how do you write a code in AS3 that moves my mouse slightly(very slightly that can not even notice it had moved) automatically in every 5 seconds?
You can't really do that with the original OS mouse. What you can try is to hide the mouse and create your own pointer.
// import that library
import flash.ui.Mouse;
// then somewhere in your code
Mouse.hide();
Once the mouse is hidden you may add a MovieClip which contains a graphic similar to the original pointer. After that use the Tween class to move the graphic smoothly.
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I'm incredibly rusty at Flash having not touched it in probably 10 years and can't seem to figure this out, or find it online:
I have a MovieClip with two layers, each having a Shape Tween. Basically its a Door that opens and closes.
I dropped it onto the main timeline but now I need it to start and stop. This is where I'm now struggling since the last time I used Flash actions could go on specific keyframes.
I made a new layer called actions just to keep things organized and currently have:
barrier1.stop();
I just want something that lets me state a frame, say 57 to have barrier1 start playing on. Tried using play(); and Event.ENTER_FRAME with no luck. How would I set this up?
Well it is easy with the instance name of your movieClip
barrier1.stop(); // Stops the movieClip
barrier1.play(); // Resumes
barrier1.gotoAndStop(12) // Goes to 12nd frame and stop
barrier1.gotoAndPlay(12) // Goes to 12nd frame and play
barrier1.currentFrame // returns barrier currentframe
For capturing frame from scene level:
this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,onLoop);
function onLoop(event:Event){
if(barrier1.currentFrame == 57){
trace("BARRIER is in 57. frame");
}
}
Inside on the animation clip on the first frame
var root:MovieClip = this.parent as MovieClip
root.makeStartSceneAnimation()
**in timeline scene level [root]**
function makeStartSceneAnimation(){
/// barrier started to play
}
If you are using timeline, you can add Key frame on the desired frame, and then add stop(); as Action in the action layer. But bear in mind that if you do this in the main timeline - it will stop everything. If you want to stop that MovieClip, then you have to do this inside MoviceClip's timeline.
My problem is really simple
I´ve an artifact with a mouse inside. When you use it it simulates moving the mouse cursor indefinitely to the right.
Of course when i run my project at some point the mouse will reach the right side of the movieclip and the Mouse_Move event wont work anymore
I need a way make my actionscript to recongnise mouse movement even if im out of bounds
(It´s a mobile aplication so using full screen wont work)
In other words i need a Mouse-Motion Listener!
Though it is not possible to track mouse movements outside of flash with only ActionScript, you could capture the mouse position with javascript in the browser and pass it to your SWF.
See this blog as an example. http://www.nelsond8.com/?p=515
You cannot track the mouse position or actions when it moves outside of the stage.
You can however track when the mouse actually leaves the stage using Event.MOUSE_LEAVE:
function mouseLeave(e:Event):void
{
trace("Mouse left the stage.");
}
stage.addEventListener(Event.MOUSE_LEAVE, mouseLeave);
From here you can decide what the most appropriate course of action will be for your application - adding some 'pause' functionality is pretty common.
Tip: MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE is what you should use to detect when the mouse re-enters the stage.
I made a movie clip with an animation of a pull-down menu in which 3 buttons appear. The thing is, I'd like for those buttons to send me to an exact frame within the main timeline, and I haven't quite understood how it can be made.
The movieclip is located within a frame inside the main timeline, and its structure is kind of like this one.
The frame "Sucesos" is not within the timeline of the MovieClip, but in the Main Timeline, whereas the Button "IrSucesos1" is located inside a frame within the movie clip. The code I use is this one.
function LinkSucesos1 (event:MouseEvent):void
{ gotoAndStop("Sucesos1");
}
IrSucesos1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, LinkSucesos1);
I don't know whether I should put the code inside the timeline of the movieclip or on the main timeline in the frame the movie clip is located, or if the code is the right one.
How do I make the buttons work by sending me to the frame that I want to get to in the main timeline and then have it stop there? What is the code, and where should I put it?
If I've understood your structure the way I think I have, the following should work. On your main timeline, add a new layer called Actions and on the frame that has the movieclip containing your buttons add a keyframe to this layer. Go to the movieclip that contains the buttons. Open the actions panel and type Stop(). Create a new layer called Button actions, click on the (blank) kayframe on this layer and add the following code:
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
my_button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,on_click)
function on_click(e:MouseEvent)
{
MovieClip(root).gotoAndStop(5)
}
You'll need to change my_button to the button instance you'd like to assign the event listener to and 5 to the frame you want to go to on the main timeline. Test your movie - hopefully this should work for one button. For the others to work, simply give them each their own event listener and function to do what you want them to (ask if you get lost!).
stage is available anywhere where the displayObject is linked to the stage.
You can give a reference object to that control button. Your timeline object won't change so its fine.
I have a fully working flash application, made in as3. Now i dynamicly added a movieclip and i would like to be able to erase that movieclip with a eraser of some sort, my goal is to be able pick up a sponge with the mouse and then start dragging over the movieclip and erasing the parts where i dragged over it.
Anyone who can help?
Looks like this might be what you're looking for:
http://www.piterwilson.com/personal/2008/05/07/bitmapdata-erasing-in-as3-with-custom-brush-shape/
Is the background behind the MovieClip always the same?
If so you can put an image of the background over the MovieClip you want to erase, and mask that image so it becomes invisible, then add a click listener that draws a circle in the mask when clicked. This way it'll look like the MovieClip is being erased.
With getPixel you can loop over the mask and detect the percentage of the MovieClip that has been erased, so you can remove the clip from stage when it's fully erased.
If I have a movieclip that has a class assigned to it and I change a property of that movieclip in code, it seems that the property can no longer be tweened on the timeline.
For example, if my class sets this.x = 100, and later on the timeline I tween the position of the object, that timeline tween will not occur.
Changing either scaleX or scaleY property also seems to stop timeline tweens from happening.
Has anyone else experienced this, and if so, is there a way around it?
You have it right. Changing certain properties of an MC on the stage will cause Flash to assume that you are going to position it with script, and tweens will no longer work. A couple of workarounds:
Reparent things so that you separate scripted and IDE positioning. That is, if you were tweening an object's X position and also rotating it with script, change it so that you tween the X of a container clip, and rotate an inner clip inside.
Do all your positioning with script - i.e. use the Tween class, or a tween library.
If the playhead goes past a frame where the clip is not on the stage, and then to a frame where it is, this will "reset" the clip to work with IDE positioning and tweens. This is true even if you jump past the empty frame with gotoAndPlay. So for example, if you use script to move the clip on frame 10, and then on frame 20 you do gotoAndPlay(30);, then a tween at frame 30 will work correctly if you put a blank frame somewhere between frames 20 and 30.
I would stick strictly to the as3 code if I were you.
import these at the top of your actionscript
import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;
import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;
and then set your tween like this:
var myTween:Tween = new Tween(object, "property", EasingType, begin, end, duration, useSeconds);