Re: FLASH: Preloader/scene problems

[Cheri Harder]

Hi, Dan.  When a movie is published to swf, the 'scenes' are all flattened

out into one, soooo...any action referencing a frame by number instead of

label will fail if you add scenes prior to your existing scene because if

the new "scene 1" is 20 frames long, for example, your "scene 2" "frame 1"

is going to be frame #21 when published.


I am trying to figure out the easiest way for you to correct the

situation...but both of my solutions would involve going into every action

that references a frame and changing it...either label all the frames and

you'll have to change all the actions from referencing frame numbers to

referencing the frame labels, or by adding the preloader to the beginning of

scene 1 (moving all the existing frames down the line) but that solution

also changes all the frame numbers....


Can't think of another way to solve it, though.  On the other hand, if you

have already referred to all the frames by labels, then I don't know what

the problem might be.



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----- Original Message -----

From: "Dan Sobczak" <

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>

To: <

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Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 10:14 PM

Subject: FLASH: Preloader/scene problems



> Hi all,

>

> I've built a Flash game that consists of one scene, which is 317 frames

long

> w/ 33 layers of various frames/actions, etc...

>

> In this scene's Frame 1, I set up my initial variables for the game, and

at

> the same time set each of the game's symbols/MC's on the stage. Once they

> are all in place, frame 2 begins the loop of the actual game...

>

> Now I'm making a preloader for the game's large graphics, sounds and MC

> objects, using the "Preloader" chapter in the Flash4 Magic book (i.e.

create

> a new scene with a progress bar which preloads heavy objects, positioned

> before my original scene 1).

>

> My problem is this -- as soon as I add a new scene before my original

scene

> 1 (regardless if I add any frames/actions/objects to the new scene or

not),

> it throws off the actions or variables in the game scene, so that the game

> doesn't function like it normally does as when the preload scene did not

yet

> exist.

>

> I've not changed anything to the original scene, so how could simply

adding

> a new scene, positioned before the original, mess up the game?

>

> Any help is appreciated!

>

> Dan Sobczak

>

zonavelocityhsi [dot] com

>




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