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theAVMAN on Fading Script

theAVMAN — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Po What have you got up your sleeve?

Vad_M on Fading Script

Vad_M — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Change them to what?

To any numbers that you want.Bby this way you can change the speed of fading.

I inserted it and the first group fades out as the second fades in, then the first fades back in and the second vanishes. I tried putting the script in the object controller in both array's, but it still does the same thing, even when I tried reversing the code/array's in the second group. I assume it has something to do with what you are telling me to change in the above quote.

Here is that I think about this right now. Let's stop the spending of our time! Please send me your *.dxpack file here: e-mail with a few lines of information about how it must work. I'll make a code that you need very quickly in this case (seems in a 10-15 minutes) and will send it to you.

Mighty Maid on Fading Script

Mighty Maid — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Too technical for me. Glad someone was able to help you.

SirSmiley on Fading Script

SirSmiley — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

I did a simple one last night but, Box.net wasn't playing nicely.
Here it is for anyone who wants it.

http://www.box.net/shared/g5p2z33swk

Vad_M on Fading Script

Vad_M — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

To adjust the speed try changing this line "Object.SetTimer 1,10" to "Object.SetTimer 1,100" or, if still too fast try "Object.SetTimer 1,1000".

That's right. As well you may do this by changing the step of opacity increasing/reduction:

desktopx.object(item).opacity = desktopx.object(item).opacity - 25
desktopx.object(item).opacity = desktopx.object(item).opacity - 10

Can I make the Object Controller fade out as the array fades in?

To get the array to fade in you would need a second array of objects and add a line in the for loop to fade it in.

Yes, you really need the second array:

Dim objects1,objects2,fade

Sub Object_OnScriptEnter
'enter here the names of objects that you need
objects1 = Array("name1","name2","name3",.....)
objects2 = Array("name1","name2","name3",.....)
fade = "in"
End Sub

Sub Object_OnStateChange(state)
If state = "Command executed" Then
If fade = "in" Then fade = "out" Else fade = "in"
Object.SetTimer 1,10 '<== change this value as you want
End IF
End Sub

Sub Object_OnTimer1
Select Case fade
Case "out"
If desktopx.object("name1").opacity > 0 Then
For Each item In objects1
desktopx.object(item).opacity = desktopx.object(item).opacity - 1 '<== change this....
Next
For Each item In objects2
desktopx.object(item).opacity = desktopx.object(item).opacity + 1 '<== and this!!!!!...
Next 'the steps must be equal!!!!
Else
Object.KillTimer 1
For Each item In objects1
desktopx.object(item).opacity = 0
Next
For Each item In objects2
desktopx.object(item).opacity = 100
Next
End If
Case "in"
If desktopx.object("name1").opacity < 100 Then
For Each item In objects1
desktopx.object(item).opacity = desktopx.object(item).opacity + 1
Next
For Each item In objects2
desktopx.object(item).opacity = desktopx.object(item).opacity - 1
Next
Else
Object.KillTimer 1
For Each item In objects1
desktopx.object(item).opacity = 100
Next
For Each item In objects1
desktopx.object(item).opacity = 0
Next
End If
End Select
End Sub

BigDogBigFeet on Fading Script

BigDogBigFeet — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

To adjust the speed try changing this line "Object.SetTimer 1,10" to "Object.SetTimer 1,100" or, if still too fast try "Object.SetTimer 1,1000".

To get the array to fade in you would need a second array of objects and add a line in the for loop to fade it in.

So, objects2 = Array("name1","name2","name3",.....) added in first sub and add these lines

For Each item In objects2
desktopx.object(item).opacity = desktopx.object(item).opacity + 1
next

added just below the for loop in the second sub.

You may need some other adjustments depending on how you want the second group to behave.

Vad_M on Fading Script

Vad_M — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

I have a bit modified the sVis code...

