[COLOR=#232323]Hi guys. this is my first upload; I hope someone finds it useful. Maybe there’s another solution on Kirupa like this, but I thought I’d upload it in case there isn’t one.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#232323]Recently I started a game you can find here:[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#232323]http://carllydon.com/games/smart2/[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#232323]So far it runs smoothly at 60 fps with hundreds of enemies and particles. I accomplished this through “blitting” which is not using the Flash sprite engine at all in favor of using bitmapData copy/paste routines to handle all the map scrolling effects and moving graphics around.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#232323]I wanted to keep the small file size of vector objects, and the ability to import in only the swf animations I needed for a given game level. So, I made a spritesheet packer.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#232323]I’ve included a demo that shows how to use the code. What it does:[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#232323]1. The document class instantiates a movieclip[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#232323]2. The mc has the “spriteSheetMaker.as” attached to it[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#232323]3. The doc class tells “spriteSheetMaker.as” (SSM) what swf to load[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#232323]4. SSM loads the swf[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#232323]5. When done SSM examines the width, height and number of frames in the animation.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#232323]6. SSM iterates through all the frames in the animation and converts to bitmap[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#232323]7. Each bitmap is added to an array for that game object.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#232323]8. Each sheet array is added to an object “pSriteSheets” and given a property name so it’s findable by name.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#232323]9. When all this is done, displaySpriteSheet() is run (this is just for the demo)[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#232323]10 displaySpriteSheet() retrieves each bitmap and places it on the stage[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#232323]I also included an example “laserGreen.as” which shows how the bitmaps can be used during a game.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#232323]Basically, it works like this:[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#232323]1. Each game object is has a string indicating the name of the spritesheet it uses[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#232323]2. The game object can retrieve by name the entire sheet array from the pSriteSheets object in document class (pSriteSheets[vName];)[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#232323]3. Once you have the sheet array, you can grab any bitmap from the array along with the width heigh etc. and then proceed with blitting.[/COLOR]