Making a movie clip come from other side when leaving frame - actionscript-3

So im trying to make an easy script, which will hold a video...
And i will be able to drag the video around as i want, but the catch is... when it leaves borders of the frame, i want it to continue playing on the other side, even if its only half of the video or less...
I know how to transport it, to the other side, but not the half of it or less..
function everyFrame(event:Event):void {
if (movie.x + 100 < 1)
movie.x = 400;
}
Here is an image of the effect that im trying to achieve... http://i.imgur.com/w8E4s.png
Thank you in advance

Without seeing more code, I would say you need to set clipAndEnableScrolling.
clipAndEnableScrolling="true"
Try adding that to the group (Group, HGroup, or VGroup) that you have your video in.
Edit based on me understanding now...:
When the right edge of your movie touches the right edge of the screen, you will need to create a second movie and add it to the stage at a determined x of the first movie and y of first movie. I would say something like this...
onMoveOfFirstMovie():void
{
if(firstMovie.x + firstMovie.width > movieContainer.width)
{
if(secondMovie doesnt exist)
{
//create second movie if it isnt already on stage and set it's play position to the play position of first movie
}
secondMovie.y = firstMovie.y;
secondMovie.x = firstMovie.x + firstMovie.width - movieContainer.width;
}
}
Very rough code but it should be about right.

Related

AS3 Swap depths in Flash IDE without destroying movieclips

I have two movieclips, one is on top, one is on bottom. The top one is set to the second frame. I move it to the z axis bottom on the next frame, and for the remaining frames it plays all frames like it has been reset without any code (like I didn't tell it gotoAndStop(2)).
Image example: http://i.imgur.com/mQ8f5uT.gif (hard to tell by the frame rate, but the dark green box starts playing as if I didn't set it's frame once I move it below)
I know it doesn't have that issue when I code the depth swapping with setChildIndex, but the animations are lost.
If you're wondering, it's a simplified issue of a larger moving character sprite animation that I would like to swap depths of movie clips in the animation without resetting the movie clips underneath the depth change. So I'm not really looking for a work around per se, unless there's a well design solution and not a band aid "hack."
I think I didn't understand your question fully. A MovieClip will keep playing or keep being stopped no matter what you do with it, even if it was removed from the scene. I made a simple example which shows that MovieClip state is not affected by depth change.
The working SWF is here to test: http://zdg.ru/tmp/updown.swf
And the code is:
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
var is_playing:Boolean = true;
btn_toggle.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, doToggle);
btn_updown.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, doUpdown);
function doToggle(evt:MouseEvent) {
if (is_playing) mv_test.stop(); else mv_test.play();
is_playing = !is_playing;
}
function doUpdown(evt:MouseEvent) {
var tmp:int = getChildIndex(mv_block);
setChildIndex(mv_block, getChildIndex(mv_test));
setChildIndex(mv_test, tmp);
}

What is this, and why is it happening?

So I have been working on my final project for the semester for my Computer Systems class, and we have been tasked to make a game using Flash and ActionScript 3.0. I've pretty much completed everything but I have come across an extremely strange occurrence of Flash CS6 being silly. I am moving a MovieClip up and down depending on a selected index, however, the image leaves 'residue of it's footprints' behind and also moves. I have tried hard to look for an answer as to why this is happening, but I don't know what it's called, or how to appropriately explain it - I'm coming from an area where one must program graphics, not just simply, drag and drop.
Below are pictures as to what I've come across, but first the code I'm using:
function updateThemeScreen():void {
button_selection.y += (selectedPositions[selectedTheme] - button_selection.y) / 2;
}
function attemptThemeChange(mxP:Number, myP:Number):void {
if(objectContains(theme_darkness, mxP, myP)) {
selectedTheme = 0;
} else if(objectContains(theme_halloween, mxP, myP)) {
selectedTheme = 1;
}
}
As you can see in the final image, it has copied half of itself and left it at the last button, which is strange, and shouldn't happen...
Link to the SWF zipped up with the required AS3 classes: Dude, RUN
So it seems that I have magically fixed this problem by hiding the buttons and showing them all in one frame. I don't know what this problem is or why it does it, but to fix it, you just need to hide and show the affected components - yes, in one frame:
function hideShow(object:MovieClip):void {
object.visible = false;
object.visible = true;
}

How to let an object appear in actionscript

I have an animation that may stop at 2 points depending on what the user fills in, if the animation stops at one of the two frames an objects has to apear and have to disappear if the user continues with playing the animation again. Can someone tell me how I can let object appear if the animation stops at a certain frame?
Do I need something like this? I have very little experience so please help!
star_mc._alpha = 0; star_mc.onEnterFrame = function(){ if(this._alpha < 100){ this._alpha = this._alpha + 5; }}
The code looks ok.... try it... just put it in the right place!
It's hard to tell where because I don't know how your animation built!!

