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# I could repost here,
but instead I'll just say does anyone know much about flash/actionscript? I'm going to cry in a minute.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 1:29, archived)
# erm...
a bit... what's the problem?
(I helped save b3ta! eclectech is older but no wiser, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 1:35, archived)
# I'm trying to reduce
a 7mb flash to somewhere around 3. And I don't want to lose music quality. Therefore I've decided to put a game in the pre-loader to make it more bearable.

I have no idea what I'm doing.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 1:40, archived)
# that's tricky stuff,
have you looked at the flashkit stuff on preloaders?
(I helped save b3ta! rogan, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 1:42, archived)
# I've been reading through.
It should take some time. I just need to weigh up if it's worth the time it would take me to learn the script, or just go back and rebuild the .fla from the original images, compressing them as I go.

Both seem pretty daunting to be honest.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 1:45, archived)
# have you tried
the optimise option in flash?
(I helped save b3ta! rogan, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 1:48, archived)
# Yes
it's got to come out with good music quality or there's no point. I set the J-peg compression as far as it'll go, and only shaved about a meg off.

*pulls out hair*
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 1:50, archived)
# other than
streaming the music I don't see you've got many other options.

Actionscript looks pretty tricky to me as far as writing games go, but there are plenty of tutorials out there. just depends what kind of game you want to write...
(I helped save b3ta! rogan, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 1:53, archived)
# are you jpgs bigger than needed?
talking about area rather than filesize...
if you import a big (area) jpg in to flash you can resize it and compress buggery out of it but fundamentally it's still the big bastard version... worth pre-processing to import them at the dimensions you need...
or import smaller and scale up in flash... lose some image quality but may save a lot of space...
(I helped save b3ta! eclectech is older but no wiser, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 1:56, archived)
# That's what I'm going to have to do.
I didn't do it at the time as it was my first .fla

I'm just going to have to rebuild the whole damn thing. Arse.

Thank you both very much :)
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 2:07, archived)
# I know
*everything* about flash and actionscript
(I helped save b3ta! rogan, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 1:36, archived)
# But not willing
to share for once?

Has rogan crossed to the dark side? The side that teases and flames new users of the board?

Welcome aboard.
(Fellmeister, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 1:39, archived)
# I'm evil,
but misunderstood.
(I helped save b3ta! rogan, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 1:43, archived)
# I'm a misunderstood genius.
What's misunderstood is no-one else thinks i'm a genius.

/Calvin
(Fellmeister, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 1:45, archived)
# I'm just evil.
(I helped save b3ta! Baz Fuck off, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 1:47, archived)
# No shit Sherlock?
;)
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 1:51, archived)