Dim objects,fade

Sub Object_OnScriptEnter
'enter here the names of objects that you need
objects = Array("name1","name2","name3",.....)
fade = "in"
End Sub

Sub Object_OnStateChange(state)
If state = "Command executed" Then
If fade = "in" Then fade = "out" Else fade = "in"
Object.SetTimer 1,10
End IF
End Sub

Sub Object_OnTimer1
Select Case fade
Case "out"
If desktopx.object("name1").opacity > 0 Then
For Each item In objects
desktopx.object(item).opacity = desktopx.object(item).opacity - 1
Next
Else
Object.KillTimer 1
For Each item In objects
desktopx.object(item).opacity = 0
Next
End If
Case "in"
If desktopx.object("name1").opacity < 100 Then
For Each item In objects
desktopx.object(item).opacity = desktopx.object(item).opacity + 1
Next
Else
Object.KillTimer 1
For Each item In objects
desktopx.object(item).opacity = 100
Next
End If
End Select
End Sub

May be this will help you?

BigDogBigFeet on Fading Script

BigDogBigFeet — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

This is doable Po'. I don't think it requires a timer though you could just use a for loop. Not sure of the exact VB syntax but it would look like this:

'Fading Out
For I = 1 to 100
mygroup.opacity = mygroup.opacity - 1
loop

'Fading In
For I = 1 to 100
mygroup.opacity = mygroup.opacity + 1
loop

To get the fading in and fading out to apply to a group, just give your group a group name as I've tried to indicate.

messiah1 on The List

messiah1 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

holy crap! thanks for the entertainment...that won't get me on the list will it??!!

zakai1369 on Where's My Po?

zakai1369 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Ok I missed this post before now.

All I can say Po' is it's nice to know I'm not alone.

I've spent the last 4 years running the rental division of a local children's entertainment company. Ya know those big inflatable "bounce houses" you see in movies and such. Yup that's what we do.

Over the past 4 years I've gone through no less than 40 people between the ages of 18 and 28 who seem to want nothing but to collect a bloated paycheck while doing a half ass job and taking no responsibility for any of the vehicles or equipment we entrust them with.

This year due to certain circumstances we had decided that I would mainly work from home only being on site when absolutely necessary. Figured we could get one of the guys who has been here for a couple years to take some responsibility and make my life slightly easier. It's been about a month or so since our season really kicked off. After spending about 10 hours a day on our busy days taking and making phone calls to fix the disastrous screw ups that are occuring, this week I'll be starting back to going in and take care of things on a regular basis on top of the other work I was doing from here about 55 hours a week already.

And as if that isn't bad enough they have also managed to convince me that common sense was somehow genetically weeded out in the late 70s to early 80s.

I feel your pain.

Gene Nash on What's Your 'SIGN' ?

Gene Nash — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

You heard the Big Guy. Gimme karma!!!!

Gene Nash on What's Your 'SIGN' ?

Gene Nash — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

I have a sign...

M-Post on The List

M-Post — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

I'd thought this was familiar when I first started reading it and I now know why.. LoL

Still a great read with some age on it

Nequa on The List

Nequa — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Somethin to put on my list. Never let my wife make a list.

Mighty Maid on The List

Mighty Maid — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

I saw this article in the features. I am so glad I read it. It was entertaining and I had a few laughs too.

CarGuy1 on Where's My Po?

CarGuy1 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Is this Jani King by chance?

If so...tell them to quit cleaning my LCD monitor with a wet rag.

Bichur on Where's My Po?

Bichur — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Damn.

Been wondering where you be.

(I wasn't worried, I was pretending. Yeah, that's the ticket)

That's all so painful, my sides hurt.

It's like some kinda Jerry Lewis movie.

I feel for ya dude.

psst... not 'place to hide the body'... think 'hog farm'.....

Zubaz on Where's My Po?

Zubaz — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Dude.

Glad you are not dead. I was really woried.

Hope life improves. I'll think good thoughts at you.

foreverserenity on The List

foreverserenity — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

This was great reading! You really should write more often!

momijiki on The List

momijiki — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

I think your wife and I might be long lost twins!

Too funny!

foreverserenity on Where's My Po?

foreverserenity — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

What if I throw in free Ho-Ho's and coffee?

I'll take the coffee with fruits!lol! If I was closer to you, I would have happily helped straighten you out!lol!

Gideon MacLeish on Where's My Po?

