my little web site updated, + question

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08-20-2002, 03:15 PM
marmotte

i just updated my little web site:
http://www.marmotte.levillage.org
(the link is also in my signature)

i was just wondering: why the heck the first frames of all my .fla files are that huge? is it because of the embed fonts?
it's surprising me because in each case the first frame of my animation is empty, or has just a little border, or a little square...
as a result, when you want to visit my pages, if the total is 200ko, the loading (or simply the first frame) only appears for example when 160ko are already loaded... that's annoying.
any clues?
08-20-2002, 04:56 PM
magnetos

might be the preloader u using ???
have you tested from within flash using the streaming option??

by the way you site is down ..again :)
08-20-2002, 05:04 PM
marmotte

yes, i tried with the streaming option: that's how i discover that the first frame of all my files is the bigger in size... for my index page, that's 240ko, the first frame is 160ko!!! it means that the loading animation is quite finished when you can see the preloader.
also, for my index file, the first frame is only a very short code that detects the version of your flash player, nothing more... strange...?

no, my site is not down again, that's because i re-uploded it in order to test a pop up window without border...
hope it will not be down tomorrow, i'll have to present it for a seven months work... guess i'll put it on a cd ^^
08-20-2002, 06:42 PM
luxregina

Quote:

Originally posted by marmotte
i re-uploded it in order to test a pop up window without border...

si cela t'interesse, j'ai quelques scripts tres cool pour les "chromless windows" ...

Tres fun ton idee de site ! j'aime beaucoup !!!
08-20-2002, 06:54 PM
marmotte

thanks luxregina...

i'm just looking over and over the forum, and i found a lot of scripts that allow you to open chromless windows... as you can see in my little web site, when you want to play "bobby" (the animated television), a perfect chromless window appears.

but maybe you'll can help me with this: i want that chromless window to be able to close the parent window, how can i do that?

is it something like:

on(release) {
getURL("javascript:window.close();");
}

(but that example only closes the current opened window, not the _parent one)

also, if you can tell me why the first frames of my files are so huge, don't hesitate to post ^^ i was thinking about embed fonts...?

thanks a lot.

(and yes, my web site is a little bit fun... more to come ^^)
08-20-2002, 06:55 PM
Ed Mack

Oh... those things annoy me. Windows have crome for a reason! Je detest le "crome windows", c'est tres stupide.
08-20-2002, 06:57 PM
Ed Mack

You should be able to use opener:

opener.close();
08-20-2002, 07:02 PM
marmotte

oh, Ed, did you try to play with bobby directly from my little web site? the window is chromless... not for you?

btw, if you have an idea about the large file size of the first frame of my files... i think you are the most able here to give an interesting suggestion...?

oh, what do you mean by using an opener?

if you have the time to answer some of my questions, i'll be more than happy. you know, that's because of guys like you that i can create some interesting (well, i hope) flash projects ^^
08-20-2002, 08:33 PM
rockron

hey marmotte I think i know why the first frame has a large size...are you using linkage/export for the movie clips....there's an option where it says to export it in the first frame so maybe that's what it is doing..it exports all those movies clips in the first frame that's why you get the bigger bytes there..hope that helps
later
ron
08-20-2002, 09:09 PM
marmotte

well... i don't know? i'll take a look
in fact, i used the linkage thing in order to attach my MCs, but i suppose it is not what you are talking about...?

anyway, thank you very much, i'll take a look as soon as i can

(because having a 56k and waiting one or two minutes only to see something is more than frustrating, believe me ^^)
08-20-2002, 09:32 PM
rockron

haha Im glad im on broadband..that's what i am talkin about when you attach a movie clip you need to export so you are exporting and that might be it
you're welcome
ron
08-20-2002, 09:54 PM
marmotte

ok, you was right.

there are
1) export to action script
2) export for runtime sharing
3) import for runtime sharing
4) export in first frame

the default linkage is 1) and 4) are on.

now i unchecked the 4)... as a result, the MCs are not attached anymore.
is there a way to fix it?
the fact that you are on broadband doesn't allow you to see the preloader from the begining ^^

i checked my homepage: the swf is 244ko. and only the first frame is 211ko!!! because of that linkage thing.

please, tell me there's another way to attach MCs without putting all in the first frame...!
08-20-2002, 10:35 PM
BlinkOk

there are two ways;
place your mc's in another .fla and then use loadMovie() to load the swf containing the linked mc's (Note you might have to check export for runtime sharing on the linked mc's).
you could place the mc on the stage and use duplicateMovieClip() as well.
hope this helps
BlinkOk
08-20-2002, 11:17 PM
marmotte

well yes, it seems that's the only way...
i guess i'll put things directly on the stage. it also means i'll have to re-organise a lot of things... duh.

thanks anyway...
08-21-2002, 05:06 AM
kay_siegert

great site. i love it. one thing: i was visiting the cows and got stuck in the hence :(

k.
08-21-2002, 12:48 PM
marmotte

thanks. i'll correct it. that's because the hitTest with the cows is different that the one of the general graphics...

soon, more to come, more areas to visit ^^

now i want to solve that attachMovie problem...
08-22-2002, 02:17 AM
Shinji Ikari

2 things:
1) make the cows sound when ou hit them on your site.
2) how about tome secer are on you site too?
08-22-2002, 08:21 AM
marmotte

shinji
1) for the moment there's no sound at all... i don't know yet if i'll put sound in my game... but a meooowwww will be fun ^^
1) what is "tome secer"?. is it some kind of chapter or something?

infos
i resolved the attachMovie thing, so now the loading starts immediatly.
i'm also adding a new area, and thinking about npcs characters...
08-22-2002, 09:59 AM
Shinji Ikari

oops, i spelled wrong.
i mean, wouldnt it be nice with a secret area on your page.
08-22-2002, 04:05 PM
madmental

thats really different and kool :) i agree with secret area, but if you add a new area and npc's is that not you making rocky again? :p just wondering
08-22-2002, 05:11 PM
marmotte

madmental, you're right... (about doing rocky again)
BUT, this time it is not supposed to be an rpg with storyline... my rocky experience allow me now to create that kind of interactions...

the new areas i talked before are supposed to show some of my works, like "bobby" (other to come, i hope ^^), i'm thinking about a special house where you'll be able to enter and play a lot of games (hey, what about earning virtual money (the rubies) and pay to play the games?). but i would also present graphics creations (i mean no flash games) i did during my multimedia and design works. (though now my site is very game oriented at the moment)

about npcs, rocky can speak to them, and learn a lot of things about me, myself and i ^^

but you seem to be very interested in seeing a secret area... what would it be? i mean what is the "reward" of finding such kind of area? (infinite money? ^^)
08-22-2002, 05:32 PM
madmental

okie dokie, that sound's very interesting with the "virtual rubies" it would be well neat :p

hmmm what would be the secret area...lol, a baseball bat, ad you can run a bout rocky land smahing everything lol hehe :p that would most certainly etertain me.

I also like your idea about the npc's telling us stuff about you that would also be neat.
hmmmmm
08-24-2002, 11:47 AM
Sunnyat

why don't you use the generate report option in flash 5/mx
08-24-2002, 11:55 AM
marmotte

mmh... are you telling me that because of my "problem" in the first frame? if so, it is resolved right now.
haven't put the new version of the site online, though...