Slow Sprites

Question

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Cannot
embed multiple swfs using swfObject 2"
The site referenced is @ http://www.l4dt.com/
If you go to
http://www.l4dt.com/ you'll see the
"boomer" swf to the right. As more green sprites emerge from his
mouth. Both the header rotating swf and the boomer swf slow. Why is
this?
The sprites start fine, then as more occupy the screen at one
shared time, everything gets slow, but there aren't even that many
sprites!! lol. You'll see.
Is a possible solution to export this animation to After
Effects and render it multiple times in the name of compression?
I figured this is how Adobe gets their big show off
animations to run so smoothly, regardless there is surly a way to
get my swfs running smoothly.
The boomer is constructed from three files:
Boomer.fla -
http://www.l4dt.com/boomer.fla
Bommer.fla's document class,
PxlFountain.as(courtesy of
http://www.pxl.dk/flash/004.php)
http://www.l4dt.com/PxlFountain.as
GlowParticle.as -
http://www.l4dt.com/GlowParticle.as
Boomer.fla bares no actionscript, although I need to know how
to position him above the spawning sprites(something I'll need to
know for the Poster App as well).
PxlFountain.as:
package {
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.utils.Timer;
import flash.events.TimerEvent;
import GlowParticle;
import flash.display.StageAlign;
import flash.display.StageScaleMode;
import boomer;
public class PxlFountain extends Sprite {
//Properties
private var _fountainTimer:Timer;
private var _timerInterval:Number;
private var _particleVelocity:Number;
//Constructor
public function PxlFountain(timerInt:Number = 150,
particleVel:Number = -2) {
//Set stage
stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
//Set properties
_timerInterval = timerInt;
_particleVelocity = particleVel;
//Create timer
_fountainTimer = new Timer(_timerInterval, 80);
_fountainTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,
spawnParticle);
_fountainTimer.start();
//Create a new glow particle with random velocity
private function spawnParticle(event:TimerEvent):void {
var randomParticleVelocity:Number = (_particleVelocity *
Math.random()) -2;
var particle:GlowParticle = new
GlowParticle(randomParticleVelocity);
addChild(particle);
GlowParticle.as:
package
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.utils.Timer;
import flash.events.TimerEvent;
import flash.display.Shape;
import flash.filters.GlowFilter;
public class GlowParticle extends Sprite {
//Properties
private var _particle:Shape;
private var _particleTimer:Timer;
private var _particleVelocity:Number;
private var _particleLifespan:Number;
private var _xPos:Number;
private var _yPos:Number;
private var _radius:Number;
private var _gravity:Number;
private var _vx:Number;
private var _vy:Number;
//Constructor
public function GlowParticle(particleVel:Number) {
//Set properties
_particle = new Shape();
_particleVelocity = particleVel;
_particleLifespan = 0;
_radius = 10 * Math.random();
_gravity = .7;
_xPos = 860;
_yPos = 60;
_vx = (Math.random() * 2 -2.4)*9;
_vy = particleVel;
//Set timer for movement and lifespan count
_particleTimer = new Timer(30);
_particleTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,
moveParticle);
_particleTimer.start();
//Calculate vectors, set new position and call draw method.
Or respawn particle.
private function moveParticle(event:TimerEvent):void {
if(_particleLifespan < 300) {
_vy += _gravity;
_yPos += _vy;
_xPos += _vx;
_particleLifespan++;
drawParticle();
else{
respawnParticle();
//Draw the particle and set filter
private function drawParticle():void {
_particle.graphics.clear();
_particle.graphics.lineStyle(4, 0x455b00, 1);
_particle.graphics.drawCircle(_xPos,_yPos,_radius);
_particle.filters = [new GlowFilter(0x5d7c00,1,6,6,2,3)];
addChild(_particle);
//Respawn the particle
private function respawnParticle():void {
_particleLifespan = 0;
_xPos = 860;
_yPos = 60;
_vx = (Math.random() * 2 -2.4)*9;
_vy = _particleVelocity;
The swf is being inserted into
Worpress 2.7 footer.php. My
Wordpress engine has 14 plugins installed and activated( I plan to
go in to each plugin's code along with Wordpress' and optimize it
soon). Is Wordpress a possible suspect for the slowness?
Boomer.fla's dimensions are 950 pixels in width and 625
pixels in height. I'd rather Boomer.fla only be 605x196 and set
noscale and 100%x100% in hopes of the sprites reaching the user's
whole screen, but they always cut off at the FLAs
dimensions.

Answer 1

i don't think fp10 is faster. if anything, it's probably
slower but you could test and let us know.
to ready an object for gc you must remove it from the display
list and remove all references to the object. search this forum or
use google to search for some specifics.