Flash :: Mouse-over Triggers A FLASH Animation

[Flash8] Mouse Triggers Animation
Hello gurus, (or is it guri?)

Basically I want to have something pop-up, and stay up on when the mouse moves to a side of the swf, but it re-animates the pop-up motion when the mouse is moved even after it is on one side. Here is the script I wrote for it: (left_motion is the mc that has the animation.)

onMouseMove = function() {
if (_xmouse <= 300) {
left_motion.gotoAndPlay("up");
trace("mouse is on the left");
}
if (_xmouse >= 301) {
left_motion.gotoAndPlay("down");
trace("mouse is on the right");
}
};

So what I'm wondering is, how do I have the pop-up animation happen only when the mouse has changed from the right to the left, and vice versa (sides determined by the x position of the mouse). I know there must be a way. I appreciate your help!

Thanks,
trippel

Button That Triggers Animation.....
ok, i've been racking my brain for 3 days trying to figure out flash 5. i have been through all the tutorials, and i still have no idea how to do what i want.

i am trying to create a button that when clicked will triger an animation that runs once.

of coarse, i'm using simple items right now, until i figure out how to do it right. for example, i just have a big ole button in the middle of the stage, that chagnes colors when moused over and clicked, and an arrow that goes from left to right.

what i want to do is to just look at the button and when i click it, the arrow goes across the screen once.

i have tried everything that i can think of, but its just not working. everytime test the movie, it shows the button, but the arrow is nonstop flying across the screen.

the closest i got was that when i push the button, it restarts the animation, but it still keeps going.

i know that i'm new, and this is probably something really simple,but i have looked all over the place and just can't find anything.

please help

Animation Sequence With Triggers
I have an animation sequence that moves an mc to 4 different points points on the stage. The the idea is to have the mc pause at each point allowing for a text bubble to pop up giving the user enough time to read them. The bubble then goes away and the clip moves to the next point. (The bubbles are in place at all times with alpha set to zero).

The desired effect is to have the bubble pop up just before the mc reaches it's designated location allowing time for the bubble to fade in. The bubble's alpha property is set to zero once the mc moves on to it's new location.

Thanks / help appreciated

Mouse-over Re-triggers Movie
Hello,
i have a pop-out menu and i'm trying to figure out how to keep a movie (within my main movie) from re-starting when someone mouses-over a new button.

Here's the actual menu - http://www.layaboutband.com

if you mouse over it, it opens, but if your mouse stays stationary, it starts to close. the reason, as i see it, is that the menu names (music, photos, etc) are the buttons, and the brown background is not.

basically, i want it to open and stay open as long as the mouse is there, and the whole thing close when you mouse-off of the menu.

maybe i dont have this setup right, i'm new to it all.

attached is the FLA, and here's a zipped up copy of the FLA if that helps:
http://www.layaboutband.com/menu.zip

thanks a lot for any help

Create A Perimeter Around An Object That Detects The Mouse And Triggers An Effect
I have my main movie called "base.fla". On "base" I have my logo at the upper right corner. It was a graphic symbol, I converted it to a movie clip called "tri".

What I want to happen is when the mouse pointer enters the perimeter of "tri" I want the _alpha action to take affect. The closer the mouse is to "tri" the lower the percentage of _alpha there will be on "tri". Kind of like a motion sensor. If the mouse pointer is X amount of distance from "tri", then "tri" will be X amount _alpha (higher or lower percentage) depending on the mouse's distance from "tri".

Say the mouse pointer is 200pt from "tri", then "tri" would be at 100% _alpha, meaning that 200pt marks the edge of the perimeter. If the mouse pointer was at 100pt from "tri", then "tri" would be at 50% _alpha.

-Thanks

Create A Perimeter Around An Object That Detects The Mouse And Triggers An Effect
I have my main movie called "base.fla" in Flash MX. On "base" I have my logo at the upper right corner. It was a graphic symbol, I converted it to a movie clip called "tri".

