Exploding Bird

A Bird
What i need to do is make a small bird fly across (from left to right) the header graphic of my page. Im pretty new to flash, but i do know how to make it JUST move from one side to another. I want to be able to make the wings move up and down as though its flying while actually moving.

If someone could help me out, ill be on aim @ yo MrStiffy.

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How To Design Bird
hey can any body help me how to design a bird and then animate it if any tutorial is there i would be highlt obliged

regards

Hussain

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Flying Bird
I am new to Flash. I just upgraded to CS3 and am trying to create an employee website with a flash file. I created my design in Photoshop and am using Fireworks to create my slices and Dreamweaver to finish it off. I am not sure if I need to do my slices first in Fireworks and then import that into Flash to create my animation. anyone know?

also, for my flash file, I have a scene with a tree, buildings, grass and clouds. I wanted to add a bird flying, some moving clouds and a light flashing on and off. The problem I am having is with the bird flying. I found animated gifs on the internet and tried to use those with a motion guide but the animated gif won't work. I tried doing my own animation with a bird with it's wings up and then down. It is very choppy and I know I didn't do it the right way. I used all kinds of keyframes and motion tweened between each one and then added motion guide. Can anyone help me out? I just want a small black bird flying across my scene and I want to do it the easiest way as possible. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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Flying Bird
I make a bird that wave it wings
I make it fly with random motion
but how do I make it point it's nose in the right direction?
tricky huh!!

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Flying Bird
I make a bird that wave it wings
I make it fly with random motion
but how do I make it point it's nose in the right direction?
tricky huh!!

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Bird Flock
I once saw an animated bird flock, it was a gif or a swf.
You know where can i find one that is animated to use in a flash animation?

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Random Bird Movement
Does anybody have any random code I can slap on a movieclip that will look like a bird (seagulls) moving in the distant? I tried tweening it it but it just looks too repititive and boring.

I'll have at least 5 birds that I want to animate, I figure it will be easier if I just do it with code.

Your help will be greatly appreciated.

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Creating An Animated Bird
I am trying to incorporate a "near realistic" animated bird into my website, but I don't know how to go about it. I want the bird perching, and later flying away just as birds do. I was hoping may be someone can point me in the right direction. Anyone seen something like this done before? thanks

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[F8] Flying Bird Animation
Im trying to make a bird fly and move around the screen at the same time but im not sure how to do it. I already made the layers of the bird flying and i can set it up so the frames change and its wings flap ... but how do i loop the flying and make the birds move around? Thanks!!

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Flying Bird In Flash
I am new to Flash. I just upgraded to CS3 and am trying to create an employee website with a flash file. I created my design in Photoshop and am using Fireworks to create my slices and Dreamweaver to finish it off. I am not sure if I need to do my slices first in Fireworks and then import that into Flash to create my animation. anyone know?

also, for my flash file, I have a scene with a tree, buildings, grass and clouds. I wanted to add a bird flying, some moving clouds and a light flashing on and off. The problem I am having is with the bird flying. I found animated gifs on the internet and tried to use those with a motion guide but the animated gif won't work. I tried doing my own animation with a bird with it's wings up and then down. It is very choppy and I know I didn't do it the right way. I used all kinds of keyframes and motion tweened between each one and then added motion guide. Can anyone help me out? I just want a small black bird flying across my scene and I want to do it the easiest way as possible. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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Flying Bird For Flash
Hi guys

I need to make an animated vector flying bird. Not a bird drawing but a bird shape only. First i tought that making some modifications to he vector and then doing a shape tween would be enough but i havent been provided by a good shape....

I got Poser 6 but even i have basic knowledge about 3D programs like Lightwave i'm stuck with it. I was told you can animate animals with it but i haven't been able to change the character.

Can anyone point me to a basic tutorial for Poser 6, a model ti import into Poser or maybe any other idea on how to make a simple flying bird.

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Kill The Robo Demo Bird
does anyone else want to kill that bird going on about robo demo.
man she hurts me badly, she also looks pants and has the most anoying voice in the world. am i alone here.

however much robo demo are paying flash kit to put that bint on here isn't enough.

anyway can anyone tell me where i can get video clips from. i wanna take clips of video into flash for dvd authoring.

Thank you

Much love

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[MX04] My Bird Gets Stuck At A Certain X Coordinate
Hey gang,

I'm working on a site that includes an animated hummingbird and it's supposed to hover around some flowers in kind of a circular pattern. My problem is that it gets stuck at a certain x coordinate and then just moves up and down. You can see it HERE . Watch the bird for a few secs and you'll see it stick.

