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Flash is gay

FACT.

I am really struggling with flash, adding preloaders and making a simple fucking button that will open a web-page.

I have done the animation, which is ok for a first attempt. But adding the preloader and stuff now is a fucking pain in the ass.

Is there a kind soul here who could add it for me and then let me have the files back so that I can dissect it to see what I've done wrong.

For the animation I have done (a crap one) this REALLY has taken far too many days.

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koit WWW.HIGHASAKOIT.CO.UK, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 11:57, archived)

I had to struggle with this too

I have a helpful module privided by a B3tan - but it's at home.

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Manic can teach you the secret of fire, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 11:58, archived)

I thought it would be pretty straightforward

but the tutorials I have are iffy in terms of where to put things. I've read a fair few.

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koit WWW.HIGHASAKOIT.CO.UK, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 12:02, archived)

I can help if you like

I'm not the worlds greatest Flash designer, but I can manager that.

I think. :)

(I can use the one from www.wobshite.co.uk/b3ta/nemo/ if you like it)

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Zak McFlimby Twibbling @McFlimby, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 11:58, archived)

You are a saviour kind Sir

what's your mail and I'll send you the fla file(s)

Cheers

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koit WWW.HIGHASAKOIT.CO.UK, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 12:00, archived)

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Zak McFlimby Twibbling @McFlimby, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 12:01, archived)

go have a cup of tea

and photoshop a picture.

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jiva nearly always up for a game of scrabble, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 11:58, archived)

This

I am definitely going to do

:)

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koit WWW.HIGHASAKOIT.CO.UK, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 12:07, archived)

If you don't get any takers now

I'll do it when I get home from work.

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supermoore: HUNG, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 11:58, archived)

Gordon's Alive!

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Baz Fuck off, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 12:00, archived)

I'm learning too..

Preloader wasn't too hard - If you need a hand I'm here... [email protected]

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Darryn.R, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 12:00, archived)

i couldn't add preloaders either

so i didn't bother. fuck 'em i say, fight the power

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new_matt, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 12:00, archived)

In other Flash news

Litterbox have released a new single.

(Indole Ring, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 12:01, archived)

flash rules

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Sunshine Elephant, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 12:02, archived)

it sucks

i can't animate properly either for some reason. although i suspect that's not flash's fault...

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new_matt, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 12:04, archived)

DOS is also a bastard

So I'm on here instead. Only thing Computing is any good for really.

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Whillow, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 12:07, archived)

Here you go

put this in the first frame of your movie and it'll do the job nicely.

Don't forget to change the graphics though!

www.newgrounds.com/flash/NewgroundsPreLoader.fla

To make buttons do stuff:

Create a button,
put it on your stage (the bit where you make the movie in your main timeline)
select the button
in the actionscript menu ( press f9 to bring it up) in one of the top folders is a thing called 'getURL'
double click that then type the address you want to get into the obvious boxes.

Bob's your father's brother.

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Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 12:10, archived)

Thanks Matey

I shall download and look at.

Muchos Gracias

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koit WWW.HIGHASAKOIT.CO.UK, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 12:20, archived)

No problem

I was actually just telling someone else about the very same thing who'd emailed me from my site so I already had the link to hand.

It's got some instructions with it, but basically you open the file, copy the one movieclip from the first frame and put it in the first frame of your own movie. If you then click into it and cut out the Newgrounds pic you've got a handy little movie clip that you can reuse with no coding needed whenever you make something in Flash.

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Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 12:27, archived)