My MC is not working right.

[Dark34]

I need to know how to start a MC in a specific frame, but when the movie starts, the MCstarts there and keeps looping through out it. I NEED YOUR HELP!

[Dark34]

Please help, I've tried everything, but it still won't work!

[GameSQUID]

Quick and dirty method : just add a this.gotoAndStop(frameNumber); to the first frame, where you replace frameNumber by the number of the frame, or by it's label in a string.

[Dark34]

At 7/7/06 04:22 PM, GameSQUID wrote: Quick and dirty method : just add a this.gotoAndStop(frameNumber); to the first frame, where you replace frameNumber by the number of the frame, or by it's label in a string.

It said this:

**Error** Scene=Game, layer=Layer 6, frame=6:Line 2: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler
this.gotoAndPlay(6)

[WillAlvein]

I'm not the best on actionscript, but i think i know the answer to your question..let's see...

First of all create a layer named "actions" on your main time line AND in your Movie Clip, so you can add your actions ON THOSE LAYER. Then give your mc an instance name, something like "Myclip", or anything you want.

on the FIRST FRAME OF YOUR MOVIE CLIP add this action: "stop ();"
on the LAST FRAME OF YOUR MOVIE CLIP, if you want it to keep looping, add this action: "gotoAndPlay (2);", if you want it to stop and don't loop, just add "stop ();" to the last frame of your MC.

Now, on the frame of your main timeline where you want the movie clip to start playing, add a keyframe to that frame on your actions layer first, and add this action: "_root.Myclip.gotoAndPlay (2);".

If i'm not wrong, that should solve your problem. I might be wrong due to the fact that i barely know some newbie actionscripting, but i did my best to help you, try it and tell me if worked. ;D <hopes>

[misterdog]

At 7/7/06 04:38 PM, Will_Alvein wrote: Stuff

Oooooor if I'm not mistaken he wants an mc to start at a certain time of the MOVIE.
I'm going to guess but make a key frame where you want the mc to start and any keyframes before that keyframe, push delete.

Who knows, I have no common sense but I'm just going to guess on an answer
anyway

[GuyWithHisComp]

onClipEvent(enterFrame){
if(_root._currentframe >= FRAMENUMBER){
this.play();
}
else {
this.stop();
}
}

[Dark34]

At 7/7/06 04:38 PM, Will_Alvein wrote: If i'm not wrong, that should solve your problem. I might be wrong due to the fact that i barely know some newbie actionscripting, but i did my best to help you, try it and tell me if worked. ;D <hopes>

Um, actually it didn't

sorry

But I took all the frames out of the MC and placed it on the main timeline. But thanks for helping.

[GameSQUID]

At 7/7/06 04:27 PM, JerRyKirkhAm wrote:

At 7/7/06 04:22 PM, GameSQUID wrote: Quick and dirty method : just add a this.gotoAndStop(frameNumber); to the first frame, where you replace frameNumber by the number of the frame, or by it's label in a string.

It said this:

**Error** Scene=Game, layer=Layer 6, frame=6:Line 2: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler
this.gotoAndPlay(6)

Yeah that's cause you put the actionscript on a movieclip instance, not on it's first frame.

Double-click the movieclip you want this for, make sure you have nothing selected, and that the playhead is at the first frame. Then that code should work.