[Dir3d-l] Managing shockwave dcrs inside another shoclwave dcr

[Mal Mal]

Hi Matthew,

You can share globals across movies using goToNetMovie, so it is the one to use.

We use it in this game, to move between the different sections ( menu,
intro ), with an overall loading movie handling which one to go to
etc.  Having a small loader allows you to show something quickly
between loads to indicate to the user that something is happening.

http://www.nanoquest.ie

> I'm now starting to read about MIAW, but I'm not sure if I should go down
> that road.

You can't use MIAWs in Shockwave unfortunately :(
Mal

On 1/22/07, Matthew Scott <matt at spotwerks.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> We're nearing completion of our first Shockwave game and in looking at the
> organization, I'd like to break up the pieces a little more efficiently.
>
> Ideally, I want a main published dcr that handles the intro screens, game
> setup, high score, and level selection. This Intro.dcr is 800x600 but has a
> smaller area in the center where content shows up.
>
> When a user selects a level to play, I want to show loading status in the
> center area (roughly 640x480) and then load in an external dcr.. say
> Level01.dcr off the server. Once this is fully loaded, I want it to start
> automatically.
>
> One last caveat, I need to "pass in" some of the configurable options like
> play controls, music on/off, etc.
>
> Now, in reading through the help I've come across a number of commands like
> gotoNetMovie(), but that actually replaces the existing movie with a new
> one. Want to embed the new movie inside the existing movie in the smaller
> content area. I also tried preloadNetThing(), but I can't figure out how to
> save the preloaded data into a member and force it to play in a region of
> the screen.
>
> On an earlier frame when a level is selected I currently have:
>
> LevelFileName = "Level01.dcr"
> member("ExternalLevel").filename = _movie.path & LevelFileName
> LevelNetID = preloadNetThing(member("ExternalLevel").filename)
>
> On my "Loading Screen" frames I've assigned the following script:
>
> global LevelNetID
> on prepareFrame
>   props = getStreamStatus(LevelNetID)
>   if props.bytesTotal = 0 then
>     member("LoadingProgress").text = ""
>   else
>     member("LoadingProgress").text = integer((props.bytesSoFar /
> props.bytesTotal) * 100) & "%"
>   end if
>
>   if props.state = "complete" then
>     go 135
>   end if
> end
>
> The state finishes and then transitions to frame 135, but the movie doesn't
> play.
>
> I'm not sure even once I have it loaded into a member or sprite how to play
> the embedded movie. Currently, I'm trying:
> member("ExternalLevel").movie.play()
>
> To make things worse, according to Shockwave's online help you cannot test
> this on your local machine. So my development has ground to a slow crawl as
> I tweak, publish, test, and repeat.
>
> I'm now starting to read about MIAW, but I'm not sure if I should go down
> that road.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Matthew Scott
> Manifest Games
>
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