Re: FLASH: Gaming

[Nathan Dicken]

Matt - here are some that I could come up with off the top of my head...


- in-depth knowledge of playback machine

- net lingo - more advanced in Director, though Flash is catching up

- file io (shockwave - read/store prefs on user's machine)

- imaging lingo - drawing onto canvas via scripting

- sound control w/cuepoints (F5 is much better though)

- Director's limitation w/vector control

- Director can though manipulate specific vector points/handles via lingo

- Director made originally for non-web, adapted to web/shockwave so some lingo

  is unavailable

- tons of xtras available for Director, Flash not as expandable

- Director multiuser server

- and others I'm sure that I can't think of now...


It's very likely that F6 will come up to par with Director and even out

some of these - it just seems that Director is being weeded out overall.

Flash is even used more and more for cd-roms and non-web apps as it can

export projectors just as Director can.  Flash is definitely on the rise up

towards catching the complexity and capabilities of Director.


Nathan

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Nathan Dicken  -  Game Developer

Boxerjam  -  http://www.boxerjam.com




At 01:11 PM 9/6/00 -0400, you wrote:

>What are the differences between Flash 5 and Director at this point? Any

major

>ones? How likely is it that Flash 6 will pretty much bring it up even with

>Director?



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