Flash MX Masking Problem (Bug?)

programming flash
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This is the most ridiculous bug I have ever seen, it SHOULDN’T be there, but it is and I need to find a way around it!

Ok basically within my main movie I am displaying my main content in a popup flash window. Each bit of content is a separate .swf, so as a transition to load each .swf in, I have made some “Shutters” for the popup window.

Basically they come from the sides and cover the window and a loading sequence takes place when they are together. After its loaded in they move back the content below is revealed.

I have used a mask layer on the window so that the shutters can ONLY be seen when they are moving over the window.

Each of the shutters has a grey half circle on it, when the shutters are together it forms a full circle.

The problem is this - for some Bull$h1t reason content below the grey circle is visable - as if the circles are not totally opaque.

There is no good reason for this because the alpha of the circles is 100% as are the shutters. Each half circle is ON TOP of the shutters! If I remove the circles it is totally opaque again. If I remove the mask it is totally opaque - but for some reason with the circles it screws up.

Is this just another stupid bug in flash, or am I missing something ?

The only way I can think of round it is to break apart the shutters and cut off what ever is outside of the window frame by frame - obviously this is a BIG hassle.

Help appreciated!

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It can’t be a bug, give us the fla-file so we can see what you’re talking about

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Yes you must be missing something because i do the same thing all the time and it works

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I have trimmed it down - just to the bare bones of the file, but it is still too large for here.

It’s located at:

http://www.Innovati0n.com/maskingproblem.zip

right click save as.

after running the Maskingprob.swf file when the buttons appear click “about us” and watch the grey circle closely - its ok to press the button more than once to see the problem again.

I am SURE I am not missing anything. I had a similar problem trying to show dynamic text through a mask and had a lot of problems with flash in general.

When I drag out shapes/lines in Flash I can’t see what I’ve dragged, every single time I have to resize, and no, it is ** NOT A CRACKED** version.

There is also a close up pic in the file which shows what I see on my computer. On a dark computer it doesn’t seem visable.

I would be really greatful if someone figures out this masking problem.

** PS. You need to publish both the .fla files as .swfs to get it to work properly. **

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I can’s see anything strange, are you using flash MX? It masks perfectly on my computer :alien:

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Yes I am using Flash MX!

Check out the link in my signature and click on the “about us” button. Tell me if you see anything strange like I described when viewing that.

Make sure you screen if quite bright!

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I did, and it looks perfect to me, maybe there’s something wrong with your monitor

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I get this problem now? Look at the file I’ve added

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yeah don’t worry about that, I was pissing about trying to fix the problem that apparently doesn’t exist… I backed it up so just republished and uploaded.