hijacked actionscript.
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- Seph
How many people out there actually wrote their own code in flash for the loading bar? I would like to find the person who wrote that percent loaded thing. I cant even remember where I got it from, was it flashkit or M ?
Could it be the most hijacked peice of code in the history of actionscript?
And while we are on the topic:
Single skinny line for flash progress bars are Fad, stop it !
- fano0
i write all my code...for everything. i think it's ok to learn by studying others code but once you're comfortable i think it's time to start writing things from scratch. and yes skinny loading bars are a fad.
- Seph0
Are you honestly telling me you dont use that loading code? I say if its there use it.
But if embarking on large scale projects I tend to start from scratch, only because its nice to have everything named exactly how you want it. Nothing worse than a Global that you keep forgetting because someone else came up with the name.
My next progress bar is going to be a fat monster.
- fano0
lately i have been reusing classes and components that i've written so i can honestly say that i don't need other people code anymore. that's not to say that i dont pick through source every now and then when i find something interesting but for more than 90% of what i work on for clients and my personal site it's all my stuff.
- unknown0
using components in flash is just the same as using filters in photoshop. Its called development - if I can drag something in and change its look then so be it -its quicker and it works, cant say fairer than that.
- Seph0
Good for you. I suppose it makes a stable base from which to develop.
when you talk of Classes I presume you are talking java and not actionscript? dont think I ever used a class like structure in Actionscript.
- fano0
yup...classes in my php and self made components (smart clips for people that remember them) in flash.
- ********0
I did, not going to tell you where it is though
- flippers0
i'm with fano. other peoples code confusses me sometimes, i find if i try to tweak some code i find somewhere to make it do what i want i get utterly confussed. i much prefer starting from scratch.
- phojekt0
i write my own - like to know i did it.
- sp0
I would like to see Flash grow into having standardized lib's like C and other high-level languages.
Macromedia tried to adopt a similar concept by providing the widgets like scrollbars, buttons, etc in MX. But it's not quite the same as having a standardized module of code for say print functionality.
With our game, we are trying to take this into consideration and writing each separate engine as a unique lib for flash instead of a specific component of the project.
That way, the UI engine can work for any other project as well...for web, cd, whatever. The Actionscript is confined to just our game but instead is more generalized.
Which is one reason this is taking so long...
Once done, the idea is to release the core engines (with the exception of a few) under the GPL.
- sp0
type-o: "The Actionscript is confined to just our game but instead is more generalized."
should be:
"The Actionscript ISN'T confined to just our game but instead is more generalized."
- Seph0
SP sounds interesting, let us know when the games out. I do use other peoples code but the important thing is to balance that with sufficient code writing of your own and hopefully some original and elegant solutions to common problems from time to time.
As SP mentioned, ask any C or Java developer, they would never leave square one if they didnt stand on the shoulders of others.
- PeterNorf0
Dude there is a component in Flash MX that does that for you. Anyways, why are we even talking about this.
- Seph0
I wanted to know how people felt about code ethics in Actionscript, are high level languages treated differently? Is there less respect as far as piracy of other peoples code when talking about lingo and AS as oppossed to C++ and Java.
- PeterNorf0
Fuck it. If it makes the job easier do it. Who cares really. No one should care if you use a loading script they made. If they do, bust that bitch in the lip and then ask them if they still mind.
- fues0
Wrote it all myself, isn't that difficult really.
- PaulAmbrose0
haha..i hear you..i use the same one all the time..
Dont remember where I found it.