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lostinbeta
February 9th, 2003, 04:14 AM
Hello everyone,

Of course the best ideas come at 4am.... :P

Ok, so the idea of this isn't original or anything, but I actually wasn't planning on doing this.

I started out doing one thing with random points, but then I went completely off track and ended up with this. I thought it was pretty cool in the end so I kept it :)

Let me know what you think...

VIEW RANDOM POINTS/MOTION EXPERIMENT (http://www.8ballcreations.com/lostinbeta/experimental/traceClips.html)

Instructions: Input a number from 1-99 in the textbox in the upper right then click the submit button to see the clips updated. You can toggle the quality with the button in the lower left corner, this was because it runs better on low quality, especially with a lot of clips, but with a few clips you can use high quality.

That is all there is to it. The textbox that follow each point is the label of the clip that tells you which point # that is.

PS: The random motion script (and all the AS in it in fact) is all mine, I did not use sbeeners tutorial on random motion.


Download the .fla file HERE! (http://www.kirupaforum.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=110066)
kirupa
February 9th, 2003, 09:01 AM
Wow lost! That is impressive =) This is one of the best animations I have seen using AS!

Cheers!
Kirupa :ub:
Aislin
February 9th, 2003, 10:06 AM
that was GREAT!!!!

well, 99 things was crappy cause it was a big jumble of gunk,

BUT everything else rocked.

awesome work.
Aislin
February 9th, 2003, 10:08 AM
*is testing random numbers*

24 and 39 are sweet.
Aislin
February 9th, 2003, 10:10 AM
haahahahahahah.

2 rules!
andr.in
February 9th, 2003, 10:28 AM
nice! cool effecto!
SureShot
February 9th, 2003, 11:21 AM
Great work man, that's pretty fun to mess around with!
Marz
February 9th, 2003, 12:55 PM
GOod Stuff man..

Did you use the drawing API to redraw all the lines and then fill it in... And then use points as the movieClips to tell where the lines all go to?
lostinbeta
February 9th, 2003, 02:10 PM
WOW! Thanks guys, I definitely did expect to get such good reviews. I was expecting some "eh, not that great, but good job" things.


Playa: Yeah, I use the drawing API to redraw the lines to each of the clips. The points are actually dynmically created empty movie clips, but it was no fun when you couldn't see nothing, so I used attachMovie() to attach the block for the points and inside that clip I have the textbox that has the label.
lostinbeta
February 9th, 2003, 11:59 PM
:love:
Jubba
February 10th, 2003, 12:02 AM
?

dam... insomnia is killing me. I have to wake up in 9 hours to go to the gym, and that is going to kill me because I have been getting 11 hours of sleep every night...

:hair:
lostinbeta
February 10th, 2003, 12:05 AM
LOL, I get on average about 3 hours of sleep a night (not straight through), insomnia just makes me talk crazy talk, that is about all it does to me :)

I did this experiment at like 3:45am, finished at like 4am, and posted it here around 4:15am :beam:


Sleep = BAD!
pom
February 10th, 2003, 04:00 AM
eh, not that great, but good job :trout:

No, seriously, that's nice. Very Joshua Davis-esque :)
lostinbeta
February 10th, 2003, 04:02 AM
Yeah, I don't think it is that great either, but for steering way off the path of my original idea and ending up with something else that actually worked in the middle of the night after a while of no sleep.... I think I can be proud enough to call it good :)

Joshua Davis-esque :!: Wow... I didn't think it fell in that realm of good ;) :beam: :P

You should see my source code.... :!: It is horrid! ;( I am embarrassed to post it :)
gr8jay
February 10th, 2003, 04:21 AM
REally Nice :)
Well., I guess u should be off track more often ...lol.. u create better stuff that way ..
REALLY GOOD ONE man .. :)
Guig0
February 10th, 2003, 06:50 AM
very nice =)
lostinbeta
February 10th, 2003, 01:28 PM
Thanks guys :)

Ok, I decided to take an attempt at optimizing my code today.

Check the attachment for the source file.

