Webmaster Forum / Flash / General Flash Topics / August 2008

Hi thanks for replying much appreciated

Here?s a link to my game on my website
http://www.quick2play.com/games/react/play.html
My laptop is a 1.9ghz HP laptop running windows vista with 2gig of ram Flash
player version 9,0,124,0
Id be interested to hear if you have any  issues with playback speed on your
computer.
 
Im only using one onenterframe here?s a snippet from the logo screen all the
code is in the first frame of the main timeline.

stop();

 
var lang:Number = 1;

var L_SLIDEON:Number = 1;
var L_LOADING:Number = 2;
var L_SLIDEONLANG:Number = 3;
var L_READY:Number = 4;
var L_SLIDEOFF:Number = 5;

var L_MODE:Number = L_SLIDEON;
 

var L_dottop:Number = 31;
var L_dotease:Number = 37;
var L_dotbot:Number = 67;
var L_dotmoverate:Number = 6;
var L_ballpaused:Number = 0;
var L_dotup:Boolean = true;

var L_startx:Number = 340;
var L_finishx:Number = 0;
var L_speed:Number = 8;
var L_moverate:Number = (L_startx - L_finishx) / L_speed;

L_logo._x = L_startx;
L_logo._alpha = 0;

var globalSound = new Sound();
globalSound.setVolume(21);

var wiz:Sound = new Sound(this);
wiz.attachSound("wiz");
var langselect:Sound = new Sound(this);
langselect.attachSound("langselect");
var langrollover:Sound = new Sound(this);
langrollover.attachSound("langrollover");

L_progressbar._visible = false;
wiz.start();

var version = System.capabilities.version;
var firstSpace = version.indexOf(" ");
var tempString = version.substring(firstSpace + 1, version.length);
var tempArray = tempString.split(",");

var majorversion = parseInt(tempArray[0]);
if(majorversion < 7)
{this._xscale = 99.98;
 this._yscale = 99.98;   }
 
 
 
 
 function L_slideon():Boolean
{
 if(L_logo._alpha < 100)
{L_logo._alpha += 10;    }
 if(L_logo._x > L_finishx)
{L_logo._x-= L_moverate;    }
 if(L_logo._x <= L_finishx && L_logo._alpha >= 100)
{return true;    }
 else
{return false;           }}

 function L_load():Boolean
{if(_root.getBytesLoaded() < _root.getBytesTotal())
{L_progressbar._visible = true;
 var percent:Number = (_root.getBytesLoaded() / _root.getBytesTotal()) * 100;
 var framenum:Number = Math.floor((8 / 100) * percent);
 if(framenum <= 8)
{L_progressbar.gotoAndStop(framenum);      }
 return false;      }

 else
{L_progressbar._visible = false;
 return true;    }}

function L_slideonlanguage():Boolean
{if(uk_btn._x > 76)
{uk_btn._x -= 50;     }
 else if(french_btn._x > 136)
{french_btn._x -= 50;   }
 else if(german_btn._x > 196)
{german_btn._x -= 50;   }
 else if(italy_btn._x > 256)
{italy_btn._x -= 50;   }
  else if(spain_btn._x > 316)
{spain_btn._x -= 50;   }
  else if(portugeuse_btn._x > 376)
{portugeuse_btn._x -= 50;   }
 else
{return true;     }

 return false;      }

 function L_slideoff():Boolean
{
 
 uk_btn._y += 20;
 french_btn._y += 20;
 german_btn._y += 20;
 italy_btn._y += 20;
 spain_btn._y += 20;
 portugeuse_btn._y += 20;
 
 if(L_logo._alpha > 0)
{L_logo._alpha-= 20;     }
 if(L_logo._x > -320)
{L_logo._x-= L_moverate;        }
 if(L_logo._x <= -320 && L_logo._alpha <= 0)
{return true;     }
 else
{return false;    }}

 function onEnterFrame()
{
    if(L_MODE == L_SLIDEON)
   {if(L_slideon())
   {L_MODE = L_LOADING;     }}
   
    else if(L_MODE == L_LOADING)
   {if(L_load())
   {L_MODE = L_SLIDEONLANG;     }}
   
    else if(L_MODE == L_SLIDEONLANG)
   {if(L_slideonlanguage())
   {L_MODE = L_READY;     }}
   
    else if(L_MODE == L_READY)
   {}
   
    else if(L_MODE == L_SLIDEOFF)
   {if(L_slideoff())
   {delete this.onEnterFrame;
    gotoAndStop("global_init");     }}
   

 if(L_ballpaused == 0)
{if(!L_dotup)
{if(L_logo.logodot_mc._y > L_dotease)
{L_logo.logodot_mc._y = L_logo.logodot_mc._y + L_dotmoverate;  }
 else
{L_logo.logodot_mc._y = L_logo.logodot_mc._y + (L_dotmoverate / 2); }}

 else if(L_dotup)
{if(L_logo.logodot_mc._y > L_dotease)
{L_logo.logodot_mc._y = L_logo.logodot_mc._y - L_dotmoverate;  }
 else
{L_logo.logodot_mc._y = L_logo.logodot_mc._y - (L_dotmoverate / 2); }}}

 if(L_logo.logodot_mc._y <= L_dottop)
{L_dotup = false;               }
 else if(L_logo.logodot_mc._y >= L_dotbot)
{L_dotup = true;
 L_ballpaused++;                  }

 if(L_ballpaused == 18)
{L_ballpaused = 0;                          }}

Nice graphics. I played the game for a while at all three levels, and the only
thing I noticed was the bubbles jumped once, and it was a very little jump.
Other than that, as long as the animation played, I didn't notice anything
distracting like you mentioned. What browser are you using? Have you asked
others (not counting your friend with the laptop) to test the website? Find out
what browsers they are on. Doing all this testing outside of your computer can
help you troubleshoot better. It could be on your side only.

Actually, I experience the same problem, and not only with your game
(cool graphics, by the way). Try for example the following games:

http://www.pepere.org/flash-development_1_3x/flash-game-ringmania_u_42.html
(Ringmania)
http://www.neave.com/games/hexxagon/    (Hexxagon)

The problem as I experience it, is this: After a sound effect has
finished playing, the game is frozen for a short time. Even with the
built-in speaker, the freezing is noticable (about 100ms), but with my
USB speaker the freeze is totally annoying - about one second.
Strangely enough, when music is playing in the background, the sound
effects do not cause a freeze (try out Ringmania for an example). I
have have been trying to find somebody with the same problem, so I was
happy when I saw your post ;)

I do not think it is a problem in your code, but more a problem with
the combination Flash Player 9 and Windows Vista. I have it in both IE
and Firefox, so it is not browser specific. I have been trying to find
a way to report this problem to Adobe, but have not been able to.
Maybe you as developer have a way to report problems?

I am running an HP Pavillion DV9000 laptop, with Windows Vista and
Flash Player 9 something, not sure which version (how do I find that
out?)