ActionScript Scraps

Have a local SWF but no FLA? Need to know the width, height, swf version, actionscript version or framerate? You can use this tool to load in your SWF and find out everything you need to know. It works with Flash Movies using ActionScript 2.0 or 3.0 and will tell you instantly all the information [...]

The easiest way I have found to center a SWF both vertically and horizontally in HTML is using tables.   <table width="100%" height="100%" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="middle" align="center">   …   </td> </tr> </table>  

House of the Dead – Overkill Poster creator just was awarded the Gold prize in the “Gaming:Online Promotion” category in the Roses Design Awards 2009. It was designed by Fluid, and developed by me at Skyskraper with the help of Chris Houston. Gaming: Online Promotion GOLD Company: Fluid Client: SEGA Title: Create Your Own Poster [...]

Here is part 2 of my sound experimentation. What I’m trying to do here is to analyse Fast Fourier Transform data from a sine wave, to determine what the initial pitch of the sound is. First of all I’m generating a sine wave (see part 1). The pitch of this wave is relative to the [...]

This is v2 of Fairytale Fights and a more complete and extensive site than v1. It is AS3.0 and XML driven, and uses the GAIA framework. It supports 6 languages and uses video extensively. This game looks like it would be great fun to play and the artwork for the game is brilliant. http://www.fairytalefights.com

Here is an excellent post about how to use an ‘onclick’ event to dynamically load a SWF. The great thing about this example is that the javascript will dynamically add or remove the required DIV tag needed to embed the SWF. link

Some browsers put in padding around flash content that is scaled to fit 100% height and width. This is a quick CSS / HTML fix to make your full-screen flash movie fit the full height and width of the browser. Just put this in the top of your HTML inside your CSS declaration * {margin:0px;padding:0px;}

I’ve just updated UK Postcode Mapper Firefox plug-in to support Firefox version 3.5.* Once you’ve added the button to your toolbar, you can see any UK post code on a map in only two clicks.

Dissidia: Final Fantasy went live this week. It uses the GAIA framework and supports English, French, Italian, Spanish, German and Russian languages. The game looks great and has some amazing artwork! http://www.dissidia-finalfantasy.com/

Flash player 10 has many cool features including sound generation. My goal is to learn about these in greater detail. I have a project in mind that I’m going to be working towards and this is the first step in that direction. Move your mouse from left to right to control the wavelength/pitch. You will [...]