Re: FLASH:Psuedo 3D effect question + F5 wish

[gabriel]

>Thanks Gabriel,

>

>I'm still not quite getting it though, or maybe we're not talking about

>the same thing. What I'm thinking about is getting something to display

>'on top' of other things, in other words bringing something to the

>foreground so it covers/overlaps what's 'behind' it. I don't see how you

>can achieve this with variables alone since there's no way to dynamically

>change the layer of a MC. Are we talking about the same effect?

>

>-Randy

>


yes, we are talkink about the same thing, maybe Brandens explanation

is better :


>There is another way.. involving placing all of your objects into one MC,

>and placing multiple copies of this MC on teh stage... all you have to do

>then is move them around and change what object they are displaying.

>

>-= Branden J. Hall



if an object is the first in Z order, its displayed by the clip on the

the highest level ( for example level#10),

if it is the second in Z order, its displayed by the clip on

the second highest level ( f.e. level#9 ),

if it is the last one, its displayed by the clip on the lowest level


You dont have to remove and re-duplicate any mc's for this.


again, it was just an assumption that duplicating mcs takes up much time,

for i noticed a heavy delay in the frame where i first set up

all the mc's


I think I'll try the _deleting_and_rebuilding_all_ method the next time,

Brandens chemistry example seems to be really fast

( and i think he uses a faster sorting-algo, too )


sorry for the confusion


__gabriel







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