FLASH: Changing frame rate on the fly...

[m i l e s l i g h t w o o d]

I'm trying to change the frame rate of my two layer Flash game by loading a

movie with a different frame rate into _level0. I've tried every variation

I can think of, but no luck. Instead of replacing _level0 with a new .swf

file, and thus changing the overall frame rate, LoadMovie replaces the

calling movie in _level1.


Notes

All .swf files are in the same directory

All .swf files are the same size.

The three .swf files being used are:

	start.swf (running at 12 fps; in _layer0)

	game.swf (in _layer1)

	24fps.swf (running at 24 fps; trying to load into _layer0)

start.swf calls LoadMovie("game.swf, "1") on the second frame


I've tried the following actions, attached to a button action, and none

yield the results I want.


game.swf calls LoadMovie("24fps.swf", "0")

game.swf calls LoadMovie("24fps.swf", "_level0")

game.swf calls LoadMovie("24fps.swf", "../_level0")

game.swf calls LoadMovie("24fps.swf", "_level0/")

game.swf calls LoadMovie("24fps.swf", "/_level0")

game.swf calls LoadMovie("24fps.swf", "")


>From game.swf, I tried the above LoadMovie calls from within the following

tell target calls


	Begin Tell Target ("_level0")

	End Tell Target


	Begin Tell Target ("../_level0")

	End Tell Target


	Begin Tell Target ("/_level0")

	End Tell Target


	Begin Tell Target ("_level0/")

	End Tell Target


	Begin Tell Target ("0")

	End Tell Target


In a nutshell, I want to load a new .swf into _level0 from _level1.


In an August 1998 posting, John Croteau briefly mentioned that this

technique works great:


>Hi Andrew,

>

>> Hi again, is there any way to change the frame rate of a movie while it

>> is playing, using FSCommands perhaps?

>Only one way. Load a new Movie in Level zero with Load Movie. Works

>great. The Movie at level zero sets the frame rate for the presentation.


Does anyone know how to make this technique work? What am I doing wrong?

Any assistance greatly appreciated.


TIA.


Ciao,


m i l e s

_______________________________________________________________________


m    i    l    e    s         l    i    G    h    T    w    O    o    d

_______________________________________________________________________

                 m i l e s G T O @ p o b o x . c o m

_______________________________________________________________________

multimedia development: director lingo shockwave java   +1 213.353.9850





flasher is generously supported by...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Streaming Media WEST '99 Conference & Exhibition

  "The Worlds largest Internet Audio & Video Event"

 December 7 - 9, San Jose Convention Center, California


Reserve your space today at http://www.streamingmedia.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  To unsubscribe or change your list settings go to

http://www.chinwag.com/flasher or email

helpchinwag [dot] com