[Golist] loop error

Fri Jan 23 11:49:59 PST 2009

If you're just trying to stop people from clicking a button, you could also
set sprite.mouseEnabled = false; as well....

Just throwing in my two cents,

Jake

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Christopher Wilson <chris at gomedia.us>wrote:

>  That's cool, well if you determine that this is where the error was
> arising from, maybe you could add event listeners that would be certain all
> those tweens are absolutely complete before running the function with the
> visible change.  Maybe Hydrotween has an onComplete method…
>
>
>
> Good luck!
>
>
>
> *From:* golist-bounces at goasap.org [mailto:golist-bounces at goasap.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Shane Colella
> *Sent:* Friday, January 23, 2009 12:32 PM
>
> *To:* Mailing list for the Go ActionScript Animation Platform
> *Subject:* Re: [Golist] loop error
>
>
>
> Thanks again,.
>
> I'm using visible=false to disable any mouseEvents I've got on them.  But I
> guess I can workaround by just removing the listeners instead and using
> alpha = 0 with that,…
>
> I will try that out,…
>
>
>
> Thanks for your attention to my questions so quickly,…
>
>
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* golist-bounces at goasap.org [mailto:golist-bounces at goasap.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Christopher Wilson
> *Sent:* Friday, January 23, 2009 11:58 AM
> *To:* Mailing list for the Go ActionScript Animation Platform
> *Subject:* Re: [Golist] loop error
>
>
>
> Sorry bro, I haven't touched the GoASAP, Hydro classes at all.  By the name
> of the class "HydroSequence", I assume it is designed to run all those
> tweens in sequence one after the other.  However, your trace function might
> not be handled in the same way because it does not have the properties like
> a displayObject would, so they may get handled generically in the object
> parsing.  Generic Objects in AS are not handled sequentially.  There is
> nothing unusual or contingent on timing in the properties your are effecting
> with the sequence.  However, if the function hideOthers or hider actually
> sets a displayObject to visible=false, it's standard properties will become
> inaccessible after that.  If you are using visble=false, try changing it to
> alpha=0 instead and see if that does the trick of relieving the error.
>
>
>
> *From:* golist-bounces at goasap.org [mailto:golist-bounces at goasap.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Shane Colella
> *Sent:* Friday, January 23, 2009 11:36 AM
> *To:* Mailing list for the Go ActionScript Animation Platform
> *Subject:* Re: [Golist] loop error
>
>
>
> Thanks Wilson for the input, but I think the issue is one sequence I'm
> running,…
>
>
>
> It seems to be playing out of order.
>
> Any ideas what am I doing incorrectly here?
>
>
>
> When I trace out some items like so :
>
>
>
> var goItem4 : HydroSequence = new HydroSequence(
>
>
>
> [ { func:trace, args:["11"]},
>
> { target:tmpClicked,       scaleX:1.8,        scaleY:1.8, x:650, y:150,
>            duration:catCloudZoomDuration,
> easing:Quintic.easeOut },
>
> { target:tmpOther1,        scaleX:.5,         scaleY:.5,
> alpha:0,                     duration:catCloudZoomDuration/2,
> easing:Quintic.easeOut },
>
> { target:tmpOther2,        scaleX:.5,         scaleY:.5, alpha:0,
>                     duration:catCloudZoomDuration/2,
> easing:Quintic.easeOut },
>
> { target:tmpOther3,        scaleX:.5,         scaleY:.5,
> alpha:0,                     duration:catCloudZoomDuration / 2,
> easing:Quintic.easeOut },
>
> { func:trace, args:["22"]}],
>
>
>
> [ { func:hideOthers, delay: 0, args:[tmpClicked] } ],
>
>
>
> [ { func:hider, delay:.2 } ]
>
>
>
> )
>
>
>
> My trace statements fire
>
> 22
>
> 11
>
>
>
> wha????????
>
>
>
> Should I be setting duration props in the func calls?
>
>
>
> I'm due to launch today, and this one bug keeps randomly popping up, and I
> can't even recreate it consistently.
>
> I am noticing that my hydro sequences are all firing out of order though….
>
> Any insight or help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Shane
>
>
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* golist-bounces at goasap.org [mailto:golist-bounces at goasap.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Christopher Wilson
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 22, 2009 9:17 AM
> *To:* Mailing list for the Go ActionScript Animation Platform
> *Subject:* Re: [Golist] loop error
>
>
>
> As you know, the error is from attempting to change a property of an object
> that has not been instantiated.  Somewhere in your sequence of events there
> is an object that is not ready to be manipulated.  You might want to try
> adding a listener for the ADDED_TO_STAGE event that all Sprites dispatch.
> This can add an extra layer of insurance that the object you are messing
> with is ready to be tweened or whatever you're doing.
>
>
>
> -Wilson
>   ------------------------------
>
> *From:* golist-bounces at goasap.org [golist-bounces at goasap.org] On Behalf Of
> Shane Colella [scolella at qorvis.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 22, 2009 9:02 AM
> *To:* Mailing list for the Go ActionScript Animation Platform
> *Subject:* [Golist] loop error
>
> Any one encountered this error from Go and HydroTween.
>
>
>
> TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object
> reference.
>
>             at MethodInfo-1412()
>
>             at Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply()<http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply%28%29>
>
>             at com.hydrotik.go::HydroTween/onUpdate()
>
>             at org.goasap.items::LinearGo/update()
>
>             at org.goasap::GoEngine$/update()
>
>
>
>
>
> I have had everything working well and this is now randomly cropping up,…
>
> I under stand the 1009 error, but I cannot track it down, that's why I am
> asking about this for GO or Hydro…
>
> or is this my mistake somewhere,..?
>
>
>
> btw, once triggered, this error endlessly loops? It's not a onetime throw.
>
>
>
> Thanks…
>
>
>
> Shane
>
>
>
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