Box2D Forums

ewjordan: I see no reason why this wouldn't compile with the command line compiler. How are you calling it?

If you're willing to plunk down a few dollars, you can always go with FDT http://fdt.powerflasher.com/index.php?page=download

Or you can go open source instead with FlashDevelop http://www.flashdevelop.org/community/index.php

Both of them integrate with the command line compiler, so you don't need to worry about it.

I recommend Flash Develop 3 + Adobe Flex 3 SDK

total cost = 0

can I compile to plain flash9 swf files using the Flex 3 SDK ?

Yes. Despite the name "mxmlc", the compiler is not actually tied to mxml or any of the Flex framework.

great I will try it, thanks!

@intoxopox: 1.4.3 should be out in a few more days, I'm a bit swamped with other work at the moment, and there's quite a bit to change.
Thanks for the file, I'll have to go through it with a file compare tool and look at your changes as I'm already in the middle of updating to 1.4.3.
I've had a few people offer their help, but I'm not really sure how to go about managing it, when I've got a bit more time, I'll try to set up the SVN repository properly and look in to sorting all that out.

@NathanBatson: I'm looking at doing some more examples to possibly include with the next release, this would include a 'hello world' type example, and some more Flash oriented examples using movieclips for objects.

@Andrew Traviss: Thanks, I'll let you know when I've got something organized.

@mike950: Few more days, bit busy, lots to change. (:

@ewjordan: I agree about adding a utility layer, I'd like to keep Box2D completely intact if possible.

Thanks everyone, and I apologize for the delayed responses and taking so long with 1.4.3.
-Matt

Ohh..I didn't mean to be pushy . I just got excited that so many people were
willing to help out! But it's amazing how you're never more than one version
behind the c++ and it always works! Really impressive and very appreciative.
Mike

Thanks for the advice - turns out the download that I had wasn't set up to be independent of the .fla, as per viewtopic.php?f=4&t=138 - downloaded the "fixed" version and mxmlc does just fine. I'm very pleased, can't wait to start playing around with it.

Just for fun:

http://home.planet.nl/%7Eborst595/Tower.html

rje: Very nice, I've always liked that demo. Your example inspired me to put together a big nasty one (20 stories!) in Java: http://www.jbox2d.org/demos/dominotower.html

Doubt if many computers will run that at a full 60 fps, though...(actually, the timestep is 120 hz for stability, but the framerate is 60 because I was lazy and forgot to change it)

The Chipmunk demo at http://files.slembcke.net/chipmunk/movies/smash.mov has 30 stories...not sure if that actually runs at full speed on most computers, but it's a very pretty movie...