Click here to download the User Created Devils.zip.
The folder includes 7 files:
how_to_make_an_icq_devil.txt
ball.fla
ball.swf
icq_devil_testing_tool.html
avatar.as
icq_submission_terms.txt
DevilTester.swf
Important:
After download save all 7 files together in a new, clean folder!
Please note that ICQ User Created Devils only work with Flash MX 2004!
Step 2. How to Edit
Before you begin to work with the flash file, be aware that it is created in layers.
In order to make your animated Devil work properly:
- do not delete the "Mask" layer!
- do not change the titles of or delete any Objects, Instances or Frames
- do not change Object Linkage Properties.
First, open the "Ball.fla" file and save it under a different name (e.g. "MyDevil01.fla").
To change the animation from the default ball to an animation of your choice, you must edit the "Face" Movie Clip in the "Face" layer:
Go to the "Face" Layer, choose the "Face" Movie Clip, right click and choose Edit in Place from the menu.
Two layers will be displayed:
"Label" - each of the frames here are labeled with a specific feeling or behavior (for example "sad")
"Animation" - each of the frames here contain a movie clip with an animation inside that corresponds to the frame in the "Label" layer above it (e.g. if the frame in "Label" is called "Sad" the corresponding frame in "Animation" below it will also be called "Sad").
The 10th frame in "Animation" has been titled "Created". Here you can add your credit/signature (optional).
Step 3. Begin to Edit
Choose the "Animation" Layer.
Pick the frame you wish to edit.
Select the movie clip in the frame by placing the cursor on the object.
Right click and select "swap symbol" from the menu.
From the symbol dialog, click "duplicate symbol" (in the bottom left corner)
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Give the movie clip a title according to the feeling or behavior that corresponds to it (e.g. "myDevilSmile").
Now create an animation by editing the movie clip you just created.
You can change the background in the "Background" layers.
Step 4. Save
When you have edited all the "Animation" frames and saved your Devil, you can test it with the testing tool you received in the .zip folder.
Open the Devil Testing Tool, choose your devil and check all the different feeling/behaviors in the corresponding buttons.
Please note: In order to test the Devil you have created with the provided testing tool, make sure to publish the file with Action Script version 2.0 (Publish Settings/Flash/Action Script version)
Step 5. Upload to ICQ
Please read the ICQ Submission Terms before submitting your ICQ User Created Devil.