What I want to happen is when the mouse pointer enters the perimeter of "tri" I want the _alpha action to take affect. The closer the mouse is to "tri" the lower the percentage of _alpha there will be on "tri". Kind of like a motion sensor. If the mouse pointer is X amount of distance from "tri", then "tri" will be X amount _alpha (higher or lower percentage) depending on the mouse's distance from "tri".

Say the mouse pointer is 200pt from "tri", then "tri" would be at 100% _alpha, meaning that 200pt marks the edge of the perimeter. If the mouse pointer was at 100pt from "tri", then "tri" would be at 50% _alpha.

I was given this code to work with, it seems to be on the right track, but I do not know how to alter the code so that it is localized on "tri". This code makes it so that "tri" _alpha is affected by mouse movement, but not within the perimeter of "tri". The mouse is in the wrong location when it affects "tri" _alpha.
Anyway here is the code:
code:
MovieClip.prototype.distance = function(x, y) {
xm = _root._xmouse;
ym = _root._ymouse;
return Math.sqrt(((x-xm)*(x-xm))+((y-ym)*(y-ym)));
}

tri.onEnterFrame = function(){
if(distance(this._x,this._y)<=200){ //200 is optional
this._alpha = distance(this._x,this._y)*.5 //.5 is optional
}else{
this._alpha = 100;
}
}

If you know how to do what I am talking about please lend a hand.

-Thanks

Mouse-movement Triggers Background Movement - Help Me Find Tutorial
I want to learn how to make an image react on my mouse-movement, so you get the effect as if you're looking around. You move the mouse to the right, and the image on the screen moves to the right, etc. I've seen an example of that on http://www.center-of-the-world.com/ - but I don't know how to find a tutorial for that on the Flashkit-site. Can anyone help?

Mouse Event Triggers For Movieclip Inside Movieclip (can It Be Done?)
'canvas' is a large movieclip I am using to put other movieclips 'in' so I can move around and zoom everything at once. Like a coffee table with pictures on it.

I am loading up two images below with variables named map01 and map02. They overlap.

Code:
var map01:MovieClip = canvas.createEmptyMovieClip("map01", canvas.getNextHighestDepth());
map01.loadMovie("http://imagelocation1.jpg");
map01._x=-1000;
map01._y=39;
var map02:MovieClip = canvas.createEmptyMovieClip("map02", canvas.getNextHighestDepth());
map02.loadMovie("http://imagelocation2.jpg");
map02._x=-1000;
map02._y=130;

map01.onRelease = function () {
this.swapDepths(map02);
}
I would like to be able to click one of the images inside canvas and have it jump to the top. In this case, just a simple swap with map02 would be fine, I can manage the depths.

I have put a breakpoint right on the swapdepths line and debugged, and the function never gets called. Probably because it is the onrelease is for 'canvas', not any of the sibling movieclips that flash is looking for.

'canvas' has an onRelease that triggers a stopdrag and a onpress that triggers a startdrag. Removing these two triggers still does not allow any triggers for map01 or map02 to trigger though.

Any suggestions?

Is there some way to setup some logic on a canvas.onRelease function that can easily check to see if the clicked region is on an movieclip inside the canvas?

FLASH BUTTON Triggers URL
Hello... I want to be able to click a FLASH button I created, that when clicked goes to my . How can I do this? I'm having trouble figuring it out. Also I need a 5-second delay before the designated URL page opens in order to let the sound ring out that I've assigned to the button.
Please help. I'm a novice to FLASH.

Race

Flash Button That Triggers Dynamic Url
I am not an advanced html coder but I think this should be feasible...

I am setting up a php page that creates dynamic url links within the html code. The links aren't always the same. I want to have my FLASH content contain buttons that trigger the browser to go to the specified url that are dynamically created. How do I go about this?

Is there a way FLASH can have the a button, that when is clicked, triggers a variable that I have referenced to a dynamic url and goes there?

I look forward to your help.

