Tried to get it to work again, compiles but gives:
http://i.imgur.com/ujGY9mw.png
Running the SWF from the bin folder:
http://i.imgur.com/MI3W2Qm.png
Attached is the project.

Hello,

I cannot recall from memory to give u a code snippet which would work right away. But I can give u a hint:

I can see your atlas file has the extension *.atlas. So I assume this atlas was generated by Spine. The Format of this atlas file is different than the xml which Starling / Sparrow expects. So assetManager.getTextureAtlas() will not work. My guess is it will return "null".

Instead I would try "new Atlas( sAssets.getByteArray("p2-wind-atlas") , new StarlingTextureLoader( sAssets.getTexture("p2-wind-sleleton") ) );", if the Atlas class take byteArrays. Otherwise try "sAssets.getByteArray("p2-wind-atlas").readUTF()" instead.

Another way would be to pack the texture atlas with something else than Spine (e.g. TexturePacker). Than u can use assetManager.getTextureAtlas() again. This is what I do.

PS: Answered you on the Starling forum as well

Cheers

this post should mark as sticky post or included in https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/spi ... /src/spine as an example.

As new Spine-Starling user, it's take me a couple days to find out how to manage Spine as Asset in Starling.
Everyone from as3 use Starling (Stage3D) for optimation, right?

i hope in the future, Spine will have "Starling" as an option when exporting atlas..

thanks matulk for pointed it out that Spine's atlas is different than the xml which Starling expects.
And thanks retropunk for sharing, you all saved my day

An asset loader example is a good idea. Maybe you have an example to post here, or send a PR?

this is example about how to use AssetManager.as
http://wiki.starling-framework.org/manu ... management

i'm still can't find clear solution about how to use Starling's AssetManager with Spine-Starling runtime.
Instead of use TexturePacker, i'd like to use the original Spine's export format. (tight for TexturePacker lol XP)

still trying..

i think it's not a good idea to ask Starling manage Spine's assets
http://forum.starling-framework.org/topic/assetmanager-for-spine

but, since atlas and Texture in Spine and Starling quite different, i think i need make a new AssetManager to manage both starling's and spine's assets.
this's some code i make by using singleton to make easier access the game's assets.

Assets.as

package  

{
   import flash.utils.Dictionary;
   import spine.atlas.Atlas;
   import spine.attachments.AtlasAttachmentLoader;
   import spine.attachments.AttachmentLoader;
   import spine.SkeletonData;
   import spine.SkeletonJson;
   import spine.starling.StarlingTextureLoader;
   import starling.textures.Texture;
   import starling.utils.AssetManager;
   /**
    * ...
    * @author zain
    */
   public class Assets extends AssetManager
   {
      private static var instance:Assets;
      private static var _assets:AssetManager;
      

  private static var mSkeletonData:Dictionary;
  
  public function Assets(singleton:SingletonEnforcer):void {
     _assets = new AssetManager();
     mSkeletonData = new Dictionary();
  }
  
  /** instance checker */
  private static function tryinit():void {
     if ( instance == null ) instance = new Assets( new SingletonEnforcer() );
  }
  
  [i]public static function enqueue(...rawAssets):void {
     tryinit();
     
     _assets.enqueue(rawAssets);
  }
  
  public static function loadQueue(onProgress:Function):void {
     tryinit();
     
     _assets.loadQueue(onProgress);
  }
  
  public static function getTexture(name:String):Texture {
     return _assets.getTexture(name);
  }[/i]
  
  //{ === region: Spine Assets ===
  public static function loadSkeletonData(name:String, textureClass:Class, atlasClass:Class, jsonClass:Class ):void {
     tryinit();
     
     if (name in mSkeletonData) {
     }else{
        var textureLoader:StarlingTextureLoader = new StarlingTextureLoader(new textureClass());
        var spineAtlas:Atlas = new Atlas(new atlasClass(), textureLoader);
        var attachmentLoader:AttachmentLoader = new AtlasAttachmentLoader(spineAtlas);
        var json:SkeletonJson = new SkeletonJson(attachmentLoader);
        
        mSkeletonData[name] = json.readSkeletonData(new jsonClass());
     }
  }
  
  public static function getSkeletonData(name:String):SkeletonData {
     return mSkeletonData[name];
  }
  //} === endregion: Spine Assets ===
   }

