Lets get technical....

SmartfoxServer 2X

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:43:00 +0000

The compression error in SmartFox 2x is probably due to the client side getting choked with a lot of incoming messages. The only solution as of now is to limit how much a client processes incoming messages. The client sends data to the server, the server maintains a queue of information and on a periodic interval keeps dispatching this data. This way we can control how much data is processed by the client. Though it looks like a smart fox issue, the solution above is temporary, but should work.

Unity 4

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:23:00 +0000

Unity 4 features comes with load of new stuff. Its good, but coming up with something that would re-write the GUI system would just be a blow to most of the companies out there who have all their projects working around it.

Asphalt 5

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Fri, 07 May 2010 05:08:00 +0000

Games for the iPad.. hmmm one of it is Asphalt 5 from GameLoft. And hey! it works on the iPod and the iPhone too. And it is a pure arcade racing game.

The game has all the usual gaming mode that comes along with any racing game and also with other features like earning money, unlocking cars and like. There are twelve different locations and some awesome cars including Mini Cooper S and the Ferrari 599 XX. The graphics is good and so is the look and feel of the cars. There are cool soundtracks too. It is available on the PSP too.

Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:24:00 +0000

Fallout 3 from Bethesda Games Studio is an action RPG game and is the third game of the fallout series. The game is available for the XBox, PS3 and for the windows and was released last year.

Bethesda started the work of fallout in 2004. The game has some adult content and also violence and had chosen to pursue the ESRM rating of M (Mature).

Electroserver or Smartfoxserver

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Sun, 10 May 2009 08:31:00 +0000

Electroserver rocks. It's simple, easy to use and quick to learn. Smartfoxserver on that other hand is slightly different but if you have worked on ES then working on SFS would not be difficult.

SFS has an api for C#, now this is a plus for most people developing apps for windows or mac. Support for Actionscript however is there both for ES and SFS. So this would help game development for online games. Learning curve for ES is low and hence you could speed up in no time. It has got a good API and have a great documentation. And best of all, it is got a good customer support and forum.

So my choice would always be on ES.

Windows versions and Operating Systems! Why so many?

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Sat, 09 May 2009 09:02:00 +0000

Ok before I talk let me first show you the list of all operating systems we have had since Microsoft began.

Windows XP
Windows XP Starter Edition
Windows XP Home Edition,
Windows XP Home Edition N
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Professional N
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition,
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Windows XP Media Center Edition
Windows XP 64-bit Edition
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, for tablet PCs
Windows 2000
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Windows Me
Windows 98
Windows 98 Second Edition
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 95
Windows NT 3.51
Windows NT 3.5
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
Windows 3.2
Windows NT 3.1
Windows for Workgroups 3.1
Windows 3.1
Windows 3.0
Windows 2.11
Windows 2.10
Windows 2.03
Windows 1.04
Windows 1.03
Windows 1.02
Windows 1.01

Right there you go. I have a list of 36 items here. Keep in mind that I have excluded the server and CE editions of windows. The first thing you will note is each OS released has different editions. And the second thing is - So many different operating systems.

The point here is why should we have so many editions? What purpose would it make? It is clear that it does sound sensible by its name but then why? And the second point, why rewrite the OS again and again with a different name or have different names in the first place. I have always known of software begin with version 1.0 and proceed to better versions with a more mature and riper software. This is how it should have been but then we end up learning the operating system again trying to adjust to its new features. And Microsoft ends up spending more resource on support and maintenance for these projects too.

To me it all seems like an overhead. I wish someday they will realise this.

Reading an XML file from unity standalone application and web player.

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:14:00 +0000

If you try reading a XML file (or any file) inside a folder within the 'Assets' folder using the System.Xml namespace, you may notice that it works withing the Unity standalone application, but not when compiled and run in the web player.

To make the file readable in both the Unity stand alone application and the web player do the following

1) Create a Resources folder within the Assets folder.
2) Place the file (say Config.xml) within the Resources folder.
3) And use Resources.Load("Config") to load the file.

