[AS2] loader doesn’t work

[ousia]

http://www.mejorar-presentaciones.tk/mejorar-presentaciones-loader.swf loads http://www.mejorar-presentaciones.tk/mejorar-presentaciones-presentation.swf.

I assume the relevant AS2 code in the loader reads:

the_presentation = "./{filename:output}";
first_loading = new Object();
first_loading.onMouseDown = function () {
        load_swf = new MovieClipLoader();
        load_swf.loadClip(the_presentation, placeholder);
        listen_loading = new Object();
listen_loading.onLoadStart = function(target) {
    _root.dlprogress_mvclip.bar._xscale = 0;
    _starttime = gettimer();
};
listen_loading.onLoadError = function(){
    _root.load_text = "Presentation cannot be loaded!";
};
listen_loading.onLoadProgress = function(target, bytesLoaded, bytesTotal) {
   downldtime = (gettimer() - _starttime) / 1000;
   _root.load_text = (String (Math.round ((bytesLoaded * 100) / bytesTotal)) + "% (" + Math.round((bytesLoaded / 1024) / downldtime) + " KB/s)");
   _root.dlprogress_mvclip.bar._xscale = Math.round(bytesLoaded/bytesTotal*100);
   keeping_awake = setInterval(function(){}, 1000);
};
listen_loading.onLoadComplete = function(target) {
   clearInterval(keeping_awake);
   _root.load_text = "";
   _root.dlprogress_mvclip._visible = 0;
   _root.dlprogress_mvclip.bar._visible = 0;
   _root.first_slide._visible = 0;
};
            load_swf.addListener(listen_loading);
    };
    Mouse.addListener(first_loading);

I get two errors and no loading:

Unknown tag code: 40
Stop: Target is not a MovieClip

I wonder why target isn’t a movieclip for Ruffle.

Many thanks for your help.

[Toad06]

load_swf = new MovieClipLoader();
load_swf.loadClip(the_presentation,placeholder);

In Flash, "placeholder" is _level0.presentation_sprite but in Ruffle the value is undefined. The variable doesn't seem to be set anywhere but I've found out "placeholder" was the name of a shape element.

[ousia]

Many thanks for your comment, @Toad06.

placeholder in swfc (from SWFTools) code is:

.box placeholder width={presentation:width} height={presentation:height}
...
.sprite images
.put placeholder alpha=0%

images is only used later in AS2 code related to the same sprite:

this.attachMovie("images","presentation_sprite",1);

presentation_sprite isn’t defined or used anywhere else.

[CUB3D]

The "placeholder" variable seems to be set based on the value used for the name in the PlaceObject2 tag inside of the sprite, in ruffle this seems to work fine when the tag is at the root but fail when it's part of a sprites actions.

Minimal example:
1561_example.zip

Output in Flash Player:

placeholder = _level0.other_mc_instance
other_mc_instance = _level0.other_mc_instance

Output in Ruffle:

placeholder = undefined
other_mc_instance = _level0.other_mc_instance

[ousia]

@CUB3D,

many thanks for your reply and sorry for not having answered before.

I’m afraid I don’t know how to attach a movie outside the sprite (I’m on Linux, using swfc [the SWF compiler from SWFTools]).

It would be great that Ruffle could solve placeholder inside the sprite.

Many thanks for your help.

[kmeisthax]

@CUB3D Am I to interpret this to mean that if a PlaceObject happens with a given name, but the object that was placed isn't representable in AVM1 (e.g. it's a shape), then it's supposed to return itself?

I can implement that behavior, but I'm confused. Why would this be working in root if that were the case?

[Herschel]

This is a variant of #1029. The shape does get assigned a name (even though this isn't allowed by the Flash IDE...!). Because shapes don't have an object representation in AVM1, accessing it falls back to the parent, similar to how buttons have the same behavior in v5 SWFs.

So using _level0.presentation_sprite.placeholder actually resolve to the parent _level0.presentation_sprite, and the movie then gets loaded into presentation_sprite. This should be taken care of as part of #5492 (although it needs a bit of work to consider graphics as well).

[ousia]

Many thanks for your explanation, @Herschel.

Looking forward having this issue fixed... it would be great that it could be done before it turns 12 months old.

Many thanks for your excellent work.

[ousia]

@relrelb,

considering #1561 (comment), could #6004 solve also this issue?

Many thanks for your help.

[ousia]

@CUB3D, many thanks for your excellent work with #9447.

If you feel in the mood, it would be a great contribution to deal with other issues that were pending from that PR (at least this one and these other ones).

Many thanks for your excellent work and your help.

[ousia]

Many thanks for the fix, @CUB3D.