}

class SingletonEnforcer
{
   //nothing
}

just focus on Spine Assets region.
i'm not use the starling's AssetManager part yet.

this is some test about the SkeletonData part and how to use my Asset's manager

skeleton = new SkeletonAnimation(Assets.getSkeletonData("april"), true);
skeleton.x = 400;
skeleton.y = 560;
skeleton.state.setAnimationByName(0, "walk", true);

skeleton2 = new SkeletonAnimation(Assets.getSkeletonData("april"), true);
skeleton2.x = 800;
skeleton2.y = 560;
skeleton2.state.setAnimationByName(0, "run", true);

addChild(skeleton);
addChild(skeleton2);
Starling.juggler.add(skeleton);
Starling.juggler.add(skeleton2);

and the managed spine's SkeletonData result show nice draw call (only 1 draw call)

i hope this useful :coffee:

Hi retropunk,
thanks for comeback to this thread again :happy:

as new learner in Spine-Starling, of course i (maybe us*) would like to see your resolved code after using TexturePacker for centralized AssetManager (starling.utils.AssetManager). And i'm sure the TexturePacker mentioned here is not TexturePacker from Spine, right? (just for make sure).

Yes, i knew the TexturePacker commonly used by starling's user.

Just one thing that i really want to know if i use TexturePacker is: is it still possible to use "Meshes" and "Free-form Deformation" feature from Spine in Starling's runtimes?

So, sure i really would like to see your code
i want to compare it

:very excited :rofl: :
thank before~

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[SOLVED for Atlas (no XML) way & No Starling Scaling used]

This way works and you can use the SPINE ATLAS, no need to repack the texture in another program. I needed this and tried this 5 minute ago and it 100% works! By default the spine atlas gets loaded as a byteArray in Starling AssetManager. So just use this code:

// Important Parts:
// assets.getByteArray("spineboy") // Atlas file
// assets.getTexture("spineboy") // PNG file
// assets.getObject("spineboy") // JSON file
// MAKE SURE TO CREATE AN ASSET MANAGER FIRST AND LOAD THESE IN

var attachmentLoader:AttachmentLoader;
         

     var spineAtlas:Atlas = new Atlas(assets.getByteArray("spineboy"), new StarlingTextureLoader(assets.getTexture("spineboy"))); // (atlas, texture)
     attachmentLoader = new AtlasAttachmentLoader(spineAtlas);

     var json:SkeletonJson = new SkeletonJson(attachmentLoader);
     var skeletonData:SkeletonData = json.readSkeletonData(assets.getObject("spineboy")); // json file

     skeleton = new SkeletonAnimation(skeletonData);
     
     skeleton.x = 320;
     skeleton.y = 420;

     skeleton.skeleton.setSlotsToSetupPose();
     skeleton.state.setAnimationByName(0, "walk", true);

     addChild(skeleton);
     Starling.juggler.add(skeleton);

NOTE: If the assetManager has a scale set to it then the spine texture (PNG) comes in at the wrong size (See XML way below).

[SOLVED: XML WAY]

If your project does use scale, I think it's actually quicker and faster (processing wise) to just use the XML option. 2 steps.

1) Create a spritesheet of your Spine images in ShoeBox or TexturePacker (the non-Spine one)

2) With the attachmentLoader, just use the Atlas (png+xml) that the Starling assetManager creates.

Example:

var attachmentLoader:AttachmentLoader;

attachmentLoader = new StarlingAtlasAttachmentLoader(assetsgetTextureAtlas("spineboy")); // The Atlas Starling's assetManager created

var json:SkeletonJson = new SkeletonJson(attachmentLoader);
var skeletonData:SkeletonData = json.readSkeletonData(assetsgetObject("spineboy")); // json file

skeleton = new SkeletonAnimation(skeletonData);

skeleton.skeleton.setSlotsToSetupPose();
skeleton.state.setAnimationByName(0, "walk", true);

addChild(skeleton);
Starling.juggler.add(skeleton);