| zcalvin |
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May-20-2012
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I just started using tourweaver a week ago ( and a slightly older version, 6.5 ) , so maybe there's already a solution for this problem, but here's what I came against.
When switching between tours using the link to scene action on a hotspot, the hotspots immediately disappear while there's a nice fade-effect between the pano scenes.
Also, audio playing in the scene immediately cuts off instead of fading out gradually.
The first issue can be mitigated somewhat using a flash button to link between scenes, that fades out when clicked, but the other info icons I've got sprinkled around the scene don't fade out, also the audio was cutting out too quickly.
This issue can be fixed using the LocalConnection object available in flash. This allows for communication between swfs. So you have a sender and recievers. The arrow swf in this case, when clicked, sends a message to all other swfs to do an action, in this case to fade out audio and to fade out the info icons.
Here's the as3 code sample for the receiver ( the info icons and the flash swf playing audio )
stop();
import flash.net.LocalConnection;
var receiverLC:LocalConnection = new LocalConnection()
function playMC():void {
// here, do whatever action you want when the
// sender swf is clicked
}
// for some reason messages arent recieved
// reliably. This timer delays connection and fixes the issue.
var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000, 1);
myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, runOnce);
myTimer.start();
function runOnce(event:TimerEvent):void {
receiverLC.connect("_myConnection");
receiverLC.client = this;
}
// end.
and here's the code for the sender swf, the arrow, in this case,
or whatever object you want to send communication to
stop();
import flash.net.LocalConnection;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
var receiverLC = new LocalConnection();
btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, myClick);
function myClick (e:MouseEvent):void
{
receiverLC.send("_myConnection", "playMC");
// do whatever else here in this swf youd like
// like fading out the arrow.
}
One final note, I noticed that only one connection is allowed, so to communicate to multiple swfs, the sender can send out multiple messages, for example,
receiverLC.send("_myConnection2", "playMC");
and another reciever swf can be authored like so:
receiverLC.connect("_myConnection2");
Using the above methods can add whole new levels of interactivity to the tours.
Also, the communication doesn't have to be just within the tourweaver scene. the reciever swf can be anywhere. it can be embedded in the html on the webpage, on another webpage, or running from flash player on your computer, etc.
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