hiya,
i followed lee brimlows excellent carousel tutorial and i am wondering how to animate dynamically loaded mcs in that tutorial before the main animation, which is basically a carousel of dynamically loaded icons that rotate in a circle depending on where the mouse is, starts. :thumb2:
what i am aiming at is to have a sort of fountain-like animation before the main thing starts; in that way that the icons not just ‘appear’ on the stage, but are animated from 0, 0 to their position on the carousel.
i have the proper classes for the curved fountainlike animation (MCTween classes), but i don’t know where to put the code in the actionscript, for i am not that good at actionscript to grasp what is going on. :sigh:
i know that this:
xml.onLoad = function()
{
var nodes = this.firstChild.childNodes;
numOfItems = nodes.length;
for(var i=0;i<numOfItems;i++)
{
var t = home.attachMovie("item","item"+i,i+1);
t.angle = i * ((Math.PI*2)/numOfItems);
t.onEnterFrame = mover;
t.toolText = nodes*.attributes.tooltip;
t.content = nodes*.attributes.content;
t.icon.inner.loadMovie(nodes*.attributes.image);
t.r.inner.loadMovie(nodes*.attributes.image);
t.icon.onRollOver = over;
t.icon.onRollOut = out;
t.icon.onRelease = released;
}
}
is the part of the code where the icons are dynamically created and the functions are called, and i guess i have to squeeze this code (created by myself; probably wrong), which i think could be the correct one to achieve what i am looking for, into:
function fountain()
{
this.xposition = Math.cos(this.angle) * radiusX + centerX;
this.yposition = Math.sin(this.angle) * radiusY + centerY;
this.bezierSlideTo(0, 200, this.xposition, this.yposition, 1, "easeInOutQuint", 1, undefined, undefined, undefined);
}
:puzzled: the problem is i don’t know where to put it in.
though i don’t have a problem with the tween class, i thought i might give reference to it:
the bezierSlideTo is a MCTween class. the syntax is:
<MovieClip|TextField>.bezierSlideTo(control point x, control point y, x, y [, seconds, animation type, delay, callback, extra1, extra2]);
http://hosted.zeh.com.br/mctween/
i attached the original tutorial files from gotoandlearn.com. due to filesize limitations, i split the folder in three. just put everything in one folder and you’ll be shiny.
this is the link to the video tutorial:
http://www.gotoandlearn.com
i am not letting you do the work; this is just a desperate call for help. i tried everything i know to get this idea to work, but due to my limited knowledge can’t come up with the solution (which is probably pretty easy); and i decided to ask for help before pulling any more hair out… :hair:
the guys at the gotoandlearn forum couldn’t help, by the way.
any help is greatly appreciated! :love:
cheers,
dual
this is the actionscript used in the tutorial:
import mx.utils.Delegate;
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
var numOfItems:Number;
var radiusX:Number = 300;
var radiusY:Number = 75;
var centerX:Number = Stage.width / 2;
var centerY:Number = Stage.height / 2;
var speed:Number = 0.05;
var perspective:Number = 130;
var home:MovieClip = this;
theText._alpha = 0;
var tooltip:MovieClip = this.attachMovie("tooltip","tooltip",10000);
tooltip._alpha = 0;
var xml:XML = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite = true;
xml.onLoad = function()
{
var nodes = this.firstChild.childNodes;
numOfItems = nodes.length;
for(var i=0;i<numOfItems;i++)
{