I've kind of cobbled my code together from a shooter game I was working on a while ago, and I've forgot where I found the tute or the source code so I don't remember exactly what it's doing. Can someone look at it and tell me where it's sticking?

code: var flightAmount:Number = 75;
var flightSpeed:Number = 7;
myBird.onEnterFrame = function() {
moveBird(this);
};
function moveBird(bird) {
var dir:Number = (Math.round(Math.random()*10) == 0) ? -15 : 15;
bird.ang += dir;
bird.ang = bird.ang%360;
var x:Number = Math.sin(bird.ang*(Math.PI/180))*flightSpeed;
var y:Number = Math.cos(bird.ang*(Math.PI/180))*flightSpeed;
if (bird.birdFlight._x+x<flightAmount && bird.birdFlight._x>-flightAmount) {
bird.birdFlight._x += x;
}
if (bird.birdFlight._y+y<flightAmount && bird.birdFlight._y+y>-flightAmount) {
bird.birdFlight._y += y;
}
if (bird.birdFlight._rotation+dir<10 && bird.birdFlight._rotation+dir>-200){
bird.birdFlight._rotation += dir;
}
}
myBird.ang = 0;
myBird._y = 225;
myBird._x = 250
myBird._xscale = 70
myBird._yscale = 70

Any help is most appreciated!

-Sandy

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Hrmm... Animating A Bird Flappin It's Wings
Basically i got 4 birds on fenceposts, and when i click on em i want them to fly away..... that's not really my question tho...i just need some animating tips on moving the wings... i've dinked around with em for awhile but can't get em to look right, here's the .fla

it looks cheesy as hell, but i'm bored and im just experimenting =D

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Please Help, I'm Almost Exploding
I'm having a very simple question:

i have two scenes (start & main)
i want to jump from start to main if the user clicks on the mc in start
in the 20th frame of start i placed the mc with 10 frames. in the 10th frame of the mc i write the script:

_root.gotoAndPlay("main", "123");
(in main i named the first frame 123)

and nothing happens, but if i write:

tellTarget ("_root") {
gotoAndPlay("main", "123");
}

it works.

What is wrong???

Thanks in advance

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Exploding
Where can i get or what is a name of a program that will make an object like arrows explode?

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Exploding Images
Help help help!!!

Im new to this.. im getting there with almost all of this.. but the one I cant seem to do is make an imported JPEG or BMP file explode into pieces!!!

I use the explode effect on lots of things.. for dynamics.. but when I explode an image.. the whole image.. stays in one piece!!!

I know that with shapes u create and text that u create.. they will "shatter" so to speak.. but.. I cant get imported pics to do it!!!

Can someone please help!!!

Little Danny P

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Exploding Images
Help help...

I have managed to get most of the effects working how I like.. but I still cant get images that I have made in paintshop pro to shatter/explode into pieces..!! all that happens is the whole image flies off the screen!! .. but when I do texts from inside swish that will break up like a charmer...!!

Any ideas on what im doing wrong.. and how I can make my pics explode???

Little Danny P

Thanks!!!

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Exploding Like Glass
My goal is to make my graphic explode into small pieces. I have a static graphic that I imported onto keyframe one. I then broke it apart (ctrl + B) then I took the lasso tool to cut it. I tried to cut it up and put each piece on a separate frame with motion tween. It looked terrible. I have no idea what I'm doing. Can someone assist me please? If their is a tutorial out there, can someone guide me?
Imagine a sheet of glass and when you drop it it explodes into small pieces - that is what i am looking for.

Thanks to all my flash friends,
Cya9d

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Exploding Logo
Does anyone know how I could get a good exploding effect for my companies logo it has to look realistic. Any Help would be much apprciated.

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Exploding Buttons
I Have The Buttons All Ready...The Prob Is You Have To Click And Hold Down The Button While The Text Explodes. I Want To Click The Button Once And The Text Will Blow Up. How Can I Do This? Leave Your Email If You Wanna Attempt At Helping Me...The File Is Too Large To Attach.


Thnx::..

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Exploding Image
I have an image broken into a few hundred symbols and I want them to break apart to give an explosion effect to the image. Anyone know how this would be possible?

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Exploding Text
I wanna make a text "fly into the screen, flash(blink) and then explode"

The "fly in thing" is easy but the blinking and explosion (with fire) is more difficult. Anyone wanna give me a hint?

Or even send me a link to watch?

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Exploding Image
I have a picture that I broke into several hundred squares. I made each square a symbol and now I would like them to move apart to make it seem like the image is exploding. Is there any way to do this w/o having to edit each symbol seperately? Maybe some kind of loop that uses the symbol name (ie: Symbol * (* = number)).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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:eek: Exploding Tweens
I have an easy enough question I'm sure, but it's bothering the snot out of me!

I seem to have a problem with my tweens "exploding" on the initial movement tween. Picture a leg walking for this quick example..

FRAME:
1: stationary lower leg, upper leg, foot
5: moved upper leg up, left, and angled it slightly. Repeat for lower leg and foot.
10: again moved each piece slightly and angled it again.
15: moved, angled.. you get the idea.

Ok, you get the picture by now, I do the SAME exact thing for all frame transitions! Now, I tween each one, starting with frame one through whichever I end the movement at. Only the FIRST tween ever gives me problems, instead of simply moving to the next motion the parts literally explode ******ds! The pieces will move drastically out of the limits in either the starting or ending positions, past any movement I've given them in the entire flash. Then they jump quickly back into place and the next tweens work fine with no explosions, no matter how many I use after that. It's only this initial tween that explodes, and it’s exploded in different animations and in different flashes without me being able to fix it.

