Flixel files compiling in mxmlc but not running

Question

SETUP: I'm brand new to Actionscript 3 and mxmlc, I'm running 64 bit Arch Linux with multilibs. Neither the Flex SDK nor flixel are provided nor supported by the Arch Linux distribution so I extracted them to ~/devtools/flexsdk and ~/devtools/flixel respectively. I've added the Flex SDK .../bin/ to my path and I've copied flixel's .../org/ into all my flixel project root directories.

PROBLEM: Every HelloWorld.as that I have compiled that is pure as3 compiles and runs fine, but if I try to use the flixel library the resulting SWF displays a blank screen, either black or white. I can right click on the running SWF in the browser and it says "Movie not Loaded..." and "About Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.258...". Happens in firefox 17 and chromium 23.

RESEARCH: I've tried every flixel HelloWorld I could find including Adam Atomic's. All are plagued by this and the only error I get is the one telling me there isn't a preloader.

I compiled EZplatformer which has a preloader to see if this was the problem, it compiled with no errors whatsoever even using -debug=true but still the same blank screen.

QUESTION: I'm guessing I need to do something more to set up flixel or to set up mxmlc to use flixel but I don't know what. Does anyone know what this problem is or where I went wrong? Is there anything in the flixel-master code that wouldn't be compatible with the Flex SDK 4.6 mxmlc?

Answer 1

I had the same problem, this works for me:

         mxmlc -static-link-runtime-shared-libraries=true src/HelloWorld.as

Like this tutorial says, I hope you find this useful:

         https://github.com/jcromartie/HelloWorld

Answer 2

Unfortunately, Linux isn't a nice platform for Flash. Lots of problems, and lack of support.

In my experience with as3 in Linux, a black screen indicates that the flash player didn't even start. So it's not a runtime error, but more likely a compilation incompatibility. If I remember correctly, flash player in Linux was running for 32 bit systems only. For 64 bit support, you had to do some extra research.