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Still have a glitch with my buttons!!! (Flash AS3)

Asked by: furio13

Last week, I had posted a question about an issue I was having with some buttons I created using Actionscript 3.0 and the Tweener class. The expert that helped me out determined that the "elastic" effect that I had on my buttons when you rolled over/rolled out was causing the glitch. He provided a sample and it seemed to work fine (hence why I closed the question).

However, over the weekend decided to just remove the elastic effect from the buttons I had already created but noticed that the glitch is still there. Its not as noticeable but definitely still there.

So I'm not sure if this has to do with the way I created my buttons or something in my code that is causing this. You can find the sample buttons here: http://drop.io/flashbuttons

If anyone has any ideas on why I still have this glitch, I would appreciate the help. Thanks!

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2009-08-17 at 08:46:00ID24658574
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Actionscript 3

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Tweener

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buttons

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animation

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movieclips

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Adobe Flash

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Adobe Flex

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Answers

 

by: greeneelPosted on 2009-08-17 at 10:53:04ID: 25116651

Hello Furio13

 i apologies for not being very clear. where i said the bounce i should have said the tween.
 there will always be a level of error when the tween effects the very button you click to activate the tween.

 because the tween moves slow to suit your effect and when the mouse is located just close
 enough to be over the button and still off when you move it slowly into a position!
 the script will still run both functions. it wont matter which transition you use as long as
 the hit point is the object being affected in size by the tween! this is why i changed the hit point to another object
that does not have to move slowly to its larger position.  this way the hit point is resized to a larger size in 0.01 secs
that way it is impossible for the user to have the mouse cursor in that area where the glitch will occur because the
 hit point has already expanded over the mouse. and when it rolls out the hit point is reduced to a smaller version just as fast
making it impossible again for the glitch  occur.

 please let me know if you understand

 GE

 

by: furio13Posted on 2009-08-17 at 11:21:05ID: 25116875

Thanks for the reply greeneel. And sorry about the mixup. Your explanation makes sense to me now. I didn't realize that you had changed the hit area tweening time to 0.01. I thought you had just removed the elastic effect.

My only issue now is that i am trying to apply this with the code I already have. I am using an array to store all of my buttons and am using event.currentTarget; to determine which button is being moused over or not. How would I apply that to two separate movieclips (one for the actual button and one for the hit area)? Hopefully that makes sense.

If you look in my sample file, you'll see how I set things up. I'm sure its something simple - I'm just relatively new to actionscript 3 and can't seem to figure it out.

Thanks again for the help!

 

by: greeneelPosted on 2009-08-18 at 18:28:45ID: 25129033

Hello furio13

Sorry for the late reply, its has been one of those weeks;
the best route i can think of is to use getchild by name!
this way you can use the name of one instance to reference the other
for instance if you clicked on the invisable button which would be named button the event.currentTarget.name would give you its name.
now you would use that name and add a word to it to effect the button image i.g getChildByName("button" + "image")
so having done that you would be effecting the visible image and not the invisible button

Hope you understand what i mean

GE

 

by: furio13Posted on 2009-08-19 at 13:38:24ID: 25137073

No worries about the late reply greeneel. Thanks for getting back to me.

I understood the first part of what you were saying but to be honest, I got lost in the second half. Sorry...I'm still trying to get a grasp on AS3.

now you would use that name and add a word to it to effect the button image i.g getChildByName("button" + "image")

I'm not really sure how to apply what you said to how I have my buttons setup.

Could you please clarify? I've attached my sample buttons file in case you need a reference. Thanks again for the help!

 

by: furio13Posted on 2009-08-20 at 06:49:23ID: 25142469

I know greeneel mentioned he was busy so I'm not sure if he will be able to reply anytime soon.

I'm a little strapped for time so can anyone else clarify what greeneel was trying to explain to me? I really need to get this working soon and can use any help I can get.

Thanks!

 

by: greeneelPosted on 2009-08-20 at 10:13:38ID: 25144877

Hello furio13

Here is a sample of what i mean. when you look at the code you will be able to tweak it as needed.
making any part dynamic and you see fit.

I hope this helps you.
please let me know if there is anything you dont understand

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/45567/testing.fla
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/45567/testing.swf




Best of Luck
GE

 

by: greeneelPosted on 2009-08-20 at 10:14:16ID: 25144884

stop();
 
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
import caurina.transitions.Tweener;
 
seasons_mc.spring_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, onOVER);
seasons_mc.summer_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, onOVER);
seasons_mc.fall_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, onOVER);
seasons_mc.winter_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, onOVER);
 
seasons_mc.spring_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, onOUT);
seasons_mc.summer_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, onOUT);
seasons_mc.fall_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, onOUT);
seasons_mc.winter_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, onOUT);
 
var button:Array = new Array ("spring_mcImage", "summer_mcImage", "fall_mcImage", "winter_mcImage");
 
function onOVER(event:MouseEvent):void {
	
	var hitPoint:String = event.target.name;
	var buttonImage:String = (event.target.name) + "Image";
	Tweener.addTween(seasons_mc.getChildByName(hitPoint), {scaleX:1.25, scaleY:1.25, time:0.01, transition:"easeoutelastic"});
	Tweener.addTween(seasons_mc.getChildByName(buttonImage), {scaleX:1.25, scaleY:1.25, time:0.5, transition:"easeoutelastic"});
	makeButtonSmall(buttonImage);
}
 
function onOUT(event:MouseEvent):void {
	
	var hitPoint:String = event.target.name;
	var buttonImage:String = (event.target.name) + "Image";
	Tweener.addTween(seasons_mc.getChildByName(hitPoint), {scaleX:1, scaleY:1, time:0.01, transition:"easeoutelastic"});
	Tweener.addTween(seasons_mc.getChildByName(buttonImage), {scaleX:1, scaleY:1, time:0.5, transition:"easeoutelastic"});
	makeButtonNormal(buttonImage);
}
 
function makeButtonSmall(obj:String):void {
	trace(obj);
	for (var i:Number = 0; i<button.length; i++) {
		if (button[i] != obj) {
			trace(i);
			Tweener.addTween(seasons_mc.getChildByName(button[i]), {scaleX:0.75, scaleY:0.75, time:1, alpha:0.6 });
		}
	}
}
 
function makeButtonNormal(obj:String):void {
	trace(obj);
	for (var i:Number = 0; i<4; i++) {
		if (button[i] != obj) {
			trace(i);
			Tweener.addTween(seasons_mc.getChildByName(button[i]), {scaleX:1, scaleY:1, time:1, alpha:1 });
		}
	}
}
                                              
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by: furio13Posted on 2009-08-20 at 11:05:17ID: 25145443

This is great! Thanks so much greeneel. I understand now what you meant.

I really appreciate the help. Cheers!

 

by: furio13Posted on 2009-08-20 at 11:06:14ID: 31616624

Thanks again.

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