-Trode

>>relative Distance Of Mouse To A Point And Flash Animation<< Plz Help
hi all,

im trying to figure out how to write a script that would make it possible to play back and forth though a flash movie controlled by the users' mouse position relative to the center (or any specified point) of the scene. say for example, if the mouse is far from the center it plays the first frame, then as the mouse moves closer to the center, it plays further into the movie. the is this possible?? is there any information out there on this? thanx

WARN: Skype, IE Triggers Memory Leak In Flash
A warning to all:

Having Skype installed triggers *huge* memory leaks in Internet Explorer 7 on Windows (possibly other versions) if the webpage you are viewing uses Ajax/DOM commands to load/unload Flash/Flex content that use ExternalInterface commands.

At this writing the only known fix is to tell your users to disable Skype.

Some testers have reported improved results by upgrading Skype to 3.8.0.154 (released August 14th, 2008) or later, although the memory leak seems to persist to some degree.

The core problem (we think) is a bug in IE: If any javascript var has a reference to a Flash/Flex app, and that app is removed from the page using Ajax-style DOM commands (innerHTML, removeChild, etc.), the javascript reference to the app remains, preventing garbage collection and triggering a memory leak. The SWF will then remain in memory, even on a full page refresh.

Traditionally, the solution (as used by SWFObject 2.1, which first solved the IE bug) is to destroy all scripts and functions within the object/embed that displays the flash/flex app, prior to physically removing the element:

ActionScript Code:
function removeObjectInIE(id) {
var obj = getElementById(id);
if (obj) {
for (var i in obj) {
if (typeof obj[i] == "function") {
obj[i] = null;
}
}
obj.parentNode.removeChild(obj);
}
}

This effectively kills any reference that ExternalInterfaces may have created, allowing a removed flash app to garbage-collect.

This solution does not appear to work for Skype, however, which injects about a dozen javascript functions and variables into every page you visit. Several of these javascripts contain references to various page objects. Since these references exist outside of the Flash/Flex element, they are not cleaned by traditional cleaner functions and thus trigger the memory leak.

Verified in Skype 3.8.0.134. Appears to be at least partially fixed in the August 14th, 2008 release of Skype (3.8.0.154) and in the beta for Skype 4.0, but we're still looking into it.

The bigger question is WHY is Skype making a javascript reference to every Flash app on every page I visit? Sounds a little bit like spyware to me...

URGENT Can't Link Flash Animation To My Web Site After Mouse Click
Please help me !!
I'm a Flash beginner : I simply want that visitors can click on the flash animation which is on the homepage to visit the rest of the web site...
I've created a button but I can't set an action on it to realise this action. "On mouse click" is disable... Why ? What can I do ???
thanks !!!!!!!!

Mouse Over Animation On Button That Follows Mouse
I want to make a button , when you roll over it, a flag will pop up and follow the mouse within the button,

can't find a tut, any1 know of one,

I tried one but placing a MC inside a button on a seprate layer on the over state , didn't work

PHP Code:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
//x movement
mx=_root._xmouse;
if (mx<_x) {
dx=_x-mx;
}
else {
dx=mx-_x;
}
moveSpeedx=dx/10;
if (mx<_x) {
_x=_x-moveSpeedx;
}
else {
_x=_x+moveSpeedx;
}
//y movement
my=_root._ymouse;
if (my<_y) {
dy=_y-my;
}
else {
dy=my-_y;
}
moveSpeedy=dy/10;
if (my<_y) {
_y=_y-moveSpeedy;
}
else {
_y=_y+moveSpeedy;
}
}

Specific Html Page Triggers Specific Frame Of The Flash Movie
I have been playing with flash and html and wonder if any of you have a bright idea on how to do this.

I have a flash movie, which I call from html but depending on which part of the html page I call it from I want to start it at a particular frame and not always from the beginning.

I have created a variable within the movie in action script and given it a different value for each of the frames I want to start the movie at, and want now to designate the value I give to that within html so that the movie “jumps” to the correct frame. Is this possible or am I totally crazy??

Mouse Animation
Hi there,

how can i change the typical "Flash-hand" while staying over a bottom into another symbol?

