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Snacksss is now available on the App Store! Go get it!

// Jacob — Wed, 09 May 2012 23:10:06 +0000

Snacksss is now available on the App Store. This is the first of many First Post games to come up this year and one I hope to see in the Top iPhone Games list!. You can get it from the App Store by searching Snacksss, or going directly to it.

Exporting SWFs without Hidden Layers

// Jacob — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 21:55:41 +0000

If you have masks in your movieclips and you export without checking the option to export hidden layers, various masks will become disabled as they are considered hidden layers. I’m sure there’s a specific scenario depending on how you setup your mask since some of my other masks were not affected. If you run into this issue, just make sure the hidden layers checkbox is checked when you are exporting.

Facebook Bigint UID Fix for PHP/MySQL

// Jacob — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:33:55 +0000

I spent quite a bit of time on this one and am sharing for those who run into it as well.

If you’re using PHP and MYSQL, you’ll run into an issue with long Facebook IDs (bigint). This will cause an issue when you’re doing queries with Facebook since PHP will attempt to convert it to a float. In php.ini you can bump up precision (25) and it should solve your issue, just do not try to convert your Facebook ID to an int.

Using Multiple Args through ExternalInterface.Call with AS3

// Jacob — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 02:55:04 +0000

If you’re trying to call Javascript functions through ExternalInterface.Call in AS3, make sure you call your function as ExternalInterface.call(”functionName”,arg1,arg2,arg3, etc.) NOT ExternalInterface.call(”functionName()”,arg1,arg2,arg3, etc.) else your arguments will become undefined when they reach your html container. I discovered this after a few hours of troubleshooting, and not one article on the web mentioned it that I could find

Hope this saves someone else some headaches.

Tracing Flash Output from Browser

// Jacob — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 02:49:48 +0000

You can debug your flash player within Firefox browser using the Flashbug plug-in, get it via your Firefox Add-ons. Works like a charm and saved me a ton of debug time. Enjoy!

Flashbug

Upcoming Transformation of Blog

// Jacob — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:50:00 +0000

Many of my blog’s visitors are here due to the abundance of High-Resolution Textures I provide as a free download. Many of you are not aware of my career in the games industry since the 90’s, specifically in the digital space of web, interactive, etc. I recently left Sony to build a startup of my own (something I’ve been wanting to do for over a decade), and I’ve now done it. I’ll soon be transforming DarkNews.com to be my blog again for what I do, and what I do best.

The textures will stick around, don’t worry.

Cheers,
- Jacob

Fort Wars Closed Beta on Facebook

// Jacob — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:59:58 +0000

Fort Wars is now accepting closed beta signups - be one of the first to get in. Just go to http://apps.facebook.com/fortwars/ to signup!

Mirror Lake

// Jacob — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:03:15 +0000

Mirror Lake, originally uploaded by darkvipr.

View from above Mirror Lake on the Mt. Whitney Trail.

Trail Camp, Mt. Whitney

// Jacob — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:02:28 +0000

Trail Camp, Mt. Whitney, originally uploaded by darkvipr.

Hiker filtering water at Trail Camp

Willow watching care takers

// Jacob — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:08:55 +0000

Willow watching care takers, originally uploaded by darkvipr.

The beautiful Bobcat, Willow at EFBC.