Comments on: Director: repeat loop problem http://www.blog.lessrain.com/director-repeat-loop-problem/ Lessrain Blog Thu, 17 May 2012 07:08:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Carsten http://www.blog.lessrain.com/director-repeat-loop-problem/#comment-377 Carsten Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:08:12 +0000 http://www.blog.lessrain.com/director-repeat-loop-problem/#comment-377 <p>Yeah, I completely reworked it. The main difficulty was deciphering my comments, all in rudimentary english, haha. The code now is even more confusing than before, but somehow it works. Thanks for the tips, John and Danny!</p> Yeah, I completely reworked it. The main difficulty was deciphering my comments, all in rudimentary english, haha. The code now is even more confusing than before, but somehow it works. Thanks for the tips, John and Danny!

]]> By: danny brown http://www.blog.lessrain.com/director-repeat-loop-problem/#comment-314 danny brown Sun, 25 Sep 2005 12:50:02 +0000 http://www.blog.lessrain.com/director-repeat-loop-problem/#comment-314 <p>fraid theres nothing you can do about it. in newer versions of director they fundamentally changed the way it works to be more multi-process friendly and faster. you'll get major problems if you try to continue using your repeat loops in modern versions (it'll screw up when you turn it into a projector even more).. i had to convert something a couple of months ago similarly... eek!</p> <p>good luck!</p> fraid theres nothing you can do about it. in newer versions of director they fundamentally changed the way it works to be more multi-process friendly and faster. you’ll get major problems if you try to continue using your repeat loops in modern versions (it’ll screw up when you turn it into a projector even more).. i had to convert something a couple of months ago similarly… eek!

good luck!

]]> By: John Dowdell http://www.blog.lessrain.com/director-repeat-loop-problem/#comment-270 John Dowdell Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:18:54 +0000 http://www.blog.lessrain.com/director-repeat-loop-problem/#comment-270 <p>Yes, that can happen... user and system events are handled when the application cedes control. If the application doesn't, then things pile up.</p> <p>There were technotes on this topic, but they've been edited or replaced over the years... this one still contains some background, although it looks like the title was edited into something different (should have been "prevent excess mouseclicks from building up" or something, I forget): http://www.macromedia.com/go/12490</p> <p>jd/mm</p> Yes, that can happen… user and system events are handled when the application cedes control. If the application doesn’t, then things pile up.

There were technotes on this topic, but they’ve been edited or replaced over the years… this one still contains some background, although it looks like the title was edited into something different (should have been “prevent excess mouseclicks from building up” or something, I forget):
http://www.macromedia.com/go/12490

jd/mm

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