This thread can be used for any questions you have about anything in the ActionScript Tips Thread.

[Codemonkey]

Great stuff, mind if I join in some time?

[Nutrox]

Originally posted by Codemonkey
Great stuff, mind if I join in some time?

Jump in whenever you want to mate.

[senocular]

Cool! Hopefully you'll have an easier time keeping up

[phlackee]

I saw thread closed Nutrox, so you will open it only when we got something to post or ...

Fast act in new discussion thread, keep it clean and post as much as you can.

[Nutrox]

The thread is closed so that it can only be added to and updated by us mods.

This thread can be used for any questions etc.

[Renjamin]

Nutrox's middle name is " ROCK ".

I love you man.

[Anik]

Nutrox's middle name is Splat lol, nice thread, very useful Nutrox and Codemonkey.

[Mike]

Glad to see this one a sticky! Nice tips guys.

Just a note on No. 007 - Measuring frames per second.

To get the true FPS you need to look at the actual milliseconds passed as it won't always be what you dictate.

private function measure() 
{
var now:Number = getTimer();
var realInterval:Number = now - time;
if (realInterval >= interval){
                       onUpdate(Math.round(counter * (1000 / realInterval)));
                        time = now;
                        counter = 0;
                }
                counter++;
        } 

[Codemonkey]

Ahh I see what you mean. Sharp eye you've got there

[Mijiru]

020 - Tip 20

There is no Tip 20.

omg lorf!

really nice thread you guys got there

[senocular]

May I suggest the possible inclusion of summary information for the posts, i.e. Flash Player Version and ActionScript version (others?)

[uxte]

Now this is an amazing thread

[Ziao55]

Hi Nutrox,

Thanks for every single moment of your time and all the helps that your commitment will solve for all of us with less knowledge.
I tried this code, it isn't working, in both cases it will trace "Hello Ultrashock", what do I do wrong?

var myText = "Hello Ultrashock";
trace( myText ); // output: Hello Ultrashock
 
myText.reverse();
trace( myText ); // output: kcohsartlU olleH 
 

[Codemonkey]

But with a small fix it works:

String.prototype.reverse = function() {
    var a = this.split("");
    a.reverse();
    return a.join("");
}; 

var myText = "Hello Ultrashock";
trace(myText); // output: Hello Ultrashock
 
myText = myText.reverse();
trace(myText);// output: kcohsartlU olleH 
 

[Ziao55]

It is working!!!!
Thank you Sonny,
By the way, I am running in to a problem with my own project which I posted in Actionscript forum under "var myInterval = setInterval(nextSlide, 10000);" Can you look at it too, only if it is possible.

[schlagzeug]

Thanks a lot for the tips, I've already started fwding the email to a couple friends of mine.

[Zee]

Here's something I'd like to know...

How can you have a duplicate object (circle, shape, etc) appear on the stage (100% stage w & h) and has collission detection? Also, being able to determine the # of objects that appear on the stage, and have them appear randomly on the stage?

Thanks.

Edit: random on the stage - as in random positions.

[dream0r]

Hi Nutrox, master of AS

It's a very nice thing you do, you push us all, lets say from _level0 to _level2007 )

btw. theres a typo in tip 28:

xml.onLoad = Scope.rewrire(this, xmlLoadHandler, "Hello!", xml);
//should be
xml.onLoad = Scope.rewire(this, xmlLoadHandler, "Hello!", xml); 

nice day, dan

[Nutrox]

Originally posted by dream0r
Hi Nutrox, master of AS

It's a very nice thing you do, you push us all, lets say from _level0 to _level2007 )

btw. theres a typo in tip 28:

xml.onLoad = Scope.rewrire(this, xmlLoadHandler, "Hello!", xml);
//should be
xml.onLoad = Scope.rewire(this, xmlLoadHandler, "Hello!", xml); 

nice day, dan

Thanks, mate.

[kyleward]

keep up the good work guys!

[cisnky]

I'm not allowed to swear, but that is one good list, man!

[ndc]

I am needing some help on AS3.0 I have dynamically created a movieClip , in the form of a square and want to change the movies origin in the middle instead of the topLeft hand corner(Default Position). what is the line of code that I need to use in order for the origin to be in the center of the movieClip.

Thank you for your help

[Codemonkey]

It would would be the topLeft hand coordination minus the half of the width and height.

// move center to coordinate (60,70)
mc.x = 60 - (mc.width / 2);
mc.y = 70 - (mc.height / 2); 

This works for any actionscript version though (it's just math).

[ndc]

tyvm that is what I needed. I really appreciate your help. how do you add the code to your post like this. I am wondering, so when I want to add code examples, I can do so.

// just edit your own post (this one) and you'll see what I added
var foo:Object = new Object(); 

[feras_flash]

very use full scripts I'll try to understand all of them .....
thanks

[uxte]

Now that someone woke this thread, what do you guys think about starting an AS3 tips version? Nutrox, Codemonkey, anyone?

[Nutrox]

Senocular's thread over at the Kirupa site is all you need really, I don't see the point of mirroring that over here.

ActionScript 3 Tip of the Day

[Codemonkey]

Well, truth is, most of the tips in our thread aren't that bound to a single as version. Bitflags or bitshifting for example is something beyond a specific syntax/library...

a lot of these tips are still relevant