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Flash Animation Stops or Hangs at 3,243. Why?
Sorry this is probably not the best place to ask this, but I suspect it's a general question.
Using this code sample --
http://flowingdata.com/2008/10/21/cod...
I tried inserting my own list of retail store openings (about 14,000) and it always hangs at 3,243. s there a maximum number of sprites in Flash or something? I tried different data and it always hangs at that number, so I know it's not a bad character or bad data. It's like there's just a limit as to how many can be read in or rendered.
Any ideas appreciated!
Thanks,
Eric
Using this code sample --
http://flowingdata.com/2008/10/21/cod...
I tried inserting my own list of retail store openings (about 14,000) and it always hangs at 3,243. s there a maximum number of sprites in Flash or something? I tried different data and it always hangs at that number, so I know it's not a bad character or bad data. It's like there's just a limit as to how many can be read in or rendered.
Any ideas appreciated!
Thanks,
Eric
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Inappropriate?Hi Eric,
I'm not overly familiar with that exact code, but you might check a few things.
First make sure you're compiling and running with debugging enabled and using the debug version of the flash player - that way if an error occurs you'll find out where it is in your code.
Second, perhaps it's an erroneous value in your data? A bad lat/lon that doesn't get parsed might cause an error. Or if the size of the dots depends on a value from your file, watch out for errors like divide by zero.
There isn't a limit on numbers of Sprites that I'm aware of, except for the performance-related implications of trying to do too much stuff per frame in animations.
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Sorry, I just realised you already confirmed it's not a bad value. Let us know if you're using the debugging stuff, it will help locate the problem. -
Inappropriate?Ahh! silly me. There's a line in the code in MarkersClip.as --
storesPerYear = [1,1,1,2,5,5,5,15,17,19,25,19,27,39,34,43,54,150,63,87,99,110,121,142,125,131,178,163,138,156,107,129,53,60,66,80,105,106,114,96,130,118,37];
That's got to be it.
Eric -
Inappropriate?Yes, it seems like Nathan took a couple of short cuts! Glad you found it.
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