Post by: matt oz on November 30, 2006, 01:57:00 PM
Now, I'm in this class called 'Interactive Computing' and as our final project, we have to do something (anything, really) in Flash.
My idea is based on Colorforms, those little reusable sticker things you would place on a cardboard background. What I'm doing is having a bunch of shapes and objects that the user can move around on a background, thereby making a complete picture. When they're done moving everything, they hit a 'Done' button, the objects freeze, then the user can click on each object for some kind of animation. (For example, clicking on a door will open it and someone will come out and wave)
My problem: getting the objects to stop moving.
I've been working for days trying to get these stupid objects to stay put after I press the Done button, but I can't seem to do it. I've asked my professors for help (one of whom is a programming genius, and has created some awesome stuff with Flash/Actionscript), and no one can figure it out. I need a StopFunction function or something like that. Something that will freeze my objects to keep the user from moving them again, so I can then animate them.
Stuff I've already tried:
-putting stop(); everywhere I can think of
-using a true/false variable combined with if statements
-a do while loop, which I don't even think I did right
If anyone can help me, I sure would appreciate it. Thanks!!!
Post by: Ceric on November 30, 2006, 02:53:00 PM
I don't know much about flash but I'm assuming you either have the pieces follow the mouse after you click them or the follow when the mouse is over them.
When you click the done button couldn't you just a have a global boolean that then be set to true so that will have the program skip all the movement code whenever the person does what causes them to move?
Post by: bustin98 on December 01, 2006, 02:39:37 AM
Either tell the objects 'startDrag(false)'
OR
Have Flash record the X and Y coordinates of each piece on the field, then move to a new frame (or scene?) which does not invoke the startDrag function and place movieclips of each piece in their recorded positions.
Post by: Pale on December 01, 2006, 03:27:53 AM
This sounds like a glitch in code somewhere that is making it really hard for any of us to debug. If I could make one suggestion, it would be to write almost all of your drag code yourself instead of using Flash's built in stuff. This would allow you to have full control.
Basically, you could make a holder MovieClip variable at your root to represent something that is attached to your mouse. When you click on something to move it, just copy it into that holder variable and set a boolean to true. Then, in your frame loop, if the boolean is true, set that holder variable's _x and _y to be _xmouse and _ymouse (you can offset them for perfect placement). Then do a global onRelease function that if your boolean is true, it drops the current MovieClip in the holder variable at that location.
While not a direct solution, this would allow you to really manipulate your dragging how you want. You could even get really creative and give the drag a rubber band like feel for some added fun.
This is what I did to implement some cross SWF dragging in a project I'm working on at work not 2 hours ago.
Post by: Pale on December 01, 2006, 03:32:53 AM
// Variable declarations
var attachedMovie:MovieClip;
var isAttached:Boolean = false;
// Set some onpress functions for each of my objects that are draggable
alphaContainer_mc.onPress = function() {
isAttached = true;
attachedMovie = alphaDragger_mc;
}
betaContainer_mc.onPress = function() {
isAttached = true;
attachedMovie = betaDragger_mc;
}
gammaContainer_mc.onPress = function() {
isAttached = true;
attachedMovie = gammaDragger_mc;
}
neutronContainer_mc.onPress = function() {
isAttached = true;
attachedMovie = neutronDragger_mc;
}
// Global onMouseUp function to release objects (with some hit test code you can ignore)
// In my particular case I move the objects off the screen on release. You would just leave them where they are.
onMouseUp = function() {
if(attachedMovie.hitTest(balance_mc)) {
if(_xmouse >= balance_mc._x - (balance_mc._width / 2) && _xmouse <= balance_mc._x) {
// Hit left
balance_mc.weightLeft = attachedMovie.weight;
balance_mc.objectLeft_mc.gotoAndStop(attachedMovie.theType);
} else {
// Hit right
balance_mc.weightRight = attachedMovie.weight;
balance_mc.objectRight_mc.gotoAndStop(attachedMovie.theType);
}
}
isAttached = false;
attachedMovie._x = -1000;
attachedMovie._y = -1000;
}
// General frame loop
onEnterFrame = function() {
if(isAttached) {
attachedMovie._x = _xmouse;
attachedMovie._y = _ymouse;
}
}
Post by: matt oz on December 02, 2006, 04:09:26 PM
Post by: Pale on December 18, 2006, 08:17:17 AM
I'm linking to my google post...http://groups.google.com/group/macromedia.flash.actionscript/browse_thread/thread/aaf722b38dee5d31?hl=en
This is frustrating the hell out of me.
Post by: Nick DiMola on December 18, 2006, 12:29:09 PM
Post by: Pale on December 18, 2006, 01:37:42 PM
Post by: bustin98 on December 20, 2006, 03:06:36 AM
