertificate",0);
mc_finalCertificate._visible = 0;
this.btn_print.onRelease = function() {
print(mc_finalCertificate, "bframe");
};
//#b added in frame

Not An XML Related Post
i have a flash file which has a sound on the over state... what i need to do its tone down the volume of the sound as it is quite ermmmmm loud.. see for yourself.. link here to site

do i need to get a sound editor? / or can i just alter the file inside flash to be quiter? / or do i need some actionscript that does the same job?... help?

Related To Buttons
Hi Friends,
I Have A Problem With The Buttons.I Make Button And Using getURL() Link To A Site.It Work. But I Inseart this .swf In Front Page The Link Not Work And Get An Error.How I Solve This Problem.If Any Script Is Need.Please Solve This Problem......

Quries Related To 3D
Hi,
I want to use 3d flash, but i don't know anything about it.

Actually i have a image & i want to get the view of the image from different angles.
How can i acieve this? Is there any 3D software that i can use.
Please give details.

Thanks in advance
- Shreyasi

Some Serious Actionscript Help, Related To MX...
Hi everyone. I'm new. I've been seeking ehlp with this for a week at Flashkit. Maybe someone here could/would be willing to help. I asked a how to at Flashkit and someone coded it for me. Efforts to contact this person regarding explanation of how it works and to help make a few more changes have been in vain.

It's a disappearing menu, created with actionscript, and I want to understand HOW it works and how to make it do what I want (which is load an MC that corresponds with which button was pressed AFTER the menu animation is complete).

Maybe this is a more insane challenge than I thought? My efforts to decode the actionscript and rebuild it have been in vain as I don't undertand what some of the variables mean. I'm not new to flash, but new to complex actionscripting.

Anyway, here are the pertinent links.
http://www.seedrecords.net/clock-UG.swf (The animation currently happens too soon. Also the console is just a rough one at this point).
http://www.seedrecords.net/clock-UG.zip (the FLA file).

Drop me a line if you can/are willing to help.

J

This Question Is Not ASP Related, Did Not Know Where I Could Get Help
Does anyone know where I can purchase a lot of images to use on a comercial website? We have some but they are not royalty free.

"A Successful man is one who can build a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him"

Cursor Related
Ok this is what i wanna do.

In my portfolios section what I want to happen is when the cursor is over a button i want the title of the work to appear where the cursor is. I'm not good at explaining things so go to

?http://66.46.176.151/66.46.176.151/.../flashindex.htm

and in the portfolio part if you go over the big thumbnails it says "click to zoom" thats what i want.

can u help me out?

Gotoandlearn Related Q
Hello all, I'd like to know if the tutorial "Sending Mail with PHP" from gotoAndLearn.com can be used with FlashMX? I use the fore-mentioned and I haven't had the chance to compare it's actionscript with actionscript2. Thank you in advance.

New YouTube API And Related Changes.
In case you haven't heard, YouTube has released a new API to make it easier for Flash and JS developers to use YouTube content.

Without even touching the API I have already seen some benefits. The old youtube player used to get stageWidth and stageHeight and attempt to scale itself. This worked fine for people who were simply enbeding the player into their HTML pages but obviously posed a problem for people trying to put the player on their Flash pages.

I just fired up an old file I was working on and the new YouTube player swf works exactly as you'd expect it to, namely, the player constrains itself to the dimensions of it's parent clip.

Some of the other changes allow you to import a chromeless video (even the controls are stripped) and then control the video through your own code.

For people who where already taking flv's from YouTube's website, non of this will change anything. But for people who where unsure about whether or not it was kosher to pull the flv's, and by extension refrained from doing so, these changes will be much welcomed. It provides all the benefits of directly pulling the FLV while simultaneously bieng blessed/endorsed by YouTube.

They've also given the ability to upload videos from your own site.

How Do I Change Speed The Speed?
Is there a way to change the speed of an object on Mousemove OUTSIDE the movie.
I have to make a small animation (about 6px x 600 px) in the header of a HTML-document with a flash-animation that changes speed when you scroll the mouse over the body of the html-document.

Is this possible?

Niek

Not Related To Actionscript But Pls Read.
ok my problem is not related to actionscript but please read on to see if u can solve my problem.

last time whenever i open picture files (those with .jpg .gif ones) it will be open using internet explorer.(just double click on the file and it will be open in internet explorer)

But dunn know since when, whenever i open pictures files, it will be open using mircosoft photo editor which i dunn wann. I had tried open internet explorer, click file then open from internet explorer, it will still be open using mircosoft photo editor.

So how do i make back to open pictures in internet explorer
if u gyus know can please help me coz i cannot see gif files(those with animations) using mircosoft photo editor which internet explorer can.
please help if u know wat should i do to allow me to open pictures in internet explorer.
thanks a million in advance.

Another Preloader Related Question
How do I get the preloader to begin playing right away?

What happens with mine is that it plays a bit too late. It will begin to play when most of the movie is already loaded. It almost defeats the purpose of a preloader...

Speed Related Animations

can i get to see any of the site where is there are speed related animations