var t = home.attachMovie("item","item"+i,i+1);
t.angle = i * ((Math.PI*2)/numOfItems);
t.onEnterFrame = mover;
t.toolText = nodes*.attributes.tooltip;
t.content = nodes*.attributes.content;
t.icon.inner.loadMovie(nodes*.attributes.image);
t.r.inner.loadMovie(nodes*.attributes.image);
t.icon.onRollOver = over;
t.icon.onRollOut = out;
t.icon.onRelease = released;
}
}
function over()
{
//BONUS Section
var sou:Sound = new Sound();
sou.attachSound("sover");
sou.start();
home.tooltip.tipText.text = this._parent.toolText;
home.tooltip._x = this._parent._x;
home.tooltip._y = this._parent._y - this._parent._height/2;
home.tooltip.onEnterFrame = Delegate.create(this,moveTip);
home.tooltip._alpha = 100;
}
function out()
{
delete home.tooltip.onEnterFrame;
home.tooltip._alpha = 0;
}
function released()
{
//BONUS Section
var sou:Sound = new Sound();
sou.attachSound("sdown");
sou.start();
home.tooltip._alpha = 0;
for(var i=0;i<numOfItems;i++)
{
var t:MovieClip = home["item"+i];
t.xPos = t._x;
t.yPos = t._y;
t.theScale = t._xscale;
delete t.icon.onRollOver;
delete t.icon.onRollOut;
delete t.icon.onRelease;
delete t.onEnterFrame;
if(t != this._parent)
{
var tw:Tween = new Tween(t,"_xscale",Strong.easeOut,t._xscale,0,1,true);
var tw2:Tween = new Tween(t,"_yscale",Strong.easeOut,t._yscale,0,1,true);
var tw3:Tween = new Tween(t,"_alpha",Strong.easeOut,100,0,1,true);
}
else
{
var tw:Tween = new Tween(t,"_xscale",Strong.easeOut,t._xscale,100,1,true);
var tw2:Tween = new Tween(t,"_yscale",Strong.easeOut,t._yscale,100,1,true);
var tw3:Tween = new Tween(t,"_x",Strong.easeOut,t._x,200,1,true);
var tw4:Tween = new Tween(t,"_y",Strong.easeOut,t._y,320,1,true);
var tw5:Tween = new Tween(theText,"_alpha",Strong.easeOut,0,100,1,true);
theText.text = t.content;
var s:Object = this;
tw.onMotionStopped = function()
{
s.onRelease = unReleased;
}
}
}
}
function unReleased()
{
//BONUS Section
var sou:Sound = new Sound();
sou.attachSound("sdown");
sou.start();
delete this.onRelease;
var tw:Tween = new Tween(theText,"_alpha",Strong.easeOut,100,0,0.5,true);
for(var i=0;i<numOfItems;i++)
{
var t:MovieClip = home["item"+i];
if(t != this._parent)
{
var tw:Tween = new Tween(t,"_xscale",Strong.easeOut,0,t.theScale,1,true);
var tw2:Tween = new Tween(t,"_yscale",Strong.easeOut,0,t.theScale,1,true);
var tw3:Tween = new Tween(t,"_alpha",Strong.easeOut,0,100,1,true);
}
else
{
var tw:Tween = new Tween(t,"_xscale",Strong.easeOut,100,t.theScale,1,true);
var tw2:Tween = new Tween(t,"_yscale",Strong.easeOut,100,t.theScale,1,true);
var tw3:Tween = new Tween(t,"_x",Strong.easeOut,t._x,t.xPos,1,true);
var tw4:Tween = new Tween(t,"_y",Strong.easeOut,t._y,t.yPos,1,true);
tw.onMotionStopped = function()
{
for(var i=0;i<numOfItems;i++)
{
var t:MovieClip = home["item"+i];
t.icon.onRollOver = Delegate.create(t.icon,over);
t.icon.onRollOut = Delegate.create(t.icon,out);
t.icon.onRelease = Delegate.create(t.icon,released);
t.onEnterFrame = mover;
}
}
}
}
}
function moveTip()
{
home.tooltip._x = this._parent._x;
home.tooltip._y = this._parent._y - this._parent._height/2;
}
xml.load("icons.xml");
function mover()
{
this._x = Math.cos(this.angle) * radiusX + centerX;
this._y = Math.sin(this.angle) * radiusY + centerY;
var s = (this._y - perspective) /(centerY+radiusY-perspective);
this._xscale = this._yscale = s*100;
this.angle += this._parent.speed;
this.swapDepths(Math.round(this._xscale) + 100);
}
this.onMouseMove = function()
{
speed = (this._xmouse-centerX)/2500;
}
