lepeep Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 I just started pissing around with OOP in Director again (after leaving it for so long)...I recently picked up a book on OOP in ActionScript 2.0 and decided to get back on the snake with Director...see what you think (you'll need the Shocwave DIRECTOR plug in ... fuck flash...he he, this is 1 parent script and 1 frame script and one set of utilities (Trig etc)enjoy, the grass that keeps on growing.and, if you don't like the results, press "C" to "clear" the ground.http://www.g-r-a.co.uk/director/peep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 er, what now? hehe, pretty funky. despite the fact i had no idea what you were talking about i had a look anyway and it was cool. how do you do that animation? do you have to draw it frame by frame or fit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted October 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 that's the Beauty of OOP (Object Orientated Programming).you make a parent "script", feed it some random vals, and presto, let the Math / Trig do the talking.it's all recursive bits n bobs really...start with a "length", a "startAngle" (constrained) and a speed / devision value...and watch as the parent script starts, and makes chirdren...here are some of the utilities to help it along:on startMovie me gRad=PI/180 -- store for future reference the actorList = []endon getDist theClick a = abs(theClick[1][1] - theClick[2][1]) b = abs(theClick[1][2] - theClick[2][2]) return sqrt((a*a)+(b*b))endon retNewLoc f, dist, rot tRotation=rot*gRad -- convert degrees -> radians tNewX=f[1]+cos(tRotation)*dist tNewY=f[2]+sin(tRotation)*dist return (point(tNewX,tNewY))endon Turn clicks -- sent by mouseUP [fromPoint, toPoint] slope = clicks[2] - clicks[1] newAngle = getAngle(slope) return(newAngle)end Turnon GetAngle slope -- sent by Turn deltaH = slope[1] deltaV = slope[2] if deltaH then slope = float (deltaV) / deltaH angle = atan (slope) if deltaH < 0 then angle = angle + pi end if else if deltaV > 0 then angle = pi / 2 else if deltaV < 0 then angle = (3 * pi) / 2 else angle = 0 end if -- Convert to degrees for .rotation angle = (angle * 180) / pi return angleend GetAngleon retPerc tot, x -- tot = total, x = incriment myPerc = (100.0/tot)*x return myPercendon retVal tot, p -- tot = total, p = percent of total myVal = (tot/100.0)*p return myValendon startFire locX, howMany, howLong, howFast, r, g, b repeat with i = 1 to howMany n = new(script "shoot", locX, random(howLong)+howLong/2, random(howFast)+howFast/2, r,g,b, i) (the actorList).add(n) n.startShot() end repeatend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted October 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 and...er' date=' what now? [/quote']I think I am going to try and make alist of all the points, and add a wind, to make it sway once it's grown...now that would be nice.I've already got an OOP tree...so I think an OOP digital garden, with OOP butterflies, that polonate flowers would be pretty amazing......we'll see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 phil, i have no idea what any of that stuff means. it would be cool if you could make a garden with it though.so could you make a tree that grows on it's own with that? i could have a use for such a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Jack Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 *shakes Babel Fish*... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 *shakes Babel Fish*...see that's where you're going wrong frosty, you're meant to stick it in your ear. silly boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 bah, no shockwave player for linux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 it's lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 that's really smart! me like! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted October 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 phil' date=' i have no idea what any of that stuff means. it would be cool if you could make a garden with it though.so could you make a tree that grows on it's own with that? i could have a use for such a thing.[/quote']no,that was just the "uts", bits of code that the Parent script looks to, for calculations for percents, trig etc...the parent script is still "in development" (and heaps of comments etc in it), so, when It's finished, I'll upload it, for people who use Director to use at their free will...cos I am nice like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 so is director all coding or can you use it without knowing any code? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted October 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 you can use it without knowing code, for sure, much like you can use flash without knowing (much/any) code.I've been using director for 10 years now...and I still find it easier and more obvious than flash.but, I am working hard on trying to understand und learn all the sneaky pitfalls in flash...like trying to attach a mouseOver onto something that's NOT a button...eh ?...stupid program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 I used director at uni, but the course was a bit rubbish so we didn't go into it very much. seemed like a much more powerful tool than flash though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted November 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 I've been working on this for a few days now...and, I've come up with "grass / plants" that are affected by a virtual gust of wind...It's still in development, but, have a look...see what you think.(Director Shockwave), and remember, click the white area to grow a plant ... or three (too many, and it'll run like shite)http://g-r-a.co.uk/phil/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 how on earth do you find the time to do all this? it's very impressive. i still haven't finished my damned leaf animation. though it is looking better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted November 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 I was working on it at home, for a few days...I've had the idea for a while...It's not perfect...or realistic...but, getting into the physics of flow motion / dynamics..is probably a bit beyond my tiny grasp of Math.thanks for looking...one good thing is, now I can connect two moving points, I can also send "butterflies" etc to these points... next project!I also want to incorporate seasons, so leaves appear, and die and fall...keep yer eyes peeled...and...to also make it in flash, so the lines / smoothness (and plug in availability) are there for all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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