Horizontal Object Placement & Alignment Formula
Posted by thornyeternity in ActionScript 3 Snippets on 31. Mar, 2009 | 0 Comments
Easy AS3 code to space and align items (such as sprites, movie clips, etc).
GSkinner and TweenMax – recommendation and over-view.
Posted by thornyeternity in ActionScript 3 Snippets on 31. Mar, 2009 | 0 Comments
Quick over-view of implementing the excellent Tween Classes written by the GSkinner.
FlashVars in FL_RunContent
Posted by thornyeternity in ActionScript 3 Snippets on 31. Mar, 2009 | 0 Comments
This DOESN’T WORK unless you add FlashVars to the Javascript part of the HTML as well.
Find the “AC_FL_RunContent” function and add the following line to the middle of the list of parameters:
‘FlashVars’, ‘myURL=http://weblogs.adobe.com/’,
Rotation Formula
Posted by thornyeternity in ActionScript 3 Snippets on 31. Mar, 2009 | 0 Comments
Good formula for random rotation of object without going to far to either side:
box_mc.rotation = (Math.random()*2-1) * 180/Math.PI;
Applying Filters with AS3 – methods
Posted by thornyeternity in ActionScript 3 Snippets on 31. Mar, 2009 | 0 Comments
Applying filters with AS3 – Adobe method and simpler routes.
EventListeners – removing listener; rollOver
Posted by thornyeternity in ActionScript 3 Snippets on 30. Mar, 2009 | 0 Comments
Check to see if sprite HAS an event listener to be removed:
for(var i:Number = 0; i < fields.length ; i++){
var currCheck:EventDispatcher = containerSprite.getChildAt(i);
if(currCheck.hasEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER)){
currCheck.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, doHighlight);
currCheck.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, clearHighlight);
currCheck.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, selectAnswer);
Sprite(currCheck).buttonMode = false;
}//if
}//for
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Prevent ‘Child of Caller’ issues – use ROLL_OVER rather than MOUSE_OVER (?????why – but works)
“The short answer is that MOUSE_OUT triggers when mousing over a child of the [...]
Drawing shapes with AS3
Posted by thornyeternity in ActionScript 3 Snippets on 30. Mar, 2009 | 0 Comments
Draw shapes using code with ActionScript 3
Dragging and Constraining
Posted by thornyeternity in ActionScript 3 Snippets on 30. Mar, 2009 | 0 Comments
Drag sprite
Color Changes – add or remove tint, random color
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Add or remove a color tint, plus random color code.
Child Sprites – Handling depth, removing and more
Posted by thornyeternity in ActionScript 3 Snippets on 30. Mar, 2009 | 0 Comments
Selection of short code snippets for handling children sprites (or movie clip) such as controlling the ‘depth’ or accessing by name.
