Re: FLASH: Reality check re *Flash 4 Magic* file?

[Laura Mollett]

> Okay, that much I've reported before. Here's the kicker: I *cannot* reopen the

> saved file "preloadproject.fla" with only that 120 meg allocated to Flash! I

> only have to add minimal megs, but still, this makes no sense to me at all.

> Maybe I think too much.

Did you restart flash before you tried to open the file? Sometimes I even

have to reboot my computer, but then I'm on this ppc, that doesn't have

enough of anything to do what I'm trying to make the poor thing do. I'm

getting a G4 soon, really :)


> I'd also like to reiterate my other main question in this thread: On the

> Macintosh platform, is it true that in order to open a fla of size X meg, one

> must allocate something between 16X and 28X meg of RAM to Flash? I really need

> to know these stats in order to support submitting an order for sufficient RAM

> for my system at work.

Flash 4.0a has a suggested size of 14k (flash 4 suggested 10.5 - is that

really better memorry management, to suggest it needs more memory? ;) I

didn't really realize I was getting a whole new program when I got the

update either, but I did.) I have the size for 4.0a set to 40k (I had 4 set

to 32k) to get rid of the "Flash is low on memory, some frames may be drawn

as gray" messages. I seem to be getting these more often with the update,

but I haven't had any more crashes and refusals to reopen the file as of yet

either :) Admittedly I sometimes have huge movies (1.7 meg) because I've

imported bitmaps that are traced later, or things that I don't end up using

etc. (or a little sound :p) but even so, I'd ask for as much as I could get

away with getting :)


Laura Mollett


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