RE: FLASH: take a peek

[Branden Hall]

Yes, but its not ready for distro yet...

when it is, along with a write up, I will let everyone know.


The basic idea behind the zero energy system is that you have multiple

pieces all of which always attempt to return to their zero energy state,

wether that be scale, position, whatever.  In the case of the slinky, there

is a single controller MC that controls all of the boxes. Each box has a

speed variable associated with it, for example, speed1 refers to box1.  The

speed of each box is constantly updated so that it equals a percentage of

what its speed was (so that the box eventually slows down and stops) added

to a factor of how far away from its zero energy state the object is.  For

example, in the slinky speed is calculated as follows:

Set Variable: "/:speed"&temp =

Eval("/:speed"&temp)*.75+((100-GetProperty("/block"&temp&"/box",_xscale))/20

)


Then the actual property of each MC is changed according to the speed(making

sure that we never have a negative scale in this case):

Set Variable: "size" =

Eval("/:speed"&temp)+GetProperty("/block"&temp&"/box", _xscale)

If (size<=0)

    Set Variable: "size" = .01

End If

Set Property ("/block"&temp&"/box", X Scale) = size


Now, that makes the actual blocks move, but you still have to make them

always touch.. that is done by the following line of code:

Set Property ("/block"&temp, X Position) = GetProperty("/block"&(temp-1),

_x)+GetProperty("/block"&(temp-1)&"/box", _width)


If you notice I am changing only the MC box inside of the MC /blockX this is

so that I can have text, and other info inside of blockX that won't get

stretched as this whole thing squishes around...


Obviously there is more to this thing than just what I have said above.. for

example the actual triggering of the expanding... thats actually not that

difficult the idea is that to keep every thing the same size if you have X

boxes and you want to increase the speed by Y you increase that one boxes

speed by Y then decrease the rest by (X-1)/Y


-= Branden J. Hall

-= Multimedia Developer/Instructor

-= Fig Leaf Software




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Subject: Re: FLASH: take a peek



brandon got a source on this?

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From: Branden Hall <

bhallfigleaf [dot] com

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Date: Friday, December 10, 1999 11:11 AM

Subject: RE: FLASH: take a peek



>I really like it! especially  how the scales at the bottom kinda breathe...

>thats really organic...  One thing you may want to do is implement

something

>like what I did for a friend of mine for the site

>www.trailheadoutfitters.com site... check out the nav bar at the bottom...

>:-) That way you always have the scrolly bar to play with...

>

>Oh, and btw, I will be releasing a new technique soon... "Zero Energy

>Systems" the actual size of parts of an object can change but only in

>relation to each other so the size of the whole never changes... check out

>an example at

>www.figleaf.com/development/flash4/slinky.swf

>

>Keep up the great work!

>

>--

>Branden J. Hall

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>Fig Leaf Software               |  Kimmuli.com

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From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Lisa

>Broussard

>Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 11:29 AM

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To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

>Subject: FLASH: take a peek

>

>

>hi all--

>

>i'm building my new flashsite and would love for you all

>to give me some feedback on speed. www.guigrrl.com

>

>btw...implemented some of branden's code to build the nav bar.

>branden...you are the best...love that brain!!!

>

>

>lisa

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