Haha, take a look at my page. There you will find all of my worst animations.

For me, it's a mater of seeing a project to it's completion rather than quality.

I've been working on my website, and I came across an issue with the mp3 player I threw together for it.

I've noticed that the file (Loaded dynamically) repeats itself after a few minutes of the episode plays.

I would explain my coding here, but the set up is kind of scattered, and it's probably much easier to take a look at the .fla

Is there anyone out there that could explain, or possibly even fix my problem here?

At 10/18/09 12:12 AM, littleMonsterGames wrote: Why would you make a flash site like this that has different html pages? Really annoying.

My logic was that there would be less load time per page, and I wouldn't have to bog down my bandwidth with pages that a viewer may not even visit.

It'd be like if the Homestar Runner website rolled all of their cartoons into one big .swf file.

http://vginquisition.bravehost.com

If you can even view the site, let me know, first off.

I'm no kind of programmer, but I managed to throw this together. The "latest episode" button leads to a 404, I haven't fixed it yet.

My issue exists with the layout. I want to;

Place an image in the background that sort of hugs the main flash interface. (I was thinking two rectangular images on either side)

Have an image behind the adverts, like this and many other websites

and incorporate some links at the bottom, also with an image begind it.

With my very limited knowledge, I'm thinking CSS can somehow help.

Can anyone offer any sort of insight? Point me in the right direction?

At 9/25/09 06:04 PM, Archon68 wrote: Here's the code in layman's terms; I'll let you write it yourself.

"curFrame" = current frame (or, the frame you want it to be at)
"framePlus" = the playback of the movieclip

if(picture is not fully contracted){
if(picture isn't hitting the mouse){
framePlus is set to -1
}
}

if(picture is not fully expanded){
if(picture is hitting the mouse){
framePlus is set to 1
}
}

I'll give it a go. Thanks for the help, this was actually the sort of thing I was looking for.

I'm working on a module for my website; basically, it is supposed to do the following things;

1.The module is a small 46x46 image next to a rectangle (Done)
2.When the image is moused over, it expands and the rectangle moves to the side (Animation done, not the AS)
3.If the mouse leaves the area of the image as it's expanding, the animation will reverse, and revert. (Not done at all)

I've tried getting creative with the mousOver command; replacing the image MC with a .jpg of it, but It is probably more easily done.

Hit test maybe? If so, could someone explain it a bit, or at least direct me to somewhere I can learn to work it?

Thanks in advance

I've got a podcast, I've paid for a server, but I can't seem to get the RSS coding right. Or maybe I am, but my PSP can't pick it up.

Here's what I have;

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Level 99</title> <link>http://level99.bravenet.com</link> <description>What happens when two people get together to talk about video games? This. Podcast hosts Dustin Hickman (A.K.A Seltzer) and Colby Sample give video game reviews, rants, and whatever else they feel like.</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:03:39 GMT</lastBuildDate> <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/
rss</docs> <item> <title>Episode 1: Pokeman'z!</title> <link>(removed to protect my limited bandwith )</link> <description>The first episode of lvl 99. &lt;br>We start off with a rant on the hand-held pokemon series; too long? too short? let us know by sending an email to smashingseltzer@hotmail.com &lt;br></description> <enclosure url="(Same deal)" length="20533180" type="audio/mpeg" /> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:03:28 GMT</pubDate> </item> </channel> </rss>

Any suggestions?

At 8/27/09 09:29 PM, Seltzer wrote: What's going on with this one? I'm working on a short that could be in the collab, but I have no idea where the project is at.

Regardless, If I still may, here's a bit of the artwork I'd be using.
http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/270809/7 7024_CC.php

Oops, I apologize for not reading the timestamps on the posts.

My bad. lol

What's going on with this one? I'm working on a short that could be in the collab, but I have no idea where the project is at.

Regardless, If I still may, here's a bit of the artwork I'd be using.
http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/270809/7 7024_CC.php

I'm using the Vcam for the opening scene of my project. It worked fine for the original (albeit with a bit of lag) but the new version of the scene is much heavier. (More lines, and the BG size has changed from 1224.6 by 958 to 2137.3 by 1320.7)

I'm having some serious lag issues with the newer one, and I was wondering; I figure I'm just pushing the Vcam after I've optimized and lowered the quality to no avail, so how would I go about scrolling such a large BG at a decent rate without it?

I'm working on a part of one of my cartoon, and I'm having a bit of artwork trouble. One of my issues with it is the massive amount of empty ground space. How would you guys go about filling it up?

(The colors aren't so choppy in the .fla, export issues.)

I suggest you do something like looking at your favorite games, finding their programmers, and sending a message to them.

It may take some time, but you may be able to find yourself one. Unfortunately, most programmers are for hire and will only (if at all) volunteer to take on a project that intrigues them. I know this is pretty self-evident, but you know.

You could either try to get parts of your plot line, gameplay, or whatever out there and hope someone will take interest, take the time to learn the programming, or that thing I mentioned above.

Of course, I'm not one to tell anyone to take time to learn something, but the notion still works. lol

It would have to be between artwork or just simple repetition. I usually scrap something if the artwork is out of my rang after weeks of trying.

:Doing something for a few weeks is annoying too.

