Flash?

[Nethran]

I was just curious if you've ever considered moving to Flash. I have no idea if you're familiar with coding in Flash or not, I was just wondering if the idea has ever come up.

[Tim]

I haven't really thought about it too much. I'm not all that familar with Flash. Ed actually knows Flash better than I do. There will be some Flash additions in V5 via Ed, but moving the whole game to a new coding language would be a major undertaking. It is a possibility that more Flash features will be added as future versions come out, but for now I'd say expect mainly HTML/PHP/Javascript.

[Nethran]

Alright, cool. Thanks for answering by the way.

[Edvar al'Given]

nethran, I have only recently learned to use Flash, but I seem to have a pretty good grasp of it. When Tim and I find anything we think we can add using Flash, you can be assured that we will. The thing is, Flash slows down the browsers considerably. If we add too much Flash at this point, many members may not be able to play anymore. So we have to be real careful how much Flash we use. We'll have to see if what we did add has any negative impact first. *Crosses fingers* That said, I am finding a growing appreciation for Flash and what it can do. You can rest assured I will be avidly looking for subtle ways of using it that won't slow things down too much.

[Doublefrost]

The map feature is extremely usable now, thanks to the flash. I love that, even if it's restricted to smaller things like that.

[redrum]

I was suprised with the filesize on the map swf so i made my own version using mostly actionscript and i now have a filesize of 127KB. i can upload it if your interested.

[Edvar al'Given]

Is it the same map, just a smaller file size? If so, I would appreciate it if you told me what you did so I can incorporate it into future Flash projects.

[redrum]

a basicly split it up so it loads the bg once and the four different base icons once and the highlight icons once, then i use actionscript to controll their visibility. i can send you the files if you want them so you can poke around yourself