Don't laugh at me... I tried :trout:
pom
February 10th, 2003, 06:02 PM
I don't know if this is the same code as posted in the first post, but it's pretty good :) Nice little prototypes, nice functions, nice job :cowboy:
lostinbeta
February 10th, 2003, 06:06 PM
Ilyas: Both of those files are the same... I attached the file in that last post, then I took the link of that file (right clicked and did "copy shortcut") and put it in the first post. So they are the same file. But if you mean the same code as the example I posted.. no, the posted example is my unoptimized code. I think the only difference that I noticed was maybe it works a bit faster than the original one, but other than that... works exactly the same.

Oh and ... :!: nice job!! YAY!!!!! :geek:
eyeinfinitude
February 10th, 2003, 08:09 PM
personally I think you suck Lost...:*( The animation is nice, but you suck cause I can't do anything like that yet. So until I can do something better, you're stuck being sucky. hahaha good job lost. =)
lostinbeta
February 10th, 2003, 08:12 PM
LOL.... <B>yet</B> I am sure you could... if you tried.... Mr. Guru ;)

And you suck at designing... you suck because I can't do anything like the stuff you do <B>yet</B> :evil:
Guig0
February 11th, 2003, 06:52 AM
...eachothers butt! :P
lostinbeta
February 11th, 2003, 12:35 PM
eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Guig0
February 11th, 2003, 12:36 PM
:P
lostinbeta
February 11th, 2003, 12:44 PM
I'd like to know how you got the thought of .. what you were thinking.

Too gross to imagine... yuk yuk yuk... get it out of my head!!!!!!


;( <-- I think I am going to hurl.
Guig0
February 11th, 2003, 12:52 PM
sorry, i was just j/k :P never meant to make you sick...
lostinbeta
February 11th, 2003, 01:09 PM
Your forgiven :love:
Guig0
February 11th, 2003, 01:14 PM
:love:
telekinesis
February 11th, 2003, 02:03 PM
Oh no, we have fruit cake flashers on our hands! :stunned:
lostinbeta
February 11th, 2003, 02:04 PM
Stop making fun of yourself Dan (-:
telekinesis
February 11th, 2003, 02:05 PM
:flower: enough said lol
lostinbeta
February 11th, 2003, 02:09 PM
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!


Damn you Eilsoe for making that smiley... DAMN YOU!!!!!!
Guig0
February 11th, 2003, 02:09 PM
low blow dan, low blow...



:P :P
telekinesis
February 11th, 2003, 02:11 PM
*dan bows to his fans*
lostinbeta
February 11th, 2003, 02:12 PM
Well when he made you smiley he made your tie pink Dan... PINK... whats up with that?
Guig0
February 11th, 2003, 02:14 PM
and you got mad at him (actually me and mak) and made him change to red :bad:
lostinbeta
February 11th, 2003, 02:16 PM
Trying to cover something up there Dan? Afraid of your femininity?? :evil:


:bad:


:P

:trout:
Guig0
February 11th, 2003, 02:21 PM
Originally posted by lostinbeta
Trying to cover something up there Dan? Afraid of your femininity?? :evil:


:bad:


:P

:trout:
YEARH!!!
telekinesis
February 11th, 2003, 03:31 PM
*dan I3itch slaps guigo and lost to put them in there places*

I think eilsoe is the gay one for making all of these fruit cake smilies (the pink tie and flower)! :P

Just playin eilsoe! :sure:
Guig0
February 11th, 2003, 04:52 PM
hahaha
good one danA ! ;)
telekinesis
February 11th, 2003, 05:21 PM
Originally posted by Guig0
hahaha
good one danA ! ;)

Are you mocking me?

*dan hovers over ban button*
lostinbeta
February 11th, 2003, 05:27 PM
Originally posted by dan4885
I think eilsoe is the gay one for making all of these fruit cake smilies (the pink tie and flower)! :P

Just playin eilsoe! :sure:


LOL!!!!
Guig0
February 11th, 2003, 05:28 PM
talk about power abuse ;) :P




Dan, you donŽt wanna do that... if you destroy me thereŽll be two to replace me :bad:
IŽll become a martir :phil: