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Tyrant posted 18-02-2001 05:48 GMT
I have QDK 1.02 (Downloaded from Quest 2.19). I know there probably is a way, but I'm going to ask anyway: How do you make Quest play a Flash (SWF) movie clip? I have Flash 5 as I am a webmaster, and I think that Flash files would definately be very cool to use for cutscenes in the text games. Now, using QDK (I'm not much of a programmer, though I'm going on to my 3rd Computer Science class in High School), could you tell me how to tell Quest to bring up the flash file? Most computers are equipped with a Flash/Shockwave player, therefore most people will be able to see these flash clips. For those who can't, they can simply take a minute to download Flash 5 Player from macromedia.com.
I know you've probably been bugged about this, but how's the progress going on Quest 3.0? I'm definately very excited about it! It is going to include an all knew QDK, right? I'm just wondering how the progress is since I notice we're only on Quest 2.19...meaning, we still have the 2.2's, 2.3's, 2.4's, and so on all the way up to 3.0.
And finally, two easy questions. Is there a way to loop MIDI files? And am I the only American on this website? I think most of you are from the UK, which is odd since this site is available to us over here as well. Ah well, doesn't matter anyway. Thanks for any answers you guys may have.
Alex posted 18-02-2001 14:29 GMT
Hi
To play a SWF file you'll need to use the ASL "shell" command, which it seems I've completely forgotten to implement in QDK. When you want to play the file, add an action. Choose "(other script command)" from the drop-down list and enter "shell" in the "Other" box. Then enter the filename in the "Parameters" box and hit OK. This will load the file in whatever program is currently set up to handle SWF files. See the ASL Reference for more info on the "shell" command.
Quest 3.0 development is at a bit of a standstill at the moment but I do have a new build sitting on my computer which I'll release at some point. There will be a new version of QDK for Quest 3.0.
There's currently no way to loop MIDI files, although it is on the wishlist for Quest 3.0.
I'm not really sure why there is such a high proportion of UK users on this forum. The vast majority of registered (Quest Pro) users are from the US, so I've really no idea why there should be such a high proportion of UK users here. It certainly shouldn't be the case that the website is more easily accessible to UK users, as the site is actually located on a server in Canada... very strange.

Alex Warren
Axe Software

Author	Topic: Some QDK questions, etc....
Tyrant	posted 18-02-2001 05:48 GMT I have QDK 1.02 (Downloaded from Quest 2.19). I know there probably is a way, but I'm going to ask anyway: How do you make Quest play a Flash (SWF) movie clip? I have Flash 5 as I am a webmaster, and I think that Flash files would definately be very cool to use for cutscenes in the text games. Now, using QDK (I'm not much of a programmer, though I'm going on to my 3rd Computer Science class in High School), could you tell me how to tell Quest to bring up the flash file? Most computers are equipped with a Flash/Shockwave player, therefore most people will be able to see these flash clips. For those who can't, they can simply take a minute to download Flash 5 Player from macromedia.com. I know you've probably been bugged about this, but how's the progress going on Quest 3.0? I'm definately very excited about it! It is going to include an all knew QDK, right? I'm just wondering how the progress is since I notice we're only on Quest 2.19...meaning, we still have the 2.2's, 2.3's, 2.4's, and so on all the way up to 3.0. And finally, two easy questions. Is there a way to loop MIDI files? And am I the only American on this website? I think most of you are from the UK, which is odd since this site is available to us over here as well. Ah well, doesn't matter anyway. Thanks for any answers you guys may have.
Alex	posted 18-02-2001 14:29 GMT Hi To play a SWF file you'll need to use the ASL "shell" command, which it seems I've completely forgotten to implement in QDK. When you want to play the file, add an action. Choose "(other script command)" from the drop-down list and enter "shell" in the "Other" box. Then enter the filename in the "Parameters" box and hit OK. This will load the file in whatever program is currently set up to handle SWF files. See the ASL Reference for more info on the "shell" command. Quest 3.0 development is at a bit of a standstill at the moment but I do have a new build sitting on my computer which I'll release at some point. There will be a new version of QDK for Quest 3.0. There's currently no way to loop MIDI files, although it is on the wishlist for Quest 3.0. I'm not really sure why there is such a high proportion of UK users on this forum. The vast majority of registered (Quest Pro) users are from the US, so I've really no idea why there should be such a high proportion of UK users here. It certainly shouldn't be the case that the website is more easily accessible to UK users, as the site is actually located on a server in Canada... very strange. Alex Warren Axe Software