Error FIX: Ubuntu LAMP server won’t display flash applets
If you’re using a Ubuntu LAMP server and you find that your flash applets aren’t being served by your server even if you go directly to the file location then you’ve run into the...
Tagged: Flash
Flash AS3 Tutorial: Callbacks or passing multiple parameters to event listeners
So one of the things I’ve found in developing my MMO is that there are numerous times when I need to pass back more information than just the event data when I’m using event...
Flash AS3 Tutorial: How to Create 2D or 3D Dynamic, Multi-Dimensional Arrays
So creating a dynamic 2-dimensional array in flash isn’t as easy as you’d think. Instead of being able to just assign variables into a specific row/column position you have to initialize an array of...
Flash FIX: Pre-loader Not Pre-Loading?
So I recently added a flash pre-loader to one of my games and I noticed that it wasn’t pre-loading like I expected it to. It turns out if you have any movieclips, graphics or...
Flash AS3 Tutorial: Remove HTML Tags
In my chat room one of the problems I ran into was formatting messages (ie adding font colors) but preventing users from posting HTML tags. So I came up with this nifty function. Run...
Flash AS3 Tutorial: Convert Hyperlinks to Clickable URLs
In my chat room I was having a heck of a time getting my regex to reliably convert hyperlinks to clickable URLs in my textarea component — sometimes it would chop off anything after...
Freelance Flash Animator Position — Filled
Whoa-horsie.com is a flash MMO currently in development. We’re looking for someone to become a long-term part of our animation team. You must be 18 or older, willing to sign a graphic rights contract,...
Flash AS3 Tutorial: Embedding Symbols From External .swf Files
This is one of my favorite features in flash but the documentation is pretty much non-existent and what little I’ve found is completely crappy. In developing a large flash game you’ll find you have...
Flash AS3: Difference between a number and int and uint
Number – holds decimals and numbers larger or smaller than max uint. Uint – holds numbers randing from 0 to 4,294,967,295. Cannot contain decimals. Optimal for holding hexadecimals (ie colors) and large integers. Int...
Flash AS3 EventListeners Tutorial: Easily Add, Retrieve and Remove ALL Event Listeners
Did you know that when you remove objects from the stage it doesn’t remove the event listeners too? How annoying!! In researching this problem I’ve found several classes which manage event listeners — only...
