Captivate 4 bombs with 3D motion SWF

[GBayl]

I have a small AS3 swf of a roatating logo that drives Captivate 4 crazy.  I have no problem with other AS3 swfs but the rotating logo won't work.  It plays fine with a Flash 10 viewer or even in the Captivate library previewer.  When I try to publish or preview the slide show I get a flashing Captivate preloader and stills of the logo movie.  Does Captivate 4 have an incompatibility with the 3D motion tool in Flash?  It can't be duplicated in AS2.

[Jim_Leichliter]

Hello there,

Try taking a look at this post.  It should solve your issue.  If not, I'd be happy to take a look at your file.

Hope that helps,

Jim Leichliter

[GBayl]

Hi Jim,

I externalized the animation but now it has a different problem. I've attached a copy of my test file.

Thanks for your help.

Glenn Bayley

[Jim_Leichliter]

Glenn,

Adobe has temporarily shut down the file attachment feature on the forums.  I sent you a PM (personal message) with my email if you want to send the file.

Thanks,

Jim Leichliter

[GBayl]

Jim,

I didn't receive the email with your personal address.

gb 

[Jim_Leichliter]

Glenn,

Here's my email address.  I'm using reCAPTCHA Mail hide service so I don't get spammed.

Thanks,

Jim Leichliter

[GBayl]

Jim,

Sorry, but I got this message:

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[Jim_Leichliter]

Glenn,

Sorry about that. I've sent a private message with my email again...

Thanks,

Jim Leichlier

[Lilybiri]

Hi Jim,

Just a suggestion: send a private message with your e-mail-address to Glenn.

Lilybiri

[Jim_Leichliter]

Hi Glenn,

I have the file and I'm looking at it now...

Jim

[Jim_Leichliter]

Glenn,

This was quite a challenge!  I finally narrowed it down to a bad symbol in the Library:

Symbol 3 (EK2 Logo.jpg)  I think something is wrong with that .jpg since any symbol I create using that .jpg doesn't work in Cp.

If you swap out Symbol 3 for Symbol 1on your timeline, you should be good to go.

Let me know how it goes...

Jim Leichliter

[GBayl]

Jim,

Thanks for your help.  I'm using your script version and externalizing the animations and everything looks good.

Glenn

[Jim_Leichliter]

Glad to hear it Glenn!

Jim Leichliter

[figsworldy2k]

Jim,

Are you able to share the file so I can try to replicate it with my organization 3D rotating Logo?

Carlos

[Jim_Leichliter]

Here's the as3 code.  Think of your logo as a business card that has a font and a back.  This card gets rotated on the Y axis 360 degrees.  The ENTER_FRAME event is what triggers the rotation.  All you need to do is create assets named mcFront and mcBack and place them on stage.

import flash.events.*
this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, EnteringFrame); 
//Start out the rotation with edge facing you
mcFront.rotationY = -90;
mcBack.rotationY = -90;
var bol:Boolean = true;
function EnteringFrame(e:Event) {
          //check boolean value
          if (bol) {
                    mcFront.visible = true;
                    mcFront.rotationY += 4;  //adjust this number for speed of rotation
                    if (mcFront.rotationY >= 90) {
                              mcFront.visible = false;
                              mcFront.rotationY = -90;
                              bol = false;
                    }
          }
          else {
                    mcBack.visible = true;
                    mcBack.rotationY += 4;  //adjust this number for speed of rotation
                    if(mcBack.rotationY >= 90) {
                              mcBack.visible = false;
                              mcBack.rotationY = -90;
                              bol = true;
                    }
          }
          //trace("Bol: " + bol);
}

Jim Leichliter