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I expect the book to be good, because his last edition (for Flash 5) was outstanding. I hate using online help. I love an excuse to get away from my computer and consulting a book is a good excuse. ...

I just purchased Moock's "ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definative Guide." (Damn thing cost $55!) I had not bothered learning any of the new MX code. The loadVars() class appears to be pretty...

Thanks for your thoughtful responses. My associate at JoeChess passes game-update info his asp server as an url-encoded string (I think). I see that the loadVariables() method has been around since...

I am using MX, but not an MX server. The server is asp. I have never heard of loadVars(), but I will investigate. I am still relying for guidance on Moocks ActionScript, the Definative Guide for...

The server that I will be using currently serves a non-flash e-mail chess program called JoeChess. To see a game in process:...

I have a hexagonal chess game called Hexes Chess that is ready for implementation as an E-mail Chess game using a javascript server. My GUI enforces rules and includes a messaging system. I need to...

I am publishing a game file as version 5. Tonight, while creating a new movieclip to my game, I accidentally hit the "Accessibility" icon on the Properties Inspector (intending to hit the...

I am publishing a game file as version 5. Tonight, while creating a new movieclip to my game, I accidentally hit the "Accessibility" icon on the Properties Inspector (intending to hit the...

I have read what you have published about Comm byCD at the livepros.com site. It looks intriguing and I am glad to see that it uses xml. I am still a bit unclear about how to implement it. I have...

network game (hexagonal chess)

I have built a couple of hexagonal chess games in Flash. I would like to develop them as network games for the purpose of licensing, but I currently lack the...

I have built a couple of hexagonal chess games in Flash. I would like to develop them as network games for the purpose of licensing, but I currently lack the knowledge and the tools to accomplish...

My problem turned out to be a compatibility issue with Player 6, which I have already corrected by changing some looping structures. Someone at the Macromedia forum said the faster code execution in...

I have a hexagonal chess game authored in Flash 5 that fails to work correctly with the Flash 6 plugins.
My problem seems to be correctable by replacing for-property-in-object loops with i=0;...

Thank you Ed, for asking the right question. All my browsers had the Flash 6 plug-in, except the one that allowed the game to function correctly, which had the Flash 5 plug in. When I removed the...

Has anyone else experienced browser specific bugs in their swfs?

I have a hexagonal chess game that is intended to for online play using an xml socket, but it is not yet enabled for online play....

Yes, I changed it before testing.

I tried the code but my file behaved in precisely the same manner. Thanks for the suggestion, tho.

My preloader code is as follows:

frame 1 code:
if(_framesloaded > 0 && _framesloaded == _totalframes){
gotoAndPlay ("start");
}
frame 2 code: gotoAndPlay (1);
frame 3 (redundant?) code:...

I have a 108k swf that resists all my attempts to add a functioning preloader. My preloader movie is on frame one and is only 603 Shape Bytes. The bulk of the content is on frame three. When I test...

It occurs to me that I could create 30 object instances of a "Piece" class constructor, so that each one will correspond to its respective movieclip instance. So, for example, the object instance,...

I was unable to execute attachMovie or Duplicate MovieClip as a method of a custom object. It seems to me that the "either/or" problem persists. An instance of a custom object inherits its custom...

Thank you for your response, but your example is very close to what I already have. My hope was to make my code more concise, more efficient and easier to edit by constructing object templates....

Is it possible to give a custom object instance all of the properties and methods of a movieclip instance? Or must I choose between them?

I am building a chess game with 30 draggable pieces. Each...

Is it possible to give a custom object instance all of the properties and methods of a movieclip instance? Or must I choose between them?

I am building a chess game with 30 draggable pieces. Each...

I am trying to program a hexagonal chess game. I think I need a class of "cell" movieClips than have custom properties, like "rank" and "file" and "occupied," etc. How can I create a custom class of...