XY restrictions for custom mouse cursor in Actionscript3

I have this interactive 5 seconds animated intro for a website. the preloader and one item are animating and i made the second animation follow the mouse cursor but it has to stay within a certain part of the stage to work with the other animation happening on screen.
I have this code on the movie clip
Mouse.hide();
potistiri.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, newCursor);
function newCursor(event:Event): void { potistiri.x = mouseX;
potistiri.y = mouseY; }
and i like i said i just want it to stay in the area i want...
i found this code which gives me errors for not putting the staments if and else if correctly or that it needs a rightparen when i input my numbers in...
if(this._x>Stage.width){
this._x=Stage.width;
}else if(this._x<0){
this._x=0; }
but i cant get it to work...
i need it to move between x 208-656 and y 140-336 and when it gets out of that area the object stay there doing its loop and you see the normal mouse cursor moving in the rest of the screen.
thanks a lot in advance...im leaving my it to the experts in here to pls help me ouy!
The logic you're using in your if/else is fine for clamping the movie clip to a specific area, what exactly do your errors say?
In regards to seeing the normal mouse cursor again you could try using the same if/else checks to determine whether the mouse should or should not be hidden ie if the mouse is outside the area and is hidden, call Mouse.show(), else if it is inside the area and shown, call Mouse.hide().

AS3 - can't scrub through FLV using netstream.seek() after FLV finishes loading

I'm trying to play an FLV using the Netstream class - standard stuff, really using nothing more complex than things you can find in the help files. I've created a control panel with a bar you can use to click and drag and scrub through the video.
Exporting to Flash Player 9, it's working fine and I can scrub through the video, but only while the FLV is still loading. As soon as it hits 100% the scrubbing (using Netstream.seek()) becomes incredibly unresponsive, almost to the point of crashing the player.
I've killed all ENTER_FRAMES, removed all unnecessary listeners and nullified everything I can think of but something massively resource-intensive seems to be kicking in as soon as the load finishes.
Has anyone ever seen this? I've never come across this and can't find anything similar across assorted forums.
Code below but I don't think the mouse-move drag actions are the problem! Fine in the Flash CS4 IDE, broken in the browser.
Thanks for any help you might be able to provide,
Gareth
// Drag
private function dragVideo(e:MouseEvent):void {
// Match the x position of the dragger to the x position of the mouse
videoControls.progressBar.dragger.x = videoControls.progressBar.barInner.mouseX;
// If this results in the dragger moving outside the dragging area, constrain it
if (videoControls.progressBar.dragger.x < videoProgressRectangle.left) {
videoControls.progressBar.dragger.x = videoProgressRectangle.left;
} else if (videoControls.progressBar.dragger.x > videoProgressRectangle.right) {
videoControls.progressBar.dragger.x = videoProgressRectangle.right;
}
// As the dragger moves, work out its position as a percentage of the total distance it CAN move
// That distance is the width of the black inner bar but you must also accomodate the centred registration point of the dragger
// So knock off half the dragger's width from it's current position (which gives the left edge of the inner bar)
// Then knock off the dragger's width minus the 2px overhang of the white progress bar border, from the total draggable distance
videoSeekPercentageMouse = (videoControls.progressBar.dragger.x - (videoControls.progressBar.dragger.width / 2)) / (videoControls.progressBar.barInner.width - (videoControls.progressBar.dragger.width - 2));
// Now use that percentage to seek the video to the equivalent percentage of its total time
if (videoSeekPercentageMouse <= 0) {
videoNetStream.seek(0);
} else if (videoSeekPercentageMouse >= 1) {
// Because video metaData says the length is xyz while the real length is xyz + 0.015,
// seek to slightly before the end
videoNetStream.seek(videoDuration - 0.016);
} else {
videoNetStream.seek(videoDuration * videoSeekPercentageMouse);
}
// Show the video's current progress
videoControls.progressBar.barProgress.scaleX = videoSeekPercentageMouse;
// After the mouse moves update the display
e.updateAfterEvent();
}
Got it!
You should try this..
Pause the streaming "before" seeking..
Seek()
And then resume the streaming!