scratch game

[ahwell]

Hi,
Im making this game in flash.

http://www.gotoandflash.com/smartpets/cleanhorse.html

you can pick up a brush and clean the horse. But after a few sweepings the movie gets slower and slower. I think I need another way to do this, but im not sure on what to google on. this is the AS i used so far:

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this.createEmptyMovieClip('mask_mc',0); 
bg_mc.setMask(mask_mc);
var contor:Number=0; 
 
function drawCircle(mask_mc:MovieClip):Void{
 var r:Number = 10;
 var xcenter:Number = _xmouse;
 var ycenter:Number = _ymouse;
 var A:Number = Math.tan(22.5 * Math.PI/180);
 var endx:Number;
 var endy:Number;
 var cx:Number;
 var cy:Number;
 
 mask_mc.beginFill(0x000000, 100);
 mask_mc.moveTo(xcenter+r, ycenter);
 for (var angle:Number = Math.PI/4; angle<=2*Math.PI; angle += Math.PI/4) {
    xend = r*Math.cos(angle);
    yend = r*Math.sin(angle);
 
    xbegin =xend + r* A *Math.cos((angle-Math.PI/2));
    ybegin =yend + r* A *Math.sin((angle-Math.PI/2));
    mask_mc.curveTo(xbegin+xcenter, ybegin+ycenter, xend+xcenter, yend+ycenter);
 }
 mask_mc.endFill();
} 
 
this.onMouseDown=function(){
 drawCircle(mask_mc);
 contor=1;
} 
 
this.onMouseMove=this.onEnterFrame=function(){
 if (contor==1){
  drawCircle(mask_mc);
 }
}
this.onMouseUp=function(){
 contor=0;
}

I think I need different approach..can someone lead me in the right direction?

thanks in advance,
Marieke

[marSoul]

I have cleaned the horse without any problem

[raymondgill08]

I had no problems either

Ray Gill

[ahwell]

thats funny,must be my crappy computer then? When I do it, it goes slow at the end. The brush doesnt follow the mouse as smooth..

[unitedcraig]

I had no problems either lol, is there another computer you can try it on, college, work etc?

[ahwell]

Originally Posted by unitedcraig

I had no problems either lol, is there another computer you can try it on, college, work etc?

Yeah, I will try tonight

[danny322]

LOL thats the most amount of fun ive had this week!

[ahwell]

Ha ha Danny !..I dont know what to say...lol

Anyway I've tried on a different computer ( a worse one than i have at home) and it was terrible!
So you guys have very good computers and I have used the wrong approach to make this game,coz i want it to run smooth on kids computers too..oh well another lesson learned..thanks anyway!
Marieke

[unitedcraig]

What stats do does your computer have??

[ahwell]

Originally Posted by unitedcraig

What stats do does your computer have??

K I had to look thatone up..
Intel Duo Core 2.00 Ghz, RAM 2GB,110mb harddisk,1280x800 TFT screen,
could be better but I'm alright with it...I mean,I'm not making this games and stuff for my computer but for any computer. Do I need something better you suppose?

[marSoul]

Update your flash player, test it on other browsers, IE, Firefox, Opera
See what you get
go to Adobe site and get the latest flash player plugin for browser

[unitedcraig]

That's weird, here's my stats

Intel Core 2 T5500 1.67 GHz
1 GB RAM
80GB HDD

and i am on a laptop with really slow wireless internet, so if anything it should be faster on yours?

have you got the latest flash plugin?

[ahwell]

hey I thought I had the latest flash plguin but I hadn't. Now I have and it seems to run better! Thanks for your help all.

[unitedcraig]

No problem, glad we could help