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Today,  

My first post, so hi. Hopefully this question will help others.

Is it possible to have a parallax within a parallax? I am trying to make buttons on a parallax background(using mouse x and y) pan to a location and stop; in that location the parallax background is still moving with the mouse.

An example would be a forest that turns into a lake. The viewer can move freely in the forest section, but once a button is clicked, it pans(parallax as well) right and, once the pan is done, the viewer can move freely in the lake section. Both the forest and lake section have parallax functions.

would the lake and forest be separate parallaxed backgrounds, or should i try to think of it as a whole with some sort of dynamic camera?

this is the parallax code i am using:

Code:

moveIt = function (wc) {
wc.imageStartX = 0;
wc.imageEndX = -wc._width + Stage.width;
wc.StartMouseX = 0;
wc.EndMouseX = Stage.width;
wc.MouseRangeX = wc.EndMouseX - wc.StartMouseX;
wc.PanRangeX = wc.imageEndX - wc.imageStartX;
//
wc.imageStartY = 0;
wc.imageEndY = -wc._height + Stage.height;
wc.StartMouseY = 0;
wc.EndMouseY = Stage.height;
wc.MouseRangeY = wc.EndMouseY - wc.StartMouseY;
wc.PanRangeY = wc.imageEndY - wc.imageStartY;
//
wc.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (!paused) {
wc.rX = (_root._xmouse - wc.StartMouseX) / wc.MouseRangeX;
wc.rX = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, wc.rX));
wc._x += ((wc.rX * wc.PanRangeX + wc.imageStartX) - wc._x) / 9;
//
wc.rY = (_root._ymouse - wc.StartMouseY) / wc.MouseRangeY;
wc.rY = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, wc.rY));
wc._y += ((wc.rY * wc.PanRangeY + wc.imageStartY) - wc._y) / 9;
}
};
};

moveIt(bg);
moveIt(mid);
moveIt(fg);


i have searched and have tried panning tutorials, but my results are..static.
any help or direction is appreciated. thank you in advance.


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I´m using this AS to movement a MC

ActionScript Code:
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
this._x += -1;
}



but not looping, how can i loop with AS?
i try to do this with infinit fake background, just one piece of image and loop, but i just got this with timeline animation… how can i do this with AS?

thanks!


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Thanks for attention…


for example i have 2 swf file a.swf and b.swf

can a.swf sending variable to b.swf???

can a.swf control some movieclip in b.swf???

in a case a.swf is loadMovie to b.swf…
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I need to create a Flash presentation that is 5 minutes in length. I am trying to think of the best way to match up each section to the sounds. There is no interactivity and this is a linear presentation with five sections. Would it be best to use the property of the mp3 id3.TIME to know the exact millisecond to dispatch events for graphic transitions? I would like it all to be controlled by AS and not timeline based, because of the inconsistancy of Flash frame rates. On FLV’s I have used the NetStream metadata to trace the milliseconds played to find the exact moment to launch functions with an onEnterFrame. Any suggestions would be great.


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If i am using actionscript to code (Flash MX 2004) for a circular motion path, and i want to change the radius over a set period of time, how would i do this?

I am using this code from a Kirupa circular movement tutorial:

onClipEvent (load) {
var radius = 100
var speed = 5

var xcenter = this._x;

var ycenter = this._y;

var degree = 0;
var radian;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
degree += speed;
radian = (degree/180)*Math.PI;
this._x = xcenter+Math.cos(radian)*radius;
this._y = ycenter-Math.sin(radian)*radius;
}

Any help would be appreciated :)
Rob


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