Flash -> Director

[APDesign]

Didn't know if I should put director stuff in a flash forum, so I opted for the more general "computers" category.

How similar is "Lingo" to actionscript? I barely started looking at director yesterday, but Lingo seemed all non-codey and annoyingly cumbersome. What the hell is loch and locv all about?!??! x and y!!! come on! anyway.... does anyone know if there are tuturials that exist that kind of relate flash to director? I was pretty lost when trying to start out, and all the tutorials I could find were either advanced scripting, or waaaaaaay to basic stuff like "what is the stage?" "where is the cast."

[senocular]

Lingo is more verbose - it reads more like a sentance than an script. Only in the newest (not yet released) version MX04 do you get ActionScript/JavaScript-like syntax for Director.

loch is just location horizonal.... x means nothing to people who dont know what it represents - its just a letter. loch is more verbose and makes more sense once you know what its abbreviated from.

Try some links here:
http://www.umbc.edu/interactive/director/links.php
I cant assure that any are beginner level, but thats what books are for ;)

[APDesign]

Hurm... Maybe I should just wait for MX04 then... seems like that would be more "natural" to me. Thanks for the link though, I'll check it out. :thumb: