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hi;

we are going to make project using director mx2004

its may be education and learning project.

just need your ideas and suggestion to help and take some of your experience


have any 1 here make a similsr project before.

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A compact plan and practical notes for a Director MX2004 "National Day" interactive, expanding on 's questions and using and posts as context.

Start with a simple scene breakdown: a tiny loader scene, an intro/title scene, a main menu, information pages, and one or more interactive modules (quiz, puzzle, slideshow). Keep the loader scene minimal — only graphics and Lingo needed to show progress — so it appears immediately while heavier cast members remain on later frames or are loaded at runtime.

Loader implementation (conceptual): publish the loader on frame 1 so it is the first downloaded asset. Show an indeterminate spinner or progress bar and reveal the title/name only after required assets finish loading. If distribution is offline for a class, build a projector to avoid plugin issues. Note: Shockwave (Director’s browser plugin) is obsolete for modern web delivery; for long-term reuse consider exporting a standalone projector or porting the concept to HTML5/JS later.

Image-swap and simple animation ideas (no code shown): place the two images on the same coordinates using separate sprites or layers; hide the incoming image until needed, then replace the visible sprite or bring the new sprite forward. Use timeline frames for frame-by-frame reveals or a short Lingo behavior to swap members and trigger a fade/slide tween. If a smooth fade is needed, use a tweening Xtra or animate opacity via Lingo behaviors rather than abrupt swapping.

Practical UX and production tips: storyboard every interaction first, name cast members consistently, compress photos (JPEG for photos, PNG for UI), test on the target machine and slower connections, provide a "skip intro" option, and keep navigation obvious. For inspiration, borrow the structure of informative + interactive modules like ’s EDUSAT concept: facts first, then micro-activities to reinforce learning. ’s offer to help could focus on implementing the Lingo behaviors and testing the preloader flow.

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Member Avatar for innovativeatul

ya sure i will like to share my experience with you. I will really like to help you in any phase of your project , if you want.

Best of luck.

Member Avatar for Zay

ya sure i will like to share my experience with you. I will really like to help you in any phase of your project , if you want.

Best of luck.

thanks for Initiative

oK, tell me what kind of project you did , or any of other students have did before

we are going to make education project.

one i know said that she will make the " truth table" as a project

others say : will do project to learn kids alphabet.

Member Avatar for innovativeatul

i'm not a college student i have been working in the field from last 6 yrs. as designer.

i have worked on variety of project as quiz, presentation in director as well as flash, elearning projects. & i will surely like to help you if u want.

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i'm not a college student i have been working in the field from last 6 yrs. as designer.

i have worked on variety of project as quiz, presentation in director as well as flash, elearning projects. & i will surely like to help you if u want.

yaaa sure , but we are in the beginning of scipts and lingo
i think by finishing learning about lingo and script then we will start in the project


just wait for me few days , and i really thank u

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ok frnd i will surely wait but pls. some more details about the project if you can.

thnx,

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ohhhh , guess what

the project is not " learning or education " project !

its about the national day for our country

in addition to the information that should be there we have to write some lingo scipt " for game,puzzle, test,......"

in comming days i will start searching for information about the national day , then start in Director .

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Hello;

can you help me in this:
in the first scene ( page) from the project i want to put " loading sample " before appearing the title of the project and my name .

how to do it ??

and then in same page i want to put pictur above and then another 1 apear instead of it ( just like something in flash)

Member Avatar for innovativeatul

Pls. feel free to ask me any questions me and other professionals on forum will surely help you to complete this.

I am too bsy in my company's work so don't have much time but will still try to reply to your questions in my spare time.

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Pls. feel free to ask me any questions me and other professionals on forum will surely help you to complete this.

I am too bsy in my company's work so don't have much time but will still try to reply to your questions in my spare time.

Ohhh , where are you innovativeatul !
i thought that you forget this topic

but now i am happy to see your reply

if any more quastion i have , i will add it here ,

the last day for submition is on 16 of jan.

Member Avatar for Salim9

well i did my project on EDUSAT ( education through satellite )
if you need some help on this than i will surely help

Member Avatar for Zay

Hello Salim;

there is no need , bcs date of submit was left , last day was on 16th of Jan .
and all thing was ok .

and its beatiful to see your project
to have a look if possiple .i need to know more about this program for my self

may be in future i try to do some projects to any thing i like.

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