Kenney 2013-06-18 10:06:42

I was super excited for Flash CC. Finally a version of Flash that is stable and up-to-date. Then I download it, installed it and found out ActionScript 2.0 support has been dropped.

Now, I don't use AS2 for any new projects anymore but I sure as hell have got 60+ games that are written in AS2. You can't even open them because it won't show you code on symbols and components.

I've complained over at the Adobe Forums, on Twitter and Facebook regarding this. Because now they're forcing me to keep both CS6 and CC on my computer. Why the hell am I doing this anyway, it's not like they ever listen to anything.

Kenney 2013-06-18 10:33:29

Here's a full list of features that have been removed:
<a href="http://forums.adobe.com/message/5420124#5420124">http://forums.adobe.com/message/5420124#542012 4</a>

Importing SWF files...why....

Mattster 2013-06-18 10:37:57

No more AS2 support? Finallyyyyy

And Swivel will always be superior :D

TheMadWasp 2013-06-18 10:38:28

I use AS2 all the time, I've never tried AS3 as I can't be asked to learn another programming language.
Thanks for the heads up, I'll stick to CS5.5.

TomFulp 2013-06-18 10:59:05

Adobe just keeps failing to bring anything good to Flash, they should give it to someone else, step back to Macromedia Flash 8 and start building from that with improvements to AS2 and animation tools. They did this whole shift to AS3 to be more like C++, while meanwhile Unity is making console / mobile / web games with Javascript and C#, both very similar to AS2.... I CAN'T QUIT AS2.

francisyfl 2013-06-18 11:22:42

well thats shit

BoMToons 2013-06-18 12:22:05

- No importing of .swf
- No importing of .swc
- No exporting of projector files?!

WHAT?!! This is genuinely crazy.

deathink 2013-06-18 12:28:38

People have only scratched the surface with as2. I hear a lot of people talking bad about it, say its old and out dated. But it's my programming medium, I enjoy programming in as2. It's like some one coming up to me and saying "Matthew, why do you spend so much time painting in oil paints, when you can just use a camera. Don't you know cameras are newer and faster"

Kenney 2013-06-18 12:41:37

We should combine powers and complain to Adobe in one massive thread on their forums or something like that. I already filed feature requests but I think that coming from a single person would do much.

matt-likes-swords 2013-06-18 13:36:46

It's got 64 bit support!
That's the feature I wanted more than anything else for the past 3 years!

Twisted4000 2013-06-18 14:13:32

Adobe isn't making any updates whatsoever to their new versions of Flash they keep blasting out every few months, they just get more slow and annoying and support less and less features.

Emrox 2013-06-18 14:33:22

It seems like they're trying to undo some of their previous retardery (eg. bone tool, deco tool, motion editor.) It's very possible that they're taking a step back in order to make new leaps forward. Or maybe they'll just make the same mistakes twice, I dunno.

Gerkinman 2013-06-18 20:47:00

Adobe makes pretty much 90% of its profit from flash from flash players supporting video streaming via FLV and Web Banners. They are only going to be focusing on features that benefit people in those areas. If you think they are going to start including features a bunch of whiney kids want while they sit on their old pirated versions then your an idiot.

TerryTimetable 2013-06-19 01:31:15

No actionscript 2??? Fuck that

Lepy 2013-06-19 04:24:41

I can't even get the CC trial. The Creative Cloud Manager's only showing me CS6.

kkots 2013-06-19 09:08:25

Kingpin

LittleInferno 2013-07-16 04:58:58

Dudul - animacji. Pozdrawiam i czekam na

K0peryto 2013-09-02 04:22:33

...mam wyjebane bo animuje w PowePoincie :D

fauzan1234 2014-06-19 07:00:57

kingpin is fat

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