Web Wizard’s Guide to Shockwave
by James G. Lengel
Created by Jim Lengel, College of Communication, Boston University
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Chapter 7
Creating Complex Interaction
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
but in battalions.
Ρ from Hamlet
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Objectives
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To learn how to animate a sprite with a Lingo script and how to
program random events into a Shockwave project
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To learn how to modify sprites with Lingo scripts and how to build
sliders that enable the user to modify the Shockwave environment
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To learn how to use scripts to make text interactive
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To learn how to make sound interactive
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To learn how to make video interactive
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To learn how to interact with Web resources
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To learn how to create custom cursors
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To learn how to write a script for score keeping
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Animating with Lingo
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Setting and changing a sprite’s location
Scripting random movement
Changing color, rotation, and size
Switching cast members
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Repeat loops
on mouseUp
repeat with x = 1 to the number of words of
field "textpassage"
if word x of field "textpassage" contains
field "searchword" then
hilite word x of field "textpassage"
end if
end repeat
end mouseUp
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Making sliders for user control
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Text functions with Lingo
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Changing text appearance
Adding text to a field
Creating Hypertext systems
Working with string functions
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Creating interactive text
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Interacting with Sound
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In the sound channels
As a puppet sound
In a sprite channel
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Interacting with Video
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Prepare the video
Import the video
Set video properties
Place video on the Stage
Control the video with scripts
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Interacting with Web resources
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Linking to Web resource (goToNetPage)
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Importing a Web resources
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Creating Custom Cursors
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Big colorful cursors
on exitframe
set the locH of sprite 30 to the mouseH
set the lochV of sprite 30 to the mouseV
go to the frame
end exitframe
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Little black-and-white cursors
on exitframe
cursor [56]
end exitframe
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Changing Cursor on Rollover
set the cursor of sprite 5 to [56]
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Or
on mouseEnter
cursor [56]
end mouseEnter
on mouseLeave
cursor –1
end mouseLeave
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Keeping Score
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Incrementing a value
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Right answer:
on mouseUp
puppetsound 1, "correctsound"
put value(field "score") +5 into field "score"
end mouseUp
Wrong answer:
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on mouseUp
puppetsound 1, "wrongsound"
put value(field "score") -5 into field "score"
end mouseUp
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Summary
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You can use Lingo scripts to display complex animations in response to
user actions and to create random movement and other events.
You can make many aspects of a sprite’s display responsive to user
action.
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You can make text interactive in a variety of ways, including hypertext
systems, in a Shockwave project.
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With Lingo scripts, you can make sound interactive and responsive to the
user.
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You can also make video interactive with the help of scripting.
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Shockwave projects can embed Web resources such as text, graphics,
and video. Shockwave projects can also link to Web pages and other Web
resources.
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The appearance of the cursor can range widely to help create a more
natural and interactive environment.
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Giving users feedback by including a score-keeping script can enhance
your projects.
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