Thanx for your attention!

Ingo

Mouse Over Animation
Hi, I have made a flash navigation that contains mouse over animation. I am trying to make the animation continue after mouse out, but on mouse out the animation stops. I know there is a way, but I cant figure it out. Can anyone give me a tip or two? Thanks!

On Mouse Out Animation?
OK,

I have been avoiding this one long enough.

I have a button, on mouse over has an animation (movie clip).
I simply introduce the movie clip on a key frame in the over satae of the button.

How would I play an animation on mouse out?

there is example here (in the navigation once you "enter" the site): http://www.modernvisual.com/

Thanks for the help.

-ab

Help With Mouse Animation
hello all, newbee here, i recently discovered a web site called dekate.com and loved the animation that accompanies the mouse, i was wondering if it is easily done or downloadable somewhere?

Many thanks

[f8] AS For A MC Animation W/ Mouse
Hey all I was wondering how do you allow an animation inside a mc to animate only when mouse is being pressed?
But!! I don't want it to lock up on the first animation of the mc while being pressed.

I figured a pseudo code...

if (mouse is being pressed) {
do animation of mc
}

thank!

Mouse Following Animation
Basically simply put i want a bouncing ball controlled left and right with the keyboard keys or the mouse, problem im having is, i make the ball, make the motion tween for the bounce, make it a movie clip, add the action script to have it follow the mouse, but it plays the animation, the like in the blink of an eye goes to the mouse for a millisecond then shoots back and starts the animation where it was first started.

Sorry for the beginner post, im new to this area of Flash haha.

Thanks!

Mouse Out Animation?
Ok, so what I want is that an animation will be played on mouseout...

I suck at AS, so this is the closest I can get to a solution:

PHP Code:

on(rollOut){ _root.hover.gotoAndPlay("out");}

I haven't done flash in quite a while, so i forgot how to use the _root thingie...
I know you guys at kirupa are wizards so please help me!

PS.
In the button, I have a MC (called hover) that lies on 'over', and the AS is on the button.

Mouse Out Animation
Im trying to make a mouseout animation, and I was checking the source of a movie with some mouse over/mouse out anims and noticed something I never seen:

I've seen some other methods of doing a mouse out anims and they seem too complex for such a simple thing. While this method above seems pretty straightforward, but I have no clue how to do it.

Anyone cares to share?

Mouse Over-Mouse Out Animation.
Hello,
Im currently working in my new site, ive made a button that has a fairly long animation, if the user pulls their mouse off before its done it will just start playing the rolloff animation.

ActionScript Code:
on (rollOver) {
tellTarget ("nav_home") {
play();
}
}
on (rollOut) {
tellTarget ("nav_home") {
gotoAndPlay(16);
}
}

So on rollover I have it start the animation, On rollout I have it play the rolloff animation (its just the animation backwards). I want to be able to have a script that if the user pulls their mouse off before the animation is done it will go to a certain frame in the rolloff animation.

http://mikecoutermarsh.com/buttoncomp.html - The button.

Thanks,
-Mike

Triggers/buttons
Hey guys

Was wondering if there was a way I could have a button that was active but when u hover over it you dont dont get the active button cursor, it just stays the same.
An example of what i want is here:
http://www.thevines.com/news.aspx
Things are triggered by hovering over objects but the cursor stays the same.

Any ideas?
Attached is also a part of my site.

Thanks

Movieclips As Triggers
OK I try my best to explain this. I have this movieclip (instance name "t1") i use as a trigger when a car (i_car) hits it. Inside it there is 2 frames. The idea is to get the car going under the bridge when trigged and normally the state is that the car goes above the bridge.

Frame 1:
if (_root.t2.hitTest(_root.i_car)) {
_root.i_bridge.swapDepths(200);
_root.t2._yscale = 300;
_root.track.i_collision.gotoAndStop(3);
} else {
_root.i_car.swapDepths(200);
_root.t2._yscale = 100;
_root.track.i_collision.gotoAndStop(2);
}
Frame 2:
gotoAndPlay(1);

I use this trigger at the end of the bridge. (the road going under it). Problem is when ever i put another similiar trigger movieclip, this new trigger doesn't work. I just can't find the reason why it wont work.
This first trigger works fine.