At 7/19/09 01:34 PM, swishcheese wrote: ops i screw something up

onClipEvent(load){
var Clickvar = "0";
var BG = new Sound();
BG.attachSound("MenuBG");
}

on (release) {
if (Clickvar =="1") {
BG.stop();
Clickvar = "0";
}else if (Clickvar=="0") {
BG.start(0,99);
Clickvar = "1";
}
}

this because if it goes through when the music is playing it will stop it set clickvar to 0 and then it will hit the if statement of clickvar == 0 and then it will play music again.

and ok ill start using your instead on ur, whoKnowsme
and yeah numbers wouldve work to be i just modified his code

Thanks for the help, I've only ever programmed in BASIC, so I just did what looked right and hoped it worked (Brilliant strategy on my part)

I'm making a menu in flash as a part of a school project, and I want to have a music toggle button.

I've come up with this, but I'm no scripter (TAS 2.0)

on (release) {
if (Clickvar = "1") {
BG.stop();
Clickvar = "-1";

}
if (Clickvar=0) {
BG = new Sound(this);
BG.attachSound("MenuBG");
BG.start(0,99);
Clickvar = "+1";
}
}

Can someone point out the issues with the script and expalin a bit so I don't waste space on the internet with simple questions in the future?

Well, I can't make any comments on the brand you're after, never had one. However, I do own a 99$ Bamboo tablet which is pretty nice. I've had it for about a year without much trouble and it comes with some extra software, things like Adobe Photoshop Elements. If you don't use them, you could also always sell the software CD on ebay (Like I did) and make around $160

Not a bad deal in my opinion.

Thanks, man. The Virus has just now been sorted out. I've got flash back too.
I'm on it.

Hey, everyone.

My computer got hit with a virus, It should be good to go by tomorrow though.
My part is pretty simple and will only take about two days to do, so expect it.

I'll take

"what does this button do?"

I've got a great Idea for it. I should be able to do it with the extended due date, but if you don't hear from me by then or If I say something comes up, don't hesitate to launch it without me.

Thanks for the extension.

Sounds like a nice idea. Though I can't jump in because I just now noticed the thread.
Please PM me if there are any major deadline extensions.

Looking forward to this one.

The animation process in any case is a lot of work, though I'll give you that there are some ways of going about it that take less time than others.

It depends on what you're going for. If you want good graphics, than I'd suggest drawing your frames rather than using a cutout style of animation, and if you want a faster turnout than I suggest cutout over a more traditional style. I know this isn't always the case, but it's what I'm seeing with my work.

Look at the post on my page, the WIP there was done with frame-by-frame drawing, the toons I have up in the portal are done with the cutout style, maybe you'll see what I mean.

In any case, pinpoint what results you expect, and just keep working at it. And dont't let failure bring you down, it's not goo for progress or self-esteem. lol

I've solved it.

For future reference, I realized that some of the photos in the MCs appeared as blank in the library, and flash shut down after I tried to examine the MC, I assume flash somehow made the files corrupt. I solved this by deleting the photos and re-importing them. It corrupted them again, but I just did the same thing and it worked well.

The images seem to be the common denominator in both mine and the person's problem in the link found in my first post, so I'm going to say that they were the cause. The photos were in jpeg format.

Anyone?

I have figured out a few additional things. (it uses in AS2 by the way)

The problem has arisen again after I redid the entire file.
It all has to do with a specific set of movieclips.

I'm Working on a menu, the two movieclips allow the user to browse through pictures. The MC is composed of 9 frames, frame one has a gotoandstop(2) command, frame two is blank, and the remaining frames all have the stop command, they also have a series of seven buttons that the user clicks to view the pictures, each one using a goto command to get to the frame with the specified picture.

When these two are removed, (both of them, removing only one gives me the same problem) the file will export.

If my problem isn't clear, I found a forum with someone on it who had a similar problem.
http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthre ad.php?t=787345

I can't export my file to .swf in CS3, I can't even bring up a preview anymore.

When I attempt to export, Everything works well up until the end of the process, the export window closes before the bar is full, and the file does not show up where I've told it to go.

Any ideas?

(aptly named title..anyways.)

Is it possible to get flash not to select everything on the stage upon clicking a frame?

Long story short, I've apparently been banned from commenting a while ago, and the ban should be lifted on this date.

I still can't post any though. Does it have something to do with the time of day or is there something else up?

I was working on my cartoon, and I've got a very rough scene set up.

http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/220509/7 3260_test.php

I know some of the animation is choppy, but like I said, it's rough. Anyways, What I'd like to ask is, how can I make the fog stuff coming from the well look more realistic? I think if I dropped the containing line of it it would help, but the animation seems odd when the camera gets to the lower part of it.

This is my first work with real animation in it, so I'd appreciate the help.

Thanks in advance.

At 5/12/09 11:01 PM, Polioman wrote:

At 5/12/09 10:56 PM, Seltzer wrote: That's not to say original work doesn't get front paged, but the only series/serious flash I've seen there of late is high quality, like Adam Phillips' work or LeafWorthy.

If you work really hard, you can get Fpaged. I have an ordinary mouse so I do what i can, those guys use tablets and cool stuff, but I still keep trying.

It's weird though.. starting off by looking at LF's work has got me used to using the line tool. I hardly do anything good with my tablet.

At 5/12/09 10:51 PM, Polioman wrote: Well, the originals do get more famous with parodies so I say, yes:

>:( ... 1] The Leave britney alone stuff
>:( ... 2] Smash Bros

Basically, all of things that make reference to something not so funny, making it funnier (some of them becoming cliché).

Right.

That's not to say original work doesn't get front paged, but the only series/serious flash I've seen there of late is high quality, like Adam Phillips' work or LeafWorthy.