This would guarantee the file being read in the web player too.

Electro Server Configuration for MacOSX

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:48:00 +0000

Configuring ElectroServer (4.0) is an easy task for Windows. You just download the setup, install it and run the server. And you also have the admin tool and the UI to tweak and adjust the settings of the server. But not an easy task with MacOSX.

Here I would be giving an information about how to configure Electro-Server for the MacOSX. As you know to run ElectroServer 4.0+ you need JVM 1.6 or higher. But SUN does not have a download of JVM 1.6 for MacOSX as Mac decided to bring up its own virtual machine.

At this point I hope you must be knowing what ElectroServer is. In simple words it is a server used for developing and configuring multiplayer games and MMOs. For more information kindly visit the Electro Server website.

To run the Electro Server in MacOSX, do the following

1) Download the Unix (without JVM) version of the Electro Server.
2) Un-Archive it. And run ElectroServer unix executable file.
3) If you run it, you would probably get an error stating that the required JVM was not found. And that it can be resolved by adding a path to the home directory of the JVM.
4) Now open up the Terminal under utilities. This is like the command prompt of the windows.
5) Type in mkdir ~/.MacOSX This would create a hidden MacOSX directory under the home directory.
6)Now its time to create the .plist file. The .plist is a property list file which contains the information of all the path variables. Basically it is a list of name value pairs. Just like how we load the environment variables in windows. So we shall now create the environment.plist file under this MacOSX directory. To do this easily download the Property List Editor from the apple website.
7)Create a new child enter the variable name as INSTALL_4J_JAVA_HOME and set the path to /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.frameworK/Versions/1.6/Home/. Also add another child with name PATH and set the path to /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.frameworK/Versions/1.6/Home/
9) Save the file as environment.plist in desktop and then copy it to the MacOSX folder using the Terminal.

There you go, you are now done with configuring the ElectroServer for MacOSX. Restart the machine or log off and login. As you login the environment.plist file is read and the required environment variables are set. Now run the Electroserver unix executable file. If your day is good, it should show the following

06:19:56,842 [main] INFO DisplayLogger -
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Starting ElectroServer 4.0.6
Go to http://www.electro-server.com/ for the newest version.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Computer Information
Operating System: Mac OS X
Operating System Architecture: x86_64
Processors Available: 2
Memory Available: 122Mb
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Virtual Machine Information
Virtual Machine Vendor: Apple Inc.
Virtual Machine Version: 1.6.0_05

06:20:03,978 [pool-1-thread-3] INFO DisplayLogger -
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
ElectroServer has started successfully

J2ME Game Canvas and 3D Cube

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:05:00 +0000


import javax.microedition.lcdui.Graphics;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.game.GameCanvas;
import javax.microedition.m3g.*;

public class My3DClass extends GameCanvas implements Runnable {

    private Graphics3D v3DInstance = Graphics3D.getInstance();
    
    private Appearance vAppearance;
    private Material vMaterial;
    private VertexBuffer vVBuffer;
    private IndexBuffer vIBuffer;
    private Camera vCamera;
    private Background vBackground;
    private Transform vTransform;
    private Light vLight;
    private float vAngle;
    boolean vRunning;
    
    My3DClass()
    {
        //call the parent
        super(true);
        
        //initiate the variables
        vAppearance = new Appearance();
        vMaterial = new Material();
        vVBuffer = new VertexBuffer();
        vCamera = new Camera();
        vBackground = new Background();
        vLight = new Light();
        vTransform = new Transform();
        
        vRunning = false;
    }
    
    public void init()
    {
        //set the vertices
        vAngle=0.0f;
        short vertices[]={
            3, 1, 3,  -3, 1, 3,   3,-1, 3,  -3,-1, 3,   // front
           -3, 1,-3,   3, 1,-3,  -3,-1,-3,   3,-1,-3,   // back
           -3, 1, 3,  -3, 1,-3,  -3,-1, 3,  -3,-1,-3,   // left
            3, 1,-3,   3, 1, 3,   3,-1,-3,   3,-1, 3,   // right
            3, 1,-3,  -3, 1,-3,   3, 1, 3,  -3, 1, 3,   // top
            3,-1, 3,  -3,-1, 3,   3,-1,-3,  -3,-1,-3};