Fade Out Animation On Mouse-out
I wonder if any of you guys can help.

I am creating a presentation at work. on it there is a button in the form of a factory, you know, with chimneys etc. When the mouse is over the factory, smoke comes out of the chimney, and when you move away it stops.

Trouble is, this looks a bit rubbish, just stopping dead like that. What I would like to happen is when the mouse is moved away the smoke fades out gently over the space of a second or two.

Any ideas?

your help and expertise is much appreciated
thanks

chappy

Mouse Rollover Animation
Hi! How can i make rollover events, like when I put the mouse over a button or graphic, and this one changes in an animated form.

Thankyou,
Juan.

Button Animation On Mouse Off
Hello,

I've been wondering how to do this for a while, not sure if it can be done without actionscripting.

I'm talking about how you can create a button, that when your mouse goes over it, then an animated movie is played (that's the easy part) but whenever the user's mouse leaves the button, I want to know how for another movie to be played (returning the button smoothly to its original state), as seen on the official site of Interscope Records (http://www.interscope.com - the menu at the top)

If anyone can help me, I'd very much appreciate it,

Thanks!

Mark

Button Animation On Mouse Out
Hi Guys!

I have a simple button that has a simple animation on the over state of the button. The animation is a movie clip. What I want to know is how to play frame 6 of that movie clip on mouse out of the button

Basically frames 1-5 of the are the bar going up and frames 6 – 11 are exactly the same but in reveres therefore the bar going down, however I have no idea of how to get it to play the appropriate frame on mouse out.

I have attached the files so if anyone could get it working for me this would be brilliant. I’m sure its very simple, however my action script is rather lame.

Cheers in advance
Dom

Tigger Animation On Mouse Over
I am wanting to accomplish the effect similar to the Mac OS 10 task bar. When you roll over any part of the navigation, the icons begin to scroll by as if on a film strip and the icon that your mouse is over increases in size.

I've seen this done on several sites but cannot find it. If anyone has a link to where this is done I would really appreciate it if they could post it here. I am going to try to make this happen using Flash 4 but it has been a couple years since I used Flash.

Any tips on resources or scripts that might help me accomplish this effect would also be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Mouse Out Button Animation
Hi,

I think I have seen, but not entirely sure, Flash buttons where when the mouse goes over the button, the colour fades to a different colour. Then when the mouse goes away from the button, the colour fades back to the original.

I can do the mouse over fading in, but I'm not sure how to do the fade out because as default, buttons only have a Down and Hit state, but no mouseout state.

Is this possibly, could anyone enlighten me?

Ta.

Neily

Mouse Animation Roll Out
Hi guys,

I am having a problem with the roll out animation on this. I have input the ActionScript that oldnewbie gratefully supplied on the relevant movie clip. i changed a few things he did on the button, changing the invisible button fuction a little bit. The problem is though that though the roll out animation does work it is not responding effectively. If you roll out on the fiel supplied you will see that sometimes the animation works but more often then not it stutters.

Any solution guys?

Thanks,

Lewny

Pause Animation On Mouse Over
I would like a button on a keyframe mid-animation to stop the timeline if the mouse is over it and when the mouse rolls out of the button it continues to play.
I am a actionscript newbie and I am having some hard time trying to achieve this.

Is there a method like this that will work?:

if(MOUSE_OVER.btn_hold){
then stop();
} else if(MOUSE_OUT.btn_hold){
play();
} else {
play();
}

Call An Animation On Mouse Over
I have gotten hold of some code that animates some balloons, but they kick off as soon as you enter the screen.

I have some buttons lined up and was owndering if somebody could take a look at the following code and make it work so that when I roll over a button the animation starts.

