http://director-online.com Articles for Macromedia Director developers. 2008-01-11T08:09:20Z en-US http://director-online.com/buildArticle.php?id=1162 A look at Director, Flash and other Adobe news from the 2006 conference in Las Vegas. Director Online 2006-11-03T07:03:54Z http://director-online.com/buildArticle.php?id=1161 News related to Director from the 2005 Macromedia User Conference in Anaheim, California. A summary of news from the sneak peak, birds-of-a-feather gathering and sessions. Director Online 2005-10-20T20:07:51Z http://director-online.com/buildArticle.php?id=1160 This article outlines the process of creating a fire simulation with semi-realistic properties for use in a typical game engine or other real-time 3D environment. Fire simulation is broken down into three major areas: point-sprite generation, image animation, and additional effects (smoke, sparks, and glow). Also discussed are additional solutions for multi-texturing and manipulation of the textures needed to produce the simulation, as well as discussion of directions this work could be extended. Director Online 2005-10-10T17:00:00Z http://director-online.com/buildArticle.php?id=1159 Development can involve writing code in a Flash movie, that is to be run embedded in Director as a Flash sprite. A reliable way of establishing links between your Flash code objects and your Lingo code is required. A technique for establishing those links, in both directions, is described here. Director Online 2005-09-30T09:15:30Z http://director-online.com/buildArticle.php?id=1158 There are options available for working with TCP/IP sockets, which allow you to develop networking solutions that are not available through the Multiuser Xtra or an embedded Flash XML Socket solution. In this article, we’ll discuss how this can work for you. Director Online 2005-08-23T08:50:31Z