AUTO BIRD v1 :: random behavior

Thanx for the buy umka83 !

I took a look at it (in CS4 ) and it’s very strange. If you drag a bird from the Library onto the Stage and place the bounding box of the bird at the visual x = 0, y = 0, the Properties panel will show the bird’s size to be about 8w x 13h …but… the position will actually be at x = -410, y = -5.

Why is it including invisible areas in the MC for position but not size?...Why isn’t the Y value off by more like the X value is?...I have no idea

So, maybe try to add an X offset value of negative 410 to your positioning code (if you’ve changed the size of the MC, you would probably need to adjust the offset value accordingly).The Y is only off by about 5 pixels so that’s why it looks correctly centered.

Let me know if we’re on the right track.

I have an AS3 version of these birds almost ready…send me a message through ActiveDen if you want to be notified.

You purchased AutoBird V1, which is the AS2 version.

The description for that item has a link to AutoBird V2, which is the AS3 version, here…

http://activeden.net/item/auto-bird-v2-random-behavior-as3/152953

You’re very welcome and thanx for the buy!

The only easy way to get the bird to fly in the other direction is to horizontally flip the movieclip on stage. Just select the bird and use the top menu to choose…

Modify > Transform > Flip Horizontal

The difficult way to change the bird’s flight is to adjust the Motion Path in the BIRD _FLY Library symbol.