Comments on: Flash particle tutorial in Computer Arts magazine

By: Ghost Particles at brianSabbeth.com/blog

Ghost Particles at brianSabbeth.com/blog — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:06:25 +0000

[...] a little particle exploration I did based on Seb Ly-DeLisle Particle System Tutorial : The idea here is to move smoothly . [...]

By: Seb Lee-Delisle

Seb Lee-Delisle — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:40:08 +0000

[...] February I had my first article published in Computer Arts magazine, followed by my first conference of that year, FITC in Amsterdam, with possibly the last ever gig [...]

By: seb

seb — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:16:18 +0000

Cool, can’t wait to see it

By: dElay

dElay — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:29:24 +0000

Sorry:)
My english isn’t tip-top especially when speaking about coding problems.
My problem was:
I create particles in loop on MOUSE_DOWN in mouseX and mouseY position
particle = new Particle(sth, this, mouseX, mouseY);

I have a button on the stage which is triggered by MouseEvent.CLICK

it occasionally happens that the particles are covering my button and the button isn’t fired.

I solved my problem by changing clip’s type from DisplayObject to MovieClip
public var clip : MovieClip;
and setting
clip.mouseEnabled=false;

thanks again!
i’ll let you know when the project is finished so you can see your class in action

By: seb

seb — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:14:42 +0000

@ dElay I’m so glad you like it! Unfortunately I’m not sure what the question is… could you explain it again?

By: dElay

dElay — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:13:06 +0000

Hey Seb!
Thanks a LOT!
Your class is brilliant. I managed to create some really cool effects without the tutorials. I have one question though.
I emitate particles on MOUSE_DOWN so my buttons are under the particles and the buttons aren’t triggered. How can i make particles invisible for mouse and trigger buttons through particles ?
It’s a bit out of scope of the subjce but it’s always worth to ask right?
Thanks in advance!

By: seb

seb — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:18:03 +0000

Hey dElay! You can find a link to the Lynda video here http://www.sebleedelisle.com/?p=164, or the direct link is here : http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=557

By: dElay

dElay — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:32:01 +0000

Hi Seb!
Which lynda video is it ?

thanks !

By: seb

seb — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:24:59 +0000

hey greg! Thanks so much for your kind words

I think you’ll get a lot more out of the Lynda video than the CA article – it’s a lot more in depth. You’ll find the source code around here somewhere! The latest version is probably on my post for FITC amsterdam.

cheers!

Seb

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:06:59 +0000

Hey, I heard about you through Lynda… Watched your FlashForward conference videos and was simply astounded. I’m guessing that Computer Arts just hasn’t published the tutorial that you created, on their website yet? I was hoping to sort of follow along with the tutorial while looking through the source files you’ve provided.

I could probably use these and also look at the Lynda videos and get an idea of what’s going on. Thanks man, you’re a genius!