Adobe Director Basics

ADOBE DIRECTOR BASICS
3D: Controlling action
-- Lingo syntax
on mouseDown
-- user interaction/animation is about to start so turn
-- anti-aliasing OFF
sprite(1).antiAliasingEnabled = FALSE
-- start animation
end
on mouseUp
-- stop animation
-- the interaction/animation has ended so turn
-- anti-aliasing ON
sprite(1).antiAliasingEnabled = TRUE
end
// JavaScript syntax
function mouseDown() {
// user interaction/animation is about to start so turn
// anti-aliasing OFF
sprite(1).antiAliasingEnabled = false;
}
//start animation
function mouseUp() {
// stop animation
}
// the interaction/animation has ended so turn
// anti-aliasing ON
sprite(1).antiAliasingEnabled = true;
suspendUpdates
Displaying changes on the screen is very time consuming, and it can be distracting. When initializing your world, you
may want to prevent any changes from being made visible. To do this, set the 3D sprite property
sprite3D.suspendUpdates to TRUE. After you have finished your initialization, set it back to FALSE.
During a lengthy initialization process, you will want to provide feedback to the end-user about what is happening.
One way to do this is to use perform different initialization steps in an on enterFrame() handler, and to update a
progress bar at each step.
To see an example of a (faked) initialization sequence that uses suspendUpdates to freeze the 3D sprite, download
and launch the movie Suspend.dir.
Last updated 8/26/2011
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