[Papervision3D] Newbie - Flash Develop+Flex SDK +papervision=3D Games?

[John Lindquist]

Try and think of it this way:

Programs that can edit and compile fla's to swf's

   - Flash CS3 (there is a 30 day demo available).


Programs that can compile pure actionscript to swf's

   - Flash CS3
   - Flex
   - FlashDevelop
   - Swfmill
   - and other open source projects

In any of the programs that can generate .swf's, you can access the assets
in another generated swf by embedding them through actionscript. Here are
some related articles:

   - http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=853
   - http://www.helpqlodhelp.com/blog/archives/000141.html
   -
   http://wildwinter.blogspot.com/2007/09/how-to-load-external-assets-from-as3.html
   - just Google "as3 embed swf asset" or something similar to find more
   info

I strongly recommend FlashDevelop if all you will be doing is writing
actionscript (including embedding assets like you want to do). If you need
to work on a timeline/storyboard, use Flash CS3. If you need to work with
the Flex components, use Flex (FlashDevelop can also use the Flex components
and mxml, but everything has to be done in code. You don't get a nice drag
n' drop like Flex has).

The bottom line is this: if you have an .fla, you need to use Flash CS3 to
compile to a swf before you can embed the assets from the swf in
FlashDevelop.

Hope this clears things up a bit,

-John Lindquist




On Dec 18, 2007 9:20 AM, Trevor Burton <worldofpaper at googlemail.com> wrote:

> You can embed images and other files into swfs using FlashDevelop in
> exactly the same way you would in Flex Builder 2 - using the [embed]
> metatag.... google for it - there are loads of resources showing you how to
> use it.
>
> T
>
> On Dec 18, 2007 4:15 PM, Maximiliano Fernández <maximiliano at fullwebs.com>
> wrote:
>
> >  Fullwebs* ''intelligent solutions for intelligent people,,
> >
> > I'm back. No, I'm not saying that it's immposible... I'm not a Flash
> > guru either... And Flex, what's that? He he... I'm like a parrot, I just
> > repeat what other people says.
> > I've looked in FlashDevelop. It's a quite impresive tool... But the only
> > thing that you can make in that IDE is to generate AS code, use Flex SDK and
> > AIR SDK, and bundle all in SWF's files generated by Flex... Am I right? If
> > I'm right, you have to go straight ahead for Flex code. I can't help you in
> > that way, but perhaps Xero and Pedro can. I only can help you,
> > copying-pasting some code that I saw a time ago, on how to import images
> > inside Flex dynamically... I'm looking after that...
> > You, in your side, can search some Papervision3D-Flex code and see what
> > happens if you pass this code in FlashDevelop... I'm getting interested in
> > this tool, so please let me know what you get doing things in that way...
> >
> > .........................................................................................
> >
> > Maximiliano < ßersërker ReznoR> Fernández do Santos
> > .............................................................Dpto
> > Diseño/Sistemas | Fullwebs*
> >
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