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QueueLoader is now on Github!

Github is the social networking version of a version control system. The learning curve with Git can be a little tricky at first, but after installing and learning the basic commands you will be up and running. The beauty of Git lies in the way it collects and organizes changes and data. Merging from multiples sources is reliable and makes for more contributions. This will hopefully encourage more people to get involved with Open Source projects including QueueLoader! I will still be providing a standalone link either here on the site or on the deprecated Google Page, but for wiki usage and change info definitely go to Github.

QueueLoader on Github

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QueueLoader 3.1.8

Having some problems with the vcs on Google, but the featured link is current. I'm in the process of moving QueueLoader over to github to ultimately make life easier. 3.1.8 addressed an issue with throwing an error when running the queue with no items in it as well as the QUEUE_COMPLETE event firing if you run a queue with all items generating errors and the queue's ignoreErrors argument set to true.

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Fluorescent Ballast and Neon Flicker + Across The Hall Movie

Just completed a rush project for the film Across The Hall. Being that this is a noir styled film, I came up with a simple class that emulates the effect of sign letters turning on. Could work for Fluorescent lights as well as other stuff. Easiest way to use it is to link the MovieClip in your library you intend to export and point the base class path to FluorescentBallastFlicker.

Then in your code, instantiate and attach the MovieClip to your DisplayObject and the MovieClip will automatically set its alpha to 0 and will be ready to turn on.

The turnOn() method takes the arguments; seconds of turn on time, seconds of delay, and an optional callback function when the effect has finished.

_hSign.turnOn(1, 0);
_oSign.turnOn(2, .5);
_tSign.turnOn(2, 1);
_eSign.turnOn(2, 1.5);
_lSign.turnOn(2, 2);
_riverview.turnOn(2, 2.5, startSite);

Once the item is on, you can use the badBallast() method to emulate a loose connection. The lower the number the more frequent the flickering.

_hSign.badBallast(100);

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Temporary New Look

I was the victim of Malware over the weekend. So the blog has a new look and my apologies for the temporary default theme. Trying to get everything back in order and more posts to come soon!