Flash MX 2004 Games : Art to ActionScript

Flash MX 2004 Games
The first parameter in the ‘sendsprite’ method is the layer number for the sprite, and the second
parameter is the name of a function for an attached behaviour for the sprite. Director uses a syntax
that prefixes the name of a function with the ‘#’ character to denote a symbol. The 3D world has
a script behaviour attached that contains the code that will be called
on stopmotion
moveZ = 0
rotY = 0
end
In this example the code is used to set the value of two variables that are used to update the
position of the camera in the 3D world for each step of the timer. Director uses the ‘enterFrame’
event for each beat of the timer:
on enterFrame
vec = cam.transform.position
x = integer(vec.x/10)
y = integer(vec.y/10)
z = integer(vec.z/10)
str = string(x) & ":" & y & ":" & z
sprite(1).setVariable("position", str)
vec = cam.transform.rotation
x = integer(vec.x)
y = integer(vec.y)
z = integer(vec.z)
str = string(x) & ":" & y & ":" & z
sprite(1).setVariable("orientation", str)
cam.rotate(0, rotY, 0)
cam.translate(0, 0, moveZ)
end
The ‘enterFrame’ event is used to update the value of a string containing information about the
camera position and orientation. This is sent to Flash using the syntax:
sprite(n).setVariable(variableName, variableValue)
where n is the layer where the Flash sprite resides, variableName is the name of the Flash variable
and variableValue is string value to set. If you have a variable within a movie clip that you need to
set then you can use the following syntax:
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sprite(n).telltarget(clipName)
sprite(n).setVariable(variableName, variableValue)
sprite(n).endtelltarget()