        
        VertexArray v_array = new VertexArray(vertices.length/3,3,2);
        v_array.set(0,vertices.length/3,vertices);
        
        byte[] normals = {  
            0, 0, 127,    0, 0, 127,    0, 0, 127,    0, 0, 127,
            0, 0,-127,    0, 0,-127,    0, 0,-127,    0, 0,-127,
           -127, 0, 0,   -127, 0, 0,   -127, 0, 0,   -127, 0, 0,
            127, 0, 0,    127, 0, 0,    127, 0, 0,    127, 0, 0,
            0, 127, 0,    0, 127, 0,    0, 127, 0,    0, 127, 0,
            0,-127, 0,    0,-127, 0,    0,-127, 0,    0,-127, 0 };
        
        VertexArray n_array = new VertexArray(normals.length/3, 3, 1);
        n_array.set(0,normals.length/3,normals);
        
        //now create the vertex buffer that will hold the triangle
        vVBuffer.setPositions(v_array, 1.0f, null);
        vVBuffer.setNormals(n_array);
        
        //specify the index buffer and the type of rendering mode for the triangles
        int[] stripLength ={ 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 }; //{36};
        vIBuffer=new TriangleStripArray(0,stripLength);
        
        //create the material drawn on top of the triangle        
        vMaterial.setColor(Material.DIFFUSE,0xff0000);
        vMaterial.setColor(Material.SPECULAR,0xff0000);
        vMaterial.setShininess(30.0f);
        
        //set the mat to the appearance class
        vAppearance.setMaterial(vMaterial);    

        //set the background color
        vBackground.setColor(0x00ee88);
        
        //set the camera
        float fov = (float)getWidth()/(float)getHeight();
        vCamera.setPerspective(60.0f,fov,1.0f,300.0f);
        
        //set the light
        //vLight.setColor(0xffffff);
        //vLight.setIntensity(1.25f);
    }    
    
    public void start()
    {
        vRunning=true;
        init();
        Thread new_thread = new Thread(this);
        new_thread.start();
    }
    
    public void stop()
    {
        vRunning=false;
    }
    
    public void run()
    {
        Graphics g = getGraphics();
        
        while(vRunning)
        {
            if(isShown())
            {
                v3DInstance.bindTarget(g);
                v3DInstance.clear(vBackground);
                
                vTransform.setIdentity();
                vTransform.postTranslate(0.0f,5.0f,20.0f);                
                v3DInstance.setCamera(vCamera,vTransform);                
                
                v3DInstance.resetLights();
                v3DInstance.addLight(vLight, vTransform);
                
                vAngle+=1.0f;
                vTransform.setIdentity();
                vTransform.postRotate(vAngle,0.0f,1.0f,0.0f);
                v3DInstance.render(vVBuffer,vIBuffer,vAppearance,vTransform);
                
                System.out.println("Render called");
                
                v3DInstance.releaseTarget();
                flushGraphics();
            }
        }                
    }    
}

J2ME,GameCanvas and Thread

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:02:00 +0000

And here is the GameCanvas class



package MyApp;

import java.io.IOException;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.game.*;
import java.lang.Runnable.*;

public class MyGameCanvas extends GameCanvas implements Runnable
{    
  private boolean vRenderLoop;
  private int vXPos;
  private int vWidth;
  private int vHeight;
  
  MyGameCanvas()
  {
      super(true);
      System.out.println("Constructor called");      
      vXPos=0;
      vWidth=getWidth();
      vHeight=getHeight();
      vRenderLoop=false;   
  }
  
  public void paint(Graphics g)
  {
   
  }  
  public void start()
  {
      System.out.println("start invoked");
      vRenderLoop=true;
      Thread t = new Thread(this);
      t.start();
  }
  
  public void stop()
  {
      vRenderLoop=false;
  }
  
  public void render(Graphics g)
  {
      g.setColor(0xffffff);
      g.fillRect(0,0,vWidth,vHeight);
      vXPos++;
      g.setColor(0x000000);
      g.fillRect(vXPos, 50, 100,100);
      
      if(vXPos > (100 + vWidth))
          vXPos=0;
  }
  
  public void run()
  {
      System.out.println("yeah yeah");
      Graphics g = getGraphics();
      while(vRenderLoop)
      {
        render(g);
        flushGraphics();
        try { Thread.sleep(10);}
        catch (InterruptedException ie)
        {
            stop();
        }        
      }
  }
}

Note that I have removed the content from paint() and pumped them into render(Graphics g) instead. Also notice the use of flushGraphics() here. And yes super(true) in the constructor.

J2ME Canvas with Threading

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:35:00 +0000

What we shall do here is the following

1) Create a Midlet
2) Create a Canvas class which implements the threading
3) Load a PNG image
4) Render the image through the thread.

Configuration.

You would need to download the Netbean IDE. When I did this program the version I had was NetBean IDE 6.1. You can go to their website to download it. It would suite for other programming languages too, including the Set Top Box.

The program.

The Midlet:
Just like an applet for the browser, the midlet is an application running in the mobile platform using J2ME.

So to run an application on a mobile device you first need a Midlet class.

This is the midlet class.


package MyApp;

import javax.microedition.midlet.*;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;

public class MyApp extends MIDlet {
    public void startApp() {
      
        MyGameCanvas myApp = new MyGameCanvas();
        myApp.start();
       
        Display.getDisplay(this).setCurrent(d);
    }
}

For better understanding I am keeping this class as small as possible. As you can see, this is where the application first initializes. The startApp function is invoked and all dram happens from then on. Here we create an object for the MyGameCanvas class defined below and trigger the thread within it.

The MyGameCanvas class:


package MyApp;

import java.io.IOException;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.game.*;
import java.lang.Runnable.*;

public class MyGameCanvas extends Canvas implements Runnable
{    
  private Image vImage;
  private boolean vRenderLoop;
  private int vXPos;
  private int vWidth;
  private int vHeight;
  
  MyGameCanvas()
  {
      //super(true);
      vXPos=0;
      vWidth=getWidth();
      vHeight=getHeight();
      System.out.println("Constructor called");
      vImage=null;
      vRenderLoop=false;
      try
      {
        vImage=Image.createImage("/im/a.png");
        System.out.println("Loaded the image");
      } catch(IOException exp)
      {
          System.out.println("Image not found" + exp.getMessage());
      }      
   }
  public void paint(Graphics g)
  {
      g.setColor(0xffffff);
      g.fillRect(0,0,vWidth,vHeight);
      vXPos++;
      if(vImage!=null)
      {
        g.drawImage(vImage, vXPos, 50, Graphics.TOP | Graphics.LEFT);
        vXPos++;
        
        if((vXPos + vImage.getWidth())> vWidth)
                vXPos=0;
      }      
  }
  public void start()
  {
      System.out.println("start invoked");
      vRenderLoop=true;
      Thread t = new Thread(this);
      t.start();
  }
  
  public void stop()
  {
      vRenderLoop=false;
  }
  
  public void render(Graphics g)
  {

  }
  
  public void run()
  {
      System.out.println("yeah yeah");
      while(vRenderLoop)
      {
        try { Thread.sleep(20);}
        catch (InterruptedException ie)
        {
            stop();
        }
        repaint();
      }
  }
}

This class loads an image (a.png) and repaints the scene by rendering the image in a different location with a delay of 20ms. It is self explanatory as you can see. The thread runs asynchronously and hence you could take advantage of this by playing a small progress bar animation while waiting for a request from the server.

Also note that here we make use of the Canvas class. And hence the functions paint() and repaint(). If we extended GameCanvas instead then we would make use of flushGraphics().

The use of GameCanvas shall be explained in the next blog.

Embedding Font in ActionScript 3.0

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:49:00 +0000

Embedding fonts in Action Script 3.0 is fairly an easy job. The following is the steps you need to follow

Goto the library of the Movie. Right click and click New Font. And enter the following information as shown in the image below.

Now goto to the property panel and choose the newly created font. All fonts created and placed in the library will be post-fixed with a *. In our care here it is WProCap*.

Now go to the property panel and click the embed font button. And do as shown in the image below. Click open and enjoy dynamic fonts in AS 3.0.

Configuring Flash in Eclipse using ASDT, MTASC and Flashout

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:37:00 +0000

Software Needed:

Eclipse
MTASC
ASDT
Flashout
Java JDK

Installation:

Make sure the latest version of the Java JDK installed in your machine. Preferably J2SE 5.0 or higher. Install the JDK preferably in c:\program files\Java http://java.sun.com/j2se/index.jsp
Download the latest version of the Eclipse IDE and extract it to c:\program files\Eclipse or any other folder you want. Create a shortcut, right click, go to properties and enter the following argument to the Target Path

C:\program files\Eclipse\eclipse.exe –clean
Download MTASC (Motion Twin ActionScript Compiler) and extract it to c:\program files\MTASC or any other folder you prefer.
Installing ASDT (Actionscript Development Tool). Open eclipse, Help – Software updates - Add Site. Add the following url in the location text box. http://aseclipseplugin.sourceforge.net/updates and click ok. Check ASDT and click Finish.
Download the latest version of Flashout and extract the content of the archive (excluding the Flashout.as file) into the eclipse plugin directory. Copy Flashout.as file onto your project directory or global flash class path.

Compilation:

Goto Windows - Preferences
Browse to Actionscript2 and MTASC and you would have a screen as shown below
Now select Flashout and Point to the MTASC compiler and the Flash core classes and shown in the screen below

Compiling a project using FlashOut:

Choose the Actionscript 2 perspective first. Goto Windows – Perspective – Actionscript 2
Click New – New Actionscript 2 project, enter the name of the project and click ok. Make sure you check the standard core classes checkbox.

Create a new AS file as follows. Src – com – sportingIndex – Main.as and enter the following code.


class com.sportingIndex.Main 
{
 private static var vTextField:TextField;
 
 public static function main():Void
 {
  trace("Stage.width")
  _root.createTextField("vTextField",1,50,50,250,250);
  _root.vTextField.html=true;
                _root.vTextField.htmlText="Hello! This is a flashout sample";
 }
}

Right click on the project, create a new file and name is EclipseFlashOut.flashout
Goto the SWF tab of Flashout and type in the following as shown in the screen below
Now go to the Additionals tab and type the follow
-header 770:578:20 (Width, height and Frame Rate)
Now click Compile. You should see the following screen below.

Configuring Flash in Eclipse using FDT

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:23:00 +0000

Software Needed:

Eclipse IDE
Java JDK
Flash FDT
MTASC Flash Compiler

Installation:

Make sure the lastest version of the Java JDK installed in your machine. Preferably J2SE 5.0 or higher. Install the JDK preferably in c:\program files\Java http://java.sun.com/j2se/index.jsp

Download the latest version of the Eclipse IDE and extract it to c:\program files\Eclipse or any other folder you want. Create a shortcut, right click, go to properties and enter the following argument to the Target Path

To install FDT, open eclipse, Help – Software Updates – Add Site. Enter the url http://fdt.powerflasher.com/update/ and click finish.

Compilation:

Choose the Flash FDT Perspective. Go to Window – Open Perspective – Other and choose Flash FDT.

Click Run – Run Configurations. Go down to FDT MTASC and double click it.

Enter the name of the configuration. Select the project and the Main class file. As shown below. Click the MTASC tab and select the location to the MTASC compiler.

Click the MTASC Arguments tab and enter the following command

-mx –main –header 770:578:20 -swf build/Springo_Assets.swf -trace project.spin.VirtualGame.MTTrace

Include –header 770:578:20 only if you want to create a new swf file and not inject the byte code into the swf containing the assets.

To create an Injected SWF

Create the swf in Flash IDE containing all the assets required for the game
You might get errors. But ignore them and point to the swf using the MTASC arguments mentioned above. Remember remove – header if you don’t wish to create a new swf with only the class bytecodes.
You can follow the same technique for Method 2 explained below.

Choose Run – (the configuration name) to compile the files and generate either the new swf or the injected swf.

Error 1006 _ is not a function. Actionscript

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:34:00 +0000

This error happens due to a objects not having found a function with that name. The following could the reasons

1) Check that you dont have multiple files in different paths with the same name. One with the function and one without.
2) Check the linkage property in the library for the movieclip. Make sure it points to the correct package and class name.

In my case, when I spent two hours trying to troubleshoot this F******** problem,I resolved it using method two. Flash by default creates a class for you if it cannot find the path and was breaking my head trying to figure out what is going on.

Grand Theft Auto IV

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:58:00 +0000

Having sold 16 million copies and grossed about 165 million pounds in the first 24 hours of release, Grand Theft Auto has definitely created a world record. The publisher and the developer of the game is Rock star Games.

Check out the original website here.

The first two versions of the game had a top view perspective. The third version brought in the 3d perspective making it more famous and in blend to the technologies. The WikiPedia shall help you explore more on the various stages of the game development. Grand Theft Auto IV has support for online multi-players with some new features too.

EA Sport - Skate Game

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:54:00 +0000

Call of Duty and Medal of Honour from EA Games

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:44:00 +0000

WCAG Compliance

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:27:00 +0000

The "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0" are a W3C specification providing guidance on accessibility of Web sites for people with disabilities. They have been developed by the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative. The specification contains fourteen guidelines which are general principles of accessible design. Each guideline is associated with one or more checkpoints describing how to apply that guideline to particular features of Web pages. An appendix to the guidelines, "List of Checkpoints for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0" presents the checkpoints sorted by priority for easy reference. These guidelines not only make pages more accessible to people with disabilities, but also have the side benefit of making pages more accessible to all users, or to users using different browsers or one of the emerging handheld or voice-based computers.

Taken from Fact Sheet for "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0

Excerpt from http://www.thepollenshop.co.uk/accessible_web_services/standards_compliance/wcag_compliance.asp

Flash Banner - ActionScript & Javascript

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:41:00 +0000

Ok! Now we need to create a flash banner but hell o! we have loads of methods to achieve it.

Flash brought in the ExternalInterface for easy communication between Actionscript and Javascript.

I am not going to explore this here. However what I am going to explain now is the old method of creating a banner compatible in most browsers and yet is very simple. A method invented way back in 2000 and is still going on.....

The requirements are...

1) The banner should support image and swf played at regular intervals
2) The banner should be compatible in most browsers
3) The banner should be able to communicate with Javascript and vice versa

How do we achieve this?

1) Create a banner.swf file. This swf will be embedded in the browser and will now form the container for loading any image or swf into it dynamically.
2) Use javascript + Actionscript to communicate to and from the banner and voila! there it the trick.

Process:

Create something as seen above with the following actionscript within each frame.

Frame 1:

var bSourceObtained=false;
mcClicker.enabled=false;

Frame 2:

onEnterFrame()
{
if(trigger=="reset")
{
mcClicker.enabled=true;
mcMovie.loadMovie(source);
bSourceObtained=true;
trigger="init";
}
}

Frame 3:

gotoAndPlay(2);

The flash would contain three dynamic texts and two movieclips. One movieclip would act as a loader to load the content into it. And the other would handle the onRelease Event and process the information in holds. And hence we have three layers.

