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Would should or could there be performance difference of a flash file between computer and cd?

Mar 20, 2012 3:28 PM

Hi team,

I am working on this cd-rom and have just reached testing stage for part 1 (of 5).  There are lots of interactive activities, video and animations.  For the activities, I dont know if I am just too tired but there seems to be items which are visible on my .swf on my computer that sometimes are visible and sometimes are not visible on the cd-rom, also in testing yesterday there sere some activities that seemed to not be working correctly (Althought they perform fine on the desktop version, on a reset of the cd-rom they then seemed to work.  Is there anything that I need to take into account for the code being read off a CD to make it more bullet proof?  I am stressing out a bit at the Unknown factor- I cannot continue to produce this resource if I cannot guarantee how it will perform in real life?

Any advice?

Cheers

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391 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: kglad, Mar 20, 2012 10:07 PM
 
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  • kglad
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    1. kglad,
    Mar 20, 2012 5:02 PM   in reply to subtlefly72
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    there may (and probably are) different flash player versions in your browser and the stand-alone player.  otherwise, there should be no significant differences in performance.

     
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    2. subtlefly72,
    Mar 20, 2012 5:15 PM   in reply to kglad
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    ok so there is defiately no possiblility of code skipping or not being read properly by the cd..  That's good news.  Maybe I will just put it down to tiredness and the stress of a testing with lots of poeple putting the resource thorugh its paces.  So basically whatever function (or nonfunction) that I saw, could have been the way the user was interacting- but would definately be the same bahaviour as on the authoring machine.  (except for speed of course- I will need to make some preloaders before the end I am sure)

    Thanks

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    Mar 20, 2012 5:39 PM   in reply to subtlefly72
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    it would be unusual to need preloaders for local files (unless you're using a goto in frame 1 of a movieclip with a large number of frames).

     
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    Mar 20, 2012 7:00 PM   in reply to kglad
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    I am just noticing that on frames where there are movies that are loaded externally, the movie does not appear for a short time while it loads up, not a big deal, but I thought a preloader might fix it.

     
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    Mar 20, 2012 10:07 PM   in reply to subtlefly72
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    if there's an objectionable delay, then you're correct:  preloading will definitely help.

     
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