Re: FLASH: YIKES i need help (F5 needs to be F4)

[Kristopher Schultz]

I wasn't able to get your code to work right, probably just because I don't

know how your symbol instances are laid out. But if you know it works...


The only thing in there that isn't Flash 4 campatible is the mouse position

property stuff (_xmouse, _ymouse). To get the mouse position in a Flash

4-safe way, you need to create an invisible Movie Clip (just create a MC

that has nothing in it) place it in the timeline (or maybe inside the bdg

clip in your case) and set it to be draggable right away. This way it will

"chase" the user's mouse and you can just check its position to tell where

the mouse is. Note: you can't have any other clips being dragged at the same

time for this to work.


As far as I can tell, you should just need to change these lines...

    mousex = varbgd._xmouse;

    mousey = varbgd._ymouse;

...to something like this...

    mousex = varbgd.mouseTracker._x;

    mousey = varbgd.mouseTracker._y;


If you have problems, you could try sending me the file directly and I'll

look at it.



kristopher schultz

technical director of interactive services

mills james productions - new media division


@ www.millsjames.com - columbus, ohio



>

From: "avex" <listobjekt [dot] com [dot] au>

>

Reply-To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 09:07:54 +1000

>

To: <flasherchinwag [dot] com>

> Subject: FLASH: YIKES i need help (F5 needs to be F4)

> 

> Hi guys...

> 

> I got into my first bit of actionscripting this

> weekend....well...really....i tried to modify somone's code from a file on

> flashlist in an attempt to learn it.

> Everything went great, the file and scripting worked fine.  However I went

> to test on other computers and nothing happened......and I realised I must

> have had Flash 5 specific code.

> The problem is that the client is crazy about compatability, and everything

> had to be Flash 4.

> 

> Can someone try and help me convert this code to F4 compatible code?

> 

> Essentially, all it is is a movie clip that moves left or right depending on

> where the mouse is on the screen.

> 

> the code is:

> 

> 

> //variable for the image instance path

> varimg = _root.img

> 

> //variable for the background instance path

> varbgd = _root.bgd

> 

> //speed of the mouse scroll (between 0 and 1)

> v=0.02

> 

> //mouse position

> mousex = varbgd._xmouse;

> mousey = varbgd._ymouse;

> 

> //image position

> imgx = getProperty(varimg, _x);

> 

> 

> //distance fom the center to the left, right, top and bottom side

> left = getProperty(varimg,_width) / 2

> right = (getProperty(varimg,_width) / (-2)) + (getProperty(varbgd,_width))

> 

> //scrolling of the image

> setProperty (varimg, _x, (imgx+(mousex*v)));

> 

> 

> //stop the image on the horizontal side

> //left

> if  (getProperty(varimg, _x) >= left) {

> if (mousex > 0) {

> mousex = 0

> setProperty(varimg, _x, left); }

> else if (mousex < 0) {

> mousex = varbgd._xmouse ;

> setProperty (varimg, _x, (imgx+(mousex*v))); }

> }

> //right

> if (getProperty(varimg, _x) <= right) {

> if (mousex < 0) {

> mousex = 0

> setProperty(varimg, _x, right); }

> else if (mousex > 0) {

> mousex = varbgd._xmouse ;

> setProperty (varimg, _x, (imgx+(mousex*v))); }

> }

> 

> 

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