Layer 1 containing the Clicker MovieClip (A Transparent movieclip stretched to the size of the banner)
Layer 2 containing the Dynamic Texts and three frames with actionscripts within them
Layer 3 containing the Movie MovieClip - (A red box movieclip that will hold the content loaded)

The only thing then pending is an actionscript for the onRelease event of the clicker movieclip. Focus on the clicker movieclip Press F9 and paste the following script

on(release)
{
mcClicker.enabled=false;
if(_root.bSourceObtained==true)
{
getURL("javascript:invoke()");
_root.bSourceObtained=false;
getURL(_root.url,"_blank");

}
}

This is what goes into the Javascript

function getFlashMovieObject(movieName)
{
if (window.document[movieName])
{
return window.document[movieName];
}
if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft Internet")==-1)
{
if (document.embeds && document.embeds[movieName])
return document.embeds[movieName];
}
else // if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft Internet")!=-1)
{
return document.getElementById(movieName);
}
}

function invoke()
{
var flashMovie=getFlashMovieObject("myFlashMovie");
var url=flashMovie.GetVariable("/:url");
}

function SendDataToFlashMovie(url,source,id)
{
var flashMovie=getFlashMovieObject("myFlashMovie");
flashMovie.SetVariable("/:url", url);
flashMovie.SetVariable("/:source", source);
flashMovie.SetVariable("/:trigger","reset");
}

Insert this javascript into the page and there you go. You should be set and running.
getFlashMovieObject gets the object of the flash included into the html.
SendDataToFlashMovie Sends information from Javascript to Flash.
invoke Gets information from Flash to Javascript. All through the dynamic texts we created in flash.

Ensoy.

Pro Evolution Soccer - 2008 - Nintendo Wii

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:03:00 +0000

The world’s most popular soccer game is back under a new name, Pro Evolution Soccer 2008. Formerly "Winning Eleven," PES 2008 builds upon the competitive spirit embodied by its predecessor with some major improvements. PES gamers will discover a more immersive, vivid soccer experience than they’ve ever played!

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ESRB - Entertainment Sfotware Rating Board

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:54:00 +0000

ESRB - Entertainment Software Rating Board is a non-profit self regulatory body that independently assigns ratings, enforces advertisement guidelines, and helps ensure responsible online privacy practices for the interactive entertainment software industry.

If you ever wanted to know who was responsible for such certifications of any game in the industry have a look at this link.

http://www.esrb.org/index-js.jsp

Actionscript 3.0 - Sounds

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:44:00 +0000

Okie! Handling sounds in AS 3.0 is so much of a bottleneck. Well its not a matter of something wrong with Adobe or the scripting language itself. But personally I just want to avoid so much trouble of declaring variables up and down just to MUTE the sounds. If only there was a simple way to do this.

So here it is. To handle sounds this is what you do. I shall give an example for you to easily understand it instead.

var vRequest:URLRequest=new URLRequest("sounds\monica_yells.mp3");
var vSound:Sound=new Sound(lRequest);
var vChannel:SoundChannel;

public function playMonica()
{
vChannel = vSound.play();
}

public function stopSound()
{
vChannel.stop();
}

public function muteSound()
{
var lTransform:SoundTransform=new SoundTransform();
lTransform.volume=1;
vChannel.soundTransform=lTransform;
}

Actionscript 3.0 - paremeter loading

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:17:00 +0000

In Actioscript 2.0 it was relatively easy to read the parameters passed from the URL since there variables could be added to the global stage and in flash we could access it using a simple code like

_root.audio_URL or something similar.

However this is quiet different now in AS 3.0. The same can be done using the loaderInfo. Something like

loaderInfo.parameters

Go to this link and you shall get a good explanation on this.
http://theolagendijk.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/parameters-for-a-flash-9-actionscript-3-swf/

The Fast and the Furious - Video Game (PS2)

noreply@blogger.com (graphix) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:00:00 +0000

The Fast and The Furious?) is a racing game for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. The game is a spin-off of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

http://www.thefastandthefurious.com/