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Anonymous
May 4, 2009
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What does a user need to have installed to play an AS3 game?

  • May 4, 2009
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Hi,

I made an AS3 game in Flash, then distributed it to friends, with the a note that they'll need the flash player installed to play it.

Turns out only the people who had Flash installed (the whole program) could play it.

I later tried to run it on a pc which had the flash player and the shockwave player installed, but that didn't work either.

What am I missing? BTW, this was all done with CS3.

Thanks for your help.

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Correct answer Muzak
Muzak, interesting, I'll give that a try, but shouldn't having a flash player installed enable the OS to recognize it?

Nope, because the Flash Player is a browser plugin, so if they'd throw the swf in a browser window, it would display.

So you could pass along an html file with the swf, but that's just cumbersome. swf's are not really meant for distribution and/or for use on the desktop, that's what standalon projectors (exe) and now AIR are for.

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calvintennant
Known Participant
May 5, 2009

This might sound silly, but did you publish as a .swf? Or are you trying to run the .fla?

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Anonymous
May 7, 2009

calvintennant, yes, I published as a swf (with the other files mentioned above).

Thank you for your feedback.

Muzak
Muzak
Inspiring
May 4, 2009

swf is not a recognized file type by the OS, unless you have Flash CS3/CS4 installed.

To make the game available to "anyone" make it into a projector file (standalone exe).

You can do so from the File -> Publish Settings (in the Flash IDE).

Another option is to make an AIR application instead of a a Flash swf.

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Anonymous
May 7, 2009

Muzak, interesting, I'll give that a try, but shouldn't having a flash player installed enable the OS to recognize it?

Thank you for your feedback.

Muzak
MuzakCorrect answer
Inspiring
May 7, 2009
Muzak, interesting, I'll give that a try, but shouldn't having a flash player installed enable the OS to recognize it?

Nope, because the Flash Player is a browser plugin, so if they'd throw the swf in a browser window, it would display.

So you could pass along an html file with the swf, but that's just cumbersome. swf's are not really meant for distribution and/or for use on the desktop, that's what standalon projectors (exe) and now AIR are for.

Michael Borbor
Michael Borbor
Inspiring
May 4, 2009

Most likely you only need a minimum flash player version e.g. FP 9.0 or higers, is this game somewhere on-line?

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Anonymous
May 4, 2009

That's what I thought, but no, I tried it on my daughter's pc with just the flash player & it would not work.

No, it's not online. I actually would like to put it on my website, but first I have to have a clear understanding of what it needs to run.

Thanks for your advice.

Michael Borbor
Michael Borbor
Inspiring
May 4, 2009

Weird, are you using file dependencies, external assets, fonts? Are you

publishing your project as a .swf, .html, .exe?

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