Hello everyone.
I’m having a few problems getting an idea to work. **3 **problems actually.
You can see it here: http://www.cloudesign.com/clients/depthproblem/
I’ve taken Senocular’s wave pool code and attempted to integrate it into a full browser design. 1 One of the problems is that the “pool” doesn’t stretch all the way across in the browser.
Here’s how the wave pool is generated:
this.createEmptyMovieClip("pool",1);
pool.count = 200;
pool.spacing = 5;
pool.seaLevel = -65;
pool.delay = 4;
pool.accel = 0.03;
pool.fric = 0.88;
pool._y = Stage.height
pool._alpha = 40;
pool.init = function(){
this.pause = 0; // control pause interval
this.theFrame = 0; // count frames to control pause
this.curr_ymouse = this._ymouse; // current mouse position
this.points = new Array();
// populate points array
var point = 0;
while (point < this.count) {
this.points[this.points.length] = {
x: point * this.spacing,
y: this.seaLevel,
speed: 0,
num: point,
process: new Array(),
nProcess: new Array()
};
++point;
}
}
pool.makeWave = function (num, mag) {
this.points[num].speed += mag;
this.points[num - 1].process[this.points[num - 1].process.length] = [mag, -1];
this.points[num + 1].process[this.points[num + 1].process.length] = [mag, 1];
};
pool.mouseWaveNum = function () {
return Math.round(Math.min(Math.max((this._xmouse) / this.spacing, 0), this.count));
};
pool.onMouseMove = function () {
this.last_ymouse = this.curr_ymouse;
this.curr_ymouse = this._ymouse;
var thisNum = this.mouseWaveNum();
var curr_y = this.points[thisNum].y;
if (curr_ymouse < curr_y && curr_y < this.last_ymouse || curr_y < this.curr_ymouse && this.last_ymouse < curr_y) {
this.makeWave(thisNum, Math.min(Math.max(-1, (this.curr_ymouse - this.last_ymouse) * 0.5), 1));
}
};
pool.onEnterFrame = function() {
var next, me, i, col;
var point = 0;
// process waving motion
while (point<this.count) {
me = this.points[point];
me.speed += (this.seaLevel-me.y)*this.accel;
me.speed *= this.fric;
me.y += me.speed;
if (!this.pause) {
i = 0;
while (i<me.process.length) {
me.speed += me.process*[0];
next = this.points[point+me.process*[1]];
next.nProcess[next.nProcess.length] = me.process*.slice();
++i;
}
}
++point;
}
// draw lines (needs to be after waving, not during)
var point = 0;
this.clear();
this.beginFill(0x134E66,100);
while (point<this.count) {
me = this.points[point];
if (!this.pause) {
me.process = me.nProcess;
me.nProcess = [];
}
if (!point) col = 0x70E0;
else{
col = 127+Math.min(Math.max(20*(this.points[point-1].y-me.y), -127),128);
col = ((col/2)<<8) | col; // green thats 1/2 the blue
}
this.lineStyle(0,col,100);
this.lineTo(me.x, me.y);
++point;
}
this.lineStyle(0,0x38,100);
this.lineTo(me.x,0);
this.lineTo(0,0);
// update pausing
this.pause = this.theFrame++ % this.delay;
};
// get things in motion.
pool.init();
And here’s how I’m controlling it’s position on the stage:
Stage.align = "TL";
Stage.scaleMode = "noScale";
stop ();
// initial positions
pool._y = Stage.height
pool._width = Stage.width
player._y = Stage.height - 20
player._x = Stage.width - 485
bottombar._width = Stage.width
bottombar._y = Stage.height - 20
// end initial position setting
// resize listener
sizeListener = new Object();
sizeListener.onResize = function() {
// resize positions
pool._y = Stage.height
pool._width = Stage.width
player._y = Stage.height - 20
player._x = Stage.width - 485
bottombar._width = Stage.width
bottombar._y = Stage.height - 20
};
Stage.addListener(sizeListener);
I can’t get it to initialize at the browser width.
2 The other issue I’m having is I don’t know how to control at what depth the “pool” is placed, I need it to be underneath “bottom bar” and the container.
I’m bringing in the MP3 player through a container MC like this:
player.loadMovie("mp3player.swf");
3 The last issue I’m having is that I’m wondering if there’s a smoother way to control objects on the stage? When changing the browser size around, I don’t get as smooth an effect as I’ve seen elsewhere
Anyone have an ideas? Here’s the source, please help me:
http://www.cloudesign.com/clients/depthproblem/depth_problem.zip
