Re: Help required (any experts out there?)

llizard writes
>In article <376...@news.freeserve.net>,
>pin...@spammers.will.be.nailed.to.a.tree.mindless.com (Mepacrin)
>wrote:
>> 
>> Having visited www.asciimation.com and seen the Star Wars animation I
>> have, prompted by a mass viewing of "Bad Taste" while under the
>> influence, undertaken a perhaps over-ambitious project.
>>         Put simply I'm creating an ascii art B-movie. I am, however,
>> encountering difficulties (this is my first experience with
>> Javascript) and any help would be appreciated.
>>         How can I repeat a single frame for a set number of ticks? I
>> need to do this so that I can have scenes with speech which will
>> remain on screen long enough for people to read.
>>         Also I need an economical way to repeat that single frame ad
>> nauseum with slight variations (like the speech and small areas of
>> animation going on in other parts of the screen). The optimisation
>> technique at Lizard's site is unsatisfactory as I need to be able to
>> change all the lines of the animation at some point (whenever the set
>> changes for example).
>>         Can anybody help me?
>
>Whoa!!! And I thought I was best at trying to run before walking.

[][ hi ... that is sound advice

... best idea may be to create all the animation pictures for your film
frame by frame ... complete with a play-script of frame order and time
duration ... and then worry about the means of automation transport

once you have a sequence of pics that you can page-down with to see it
you can then set about optimising it for your chosen animation method

there are a few wrapping tools that i have tried that add javascript
to your animation for you ... the driver routines are configurable to
some extent ... in some cases

AFAIK javascript is only available on three web browsers Ns, Ie & Opera
which covers about 75% of web users

java-applet gives access to a lot more ... try-out Meph's TextArt.class
since it permits direct-cursor-addressing and speed/delay instructions
... if you are familiar with ANSI or VT100 console controls it will be
easy
... there are other java-applets ... but i haven't tried using them



>
>Why don't you make a little trailer showing exciting scenes from your B
>movie to entice us?
>
>  ejm|   |  //| |        www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/


[][ see yuz
[][ colin
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