Gideon MacLeish — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Po,

Ya know, you're one of my favorite folks from the skinning community and all, but...I don't think you could afford me!

Nothing personal, you understand!

foreverserenity on Where's My Po?

foreverserenity — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

You have me in stitches! This is so freaking funny, it IS HUMOR right?! Because if it isn't......[drops to the floor with laugter!]~~

erathoniel on The List

erathoniel — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

This is a great article. This is an example of great writing.

zakai1369 on A New Approach To Ripping

zakai1369 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

The rite of passage...

Ye are now a true skinner, my son...go forth into the world and rejoice...

messiah1 on A New Approach To Ripping

messiah1 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Smedley...your a gentleman and a scholar...and for what it's worth you will always be one of the finest people in this community...BTW did I mention, I hate you?

Zubaz on A New Approach To Ripping

Zubaz — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Thanks for the positive feedback, everyone. I was half expecting to be told what an idiot I was. This just confirms what a great site this is.

One can be an idiot and a good guy.

Skinhit on A New Approach To Ripping

Skinhit — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Smedley...your a gentleman and a scholar...and for what it's worth you will always be one of the finest people in this community...BTW did I mention, I hate you?

Leo the Lion on A New Approach To Ripping

Leo the Lion — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Hey, Smedley you're a real pussy cat. A nice 'about turn' and shows you are a 'big softy' after all. It takes a nice guy and a class act to change tack and go from 'attacker' to 'Mr Diplomat'.

PurrBall on A New Approach To Ripping

PurrBall — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Wonder what other rips this guy has done. This was the only one I recognized.

elvee on A New Approach To Ripping

elvee — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Pretty cool thing ya done Po'

Jafo on A New Approach To Ripping

Jafo — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

In the few years I have been skinning I have been fortunate not to have anything ripped. I've joked that it's simply because my stuff isn't good enough. Well, apparently, that has changed.

The rite of passage...

Ye are now a true skinner, my son...go forth into the world and rejoice....

Bichur on A New Approach To Ripping

Bichur — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

So.....

See a harmless, well meaning Troll and it's "Thumping to the Oldies".

Find a ripper (albeit 'unauthorized user/distributer') and it's "Hey, come on over a party!"

Why you gnarly headed, pasty faced, bubble butt little.....

crap. can't do it.

You done a good thing.

SSG Geezer on The List

SSG Geezer — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Cracked me up!
Outback is on my list, not the Roadhouse.
Heck, up here in the frozen North, I'd be happy for an outback.

Adventure-Dude on The List

Adventure-Dude — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

HAHA, well written and very engaging.

Thanks for the laugh.

2of3 on The List

2of3 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Now I know what you meant when you said to me that I was on the list!

Great read, Po'

Leo the Lion on Virtual Memory Question

Leo the Lion — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Po' you can pick up hard drives very cheaply at newegg.com

You are in capable hands with Yrag. Hopefully he'll suggest a good utility package to keep your machine running smoothly. I think he likes jv16 which is a great but TuneUp 2008 is equally impressive.

Phoon on Virtual Memory Question

Phoon — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Yes, I concurr with CarGuy. The fix will most likely be a short term fix. Best to gather the essence of the piggy bank and get a new drive.

CarGuy1 on Virtual Memory Question

CarGuy1 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Po...I fear that your drive is on it's way out. How long before it goes is anyone's guess, it could be 6 months, could be a year. It sounds to me like it hit on 16 bad sectors and marked them as unuseable. This is a sign that more will follow.

Phoon on Virtual Memory Question

Phoon — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Po,
before you get too far you really need to scan your hard drive. See what brand of hard drive it is, go to the manufacturers website and download their diagnostic tools. That bad cluster message you got troubles me. If that drive is going bad you will be doing all of this for nothing unless you replace it.

Hawkeye666 on Virtual Memory Question

Hawkeye666 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

If you have a page file Windows will use regradless of how much RAM you have. In addition apps like Photoshop automatically use it regardless of real RAM. Photoshop uses it for everything from brushes data, to undo information, again even if you have loads of free RAM.