Code:
snowNumber = 40;
var flakes:Array = new Array("snow", "flake2", "flake3","flake4","flake5")
for (i=0; i<snowNumber; i++) {
newSnow = _root[flakes[random(flakes.length)]].duplicateMovieClip("snow"+i, i);
newSnow._x = Math.random()*Stage.width;
newSnow._y = Stage.height+Math.random()*300;
newSnow.maxSnowSpeed = Math.random()*4;
newSnow.wind = Math.random()*6;
newSnow._xscale = newSnow._yscale = Math.random()*60+40
newSnow.swapDepths(newSnow._xscale)
prevSnow = newSnow;
newSnow.onEnterFrame = function() {
//this._rotation -= this.maxSnowSpeed+1;
if(this._y<-50 || this._x>Stage.width+50 || this._x<-50){
this._y = Stage.height+Math.random()*300;
this._x = Math.random()*Stage.width;
} else {
this._y -= this.maxSnowSpeed+1;
this._x += this.wind-4;
}

//this._alpha = this.alpha;
};
}
Thanks

Lee

Mouse Out Animation On Button
Hello,

I'm fairly new to flash and am trying to do something that seems should be very simple. I have a button that I've created and have a movie clip on the "Up" event and a different movie clip on the "Over" event. I was sort of expecting there to be an "Out" event or mouse out event but there doesn't seem to be. I'd like to put a different movie clip on the Out event.

I tried to get around this using action script but doesn't seem to be working. Do any of you have any good tips as to how I can place a different Movie Clip on the mouse out of a button???

Thanks in advance!

Tommy

Reverse On Mouse-over Animation?
I am having a problem. I made a mouse over animation where some text morphs to some other text when you move the mouse over it. The problem that I have is I want to make the text stop at the end of the animation and when I remove the mouse, it will go back to the original message. I am open to any suggestions, but i dont want to use any buttons. Please help. Thanks!

HrPrZ

Mouse Roll Out Animation
As you can see guys I have posted this round the forums but still have no answer so this is my last hope. The file is attached at Flashkit and here is the link.

Cheers.

http://www.flashkit.com/board/showth...44#post3245844

Hi guys,

I am having a problem with the roll out animation on this. I have input the ActionScript that oldnewbie gratefully supplied on the relevant movie clip. i changed a few things he did on the button, changing the invisible button fuction a little bit. The problem is though that though the roll out animation does work it is not responding effectively. If you roll out on the fiel supplied you will see that sometimes the animation works but more often then not it stutters.

Any solution guys?

Thanks,

Lewny

How To Create An Animation That Follows The Mouse
Hi there
Im creating an animation that will be about 1000px long - what i want to do is to have the scene move with the mouse - ie when the mouse goes to the left the scene goes to the left - I will also have object on the scene that will be buttons - is this possible? any help would be greatly appreciated and direction at all!
many thanks
niki

Help Neeeded:mouse Off Animation
hey all in the Kirupa forums, does anyone here know where to put the animations when the mouse goes off a button, i mean i know where to put the animation when you want it to move when the mouse is over a button, question is, what about when the mouse goes off the button, where do u put the animation for that. (by animation i mean 'movie clip', and also in a separate blank keyframe..)...

thanks for reading this anyone...

('...keep smilin!...')

Mouse Over Stop Animation Help
Hi,

i would like to get some help. what i was trying to do is, i have an animation which actually is just some text scrolling when you play it, but i want it to stop during mouse over, then continue on mouse release. anybody can help, i really appreciate it. thanks

Pause Animation On Mouse Over
Hi there.....m very new to Flash....here's my query:
i have a photo animated to move horizontally left to right.
i have added a rectengular mask on that.....
now i want the animation to pause when the mouse is over that rectengular area...
what to do??
plz tell me in a little detail....

How Can I Get An Animation To Appear Where Mouse Clicks?
I basically want an animation to occur specifically where the mouse is clicked. I tried a combo of startdrag and on commands, but they don't seem to work together. Is there an actual action script combo or non script way to make this work, or is it not possible on MX? Thanks ; ;