RE: FLASH: Preloader/scene problems

[Dan Sobczak]

Thanks for the ideas, Cheri...


And yeah, you're right -- I did make the game by referencing labels instead

of frame #s...


I did try doing away with a prior scene preloader and just bumping frames in

the original scene down a bit for either a preloader or an If Frame is

loaded cmd, but I actually received the same result.  Go figure.


I've built simple preloaders before in other movies I've done, so this is a

bit of strange one this time...


Guess I'll have to go thru each of my frames one by one and see if I've

overlooked a goto or something...


BTW -- if I just make a completely separate preloader/loop movie and have

that load the actual game .swf, then play the game .swf when completely

loaded, is that a possible alternative?


-Dan



> -----Original Message-----

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From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Cheri

> Harder

> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 12:06 AM

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To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: Re: FLASH: Preloader/scene problems

>

>

> 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.

>

>

> ~~~~Cheri Harder~~~~~

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> ----- Original Message -----

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From: "Dan Sobczak" <zonavelocityhsi [dot] com>

>

To: <flasherchinwag [dot] com>

> 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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