Another trick I use is to set pagefiles on multiple drives. I find it works quite well at least in Vista. In general put the page file on your fastest drive, even if it is the C: drive. If all drives are the same speed, (IE 7200 RPM) then definitely put it on a different physical drive than your programs.

xscorpx on Virtual Memory Question

xscorpx — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

My recovery set failed the last disk was corrupted,never again did i trust verification,luckily i managed to get a set of floppie download images from somwhere that i was able to use instead.

xscorpx on Virtual Memory Question

xscorpx — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

There's a number of options at your disposal po' ,the question is which road to travel

1)-Use symantec's downloadable removal tool before attempting anything first as it can in some cases break systems..lol..,remove the rest of the goodies that hp were kind enough to let you have ,once system is cleaned up,untick hybernation box,not sure if necessary but set page file to none,reboot to safe mode & defrag & disk clean up,registry clean with ccleaner,reset pagefile to whatever size tho it would be best above 1GB,i've got 1gb ram & set my pf to 2gb,then rebbot back to windows,install your most used programs first,then the others,after that lot head to ms & don't leave till fully updated. once everything is back to normal use disk imaging software to make a complete backup to another hdd,the image can go onto a disk that's smaller so long as the data does'nt exceed the drive's capacity,this link is to a free imaging software,i don't know how well it works as i've never used it,for other imaging there's acronis 9.0 or above or ghost.

WWW Link

2)-create recovery disks if you have'nt already(should be in "pc help & tools or just poke around the all progs list),then if you have a spare hdd test to see if the disks work,you'll need to remove the original hdd & set the secondary to master for this operation ,if all goes well,make some copies of those burned disks & put em in a safe place,then get a RETAIL copy of xp home or prof & load it onto whichever hdd you want this will free up some GB as there won't be a FAT recovery partition or any junk,again load most used programs first,update,defrag & use imaging software to make a complete backup to another hdd.

That's pretty much it use imaging software to create backups.

ps: it may not be necessary to make those recovery disks as i think's it's possible to use any xp home disk to re-install using the original OEM key on your sticker at back of machine ???

pps: been in your situation so everything i've said about imaging i've done,i also got me self a retail copy of xp prof onto a large hdd,made an image for recovery purposes & kept the original 40gb xp home as a spare in a cupboard if i ever need it,if all goes to custard i can be backup & running in the amount of time it takes to switch cables,to image say 200GB of data from one hdd to another it takes around 2-3hrs at a guess,either way a lot faster than deleting,installing,updating each time the shit hits the fan

yrag on Virtual Memory Question

yrag — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

WWW Link

WOM on Virtual Memory Question

WOM — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Have 7.15GB of Virtual Memory with 5.94 free. Yesterday it was 6.05 free. Oh well.

xscorpx on Virtual Memory Question

xscorpx — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Po
Don't forget to make a set of recovery disks for your hp & use good quality media,if you don't make a recovery set you'll have to buy them from hp if your hdd shits itself, it's the only way to reinstall windows onto a new hdd,you need to use good media as those twits at hp only allow you to make 1 set.I don't know why as they can't be used on any other machine other than that model of hp

Push F8 to get to safe mode assuming all hp's are the same.

Phoon on Virtual Memory Question

Phoon — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

"Windows has replaced a bad cluster. (don't quote me on this. I wrote it down but left it at home) in section 15086 (?) in the name of /hibrfil.sys (?)"

Po', I fear that your hard drive is near

This would also 'splain the other issues you have been having.

CarGuy1 on Virtual Memory Question

CarGuy1 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Have you tried running msconfig while in safe mode?
Have you tried restoring your computer to an earlier time?
Perhaps you have a restore point prior to the trouble you are experiencing.

xscorpx on Virtual Memory Question

xscorpx — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

hibrfil.sys is your hibernation file,in xp it comes under power options,unticking the hibernation box & i assume a restart will delete it,(not sure if you need to restart but i do as i usually defrag in safe mode),you also need to untick the hiber as it does'nt defrag

x3lumin8x on Virtual Memory Question

x3lumin8x — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:28:20 -0400

Check the System Managed Size option. Winpatrol, huh? Hmmm.