It's not just the leg walking thing. I realize now that I can do a frame by frame for that. (I did manage to search these forums pretty extensively before asking for help.) This is a problem with every series of tweens I do, the first one always blows up unaccountably like this.

Was hoping there's an embarrassingly easy was to solve this!

-majman1

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My Heads Exploding HELP
OK
I am trying to move up a level in my flashing
But I am totally stumped and need some help here.

I am trying to mimic this menu( select english then use the menu)

http://www.monblanc-traiteur.com/

I want a menu that is a square with the word MENU in it.
and when you mouse over the square the word menu fades off and a few new words fade and slide in.

Now my problem is I make the square with a rollover attached to it
and that tells the menu MC to start fading out and tells the new words to move in
BUT

if I mouse over one of the new words (links)It takes that as a rollout and
messes it all up

How do I make the above menu from URL? please help me I am so freaked out hehehehe


One

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OMG Head Exploding
Haven't flashed since 5, saw MX come out, just bought new MX because I couldn't find any MX 2003s left out there and my head is swimming trying to make simple buttons that now seem to require a function?! Can someone recommend a good all around book for someone trying to make the transition?

TIA!

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Exploding Logos
Hi

Does anyone know of any tutorials or can advise me how to do the following:

When someone clicks on the text Enter. The logo explodes and then the next page of the website opens.

Any help would be appreicated as Im a complete flash novice!

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Exploding Header
I am trying to create a header where an image explodes out from behind and comes foward (3D) and creates a cracked or ripped image of the header.

Any suggestions?

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Exploding Text
hello - this is my first post!

I am trying to learn flash....so, with book in lap, I have followed the instructions to make my text explode. Success!

But what next? I was hoping to have the exploding text be a menu choice and when a user clicks the menu item, the text explodes before linking to the new page.

Is this possible? I just want something to jazz up my website.

many thanks!
Stephanie

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Exploding Text
DOES SOMEBODY HAVE A TUTORIAL ON HOW TO MAKE TEXT EXPLODE. I DOWNLOADED SOME FROM FLASHKIT BUT I CAN SEE THE ACTION SCRIPT. IT GIVES ME A ERROR MESSAGE. PLEASE HELP!

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[F8] Exploding Pixel Map
Hi im making a exploding map, but it seems to crawl...
can someone have a look.

check here pls..
http://www.binaryideas.net/clients/_...rototype3.html

fla
http://www.binaryideas.net/clients/_...a/explode3.zip

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Exploding Bullet Help
Hi i am new here i my first problem i came around to was this...

i am making a game, and on this game there is a gun that shoots bullets (duh)
(bull)
PHP Code:




onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
    _root.bullets.push(this);
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
    _x += x;
    _y += y;
    if (_x<0 || _x>550 || _y<0 || _y>400) {
        removeMovieClip(this);
    }
    if (this.hitTest(_root.player.hitbox)) {
        _root.gotoAndStop("gameover");
    }
    if (_root.bunk.hitTest(this._x, this._y, true)) {
        removeMovieClip(this);
    }
}






has no instance name: gun

PHP Code:




onClipEvent (load) {
    is = 1;
    want = 30;
    power = 10;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
    if (_root.pause == false) {
        _rotation = Math.atan2(_root.player.hitbox._y+_root.player._y-_y, _root.player.hitbox._x+_root.player._x-_x)/(Math.PI/180)+90;
        if (is<want) {
            is++;
        } else {
            is = 0;
            _root.level++;
            duplicateMovieClip(_root.bull, "b"+_root.level, _root.level);
            b = eval("_root.b"+_root.level);
            b._x = _x;
            b._y = _y;
            arot = 180-_rotation;
            ur = arot/180*Math.PI;
            b.x = Math.sin(ur)*power;
            b.y = Math.cos(ur)*power;
        }
    }
}






and a bunker with the instance of (bunk).
so i want it so that the bullet explodes when it hits the bunker so here is the code that i am trying to modify it is ment for a frame so when i try to put it on a mc it does not work

PHP Code:




if (_root.bunk.hitTest(bull._x, bull._y, true)) {
    onMouseDown = function ():Void {
        var totalFragments:Number = randRange(minFragments, maxFragments);
        var fragment_mc:MovieClip;
        var depth:Number = this.getNextHighestDepth();
        for (var i:Number = 0; i<totalFragments; i++, depth++) {
            fragment_mc = attachMovie("Fragment", "fragment"+depth, depth);
            fragment_mc._x = bull._x;
            fragment_mc._y = bull._y;
            fragment_mc._width = fragment_mc._height=randRange(minSize, maxSize);
            while (!fragment_mc.speedX) {
                fragment_mc.speedX = randRange(-maxSpeed, maxSpeed);
            }
            while (!fragment_mc.speedY) {
                fragment_mc.speedY = randRange(-maxSpeed, maxSpeed);
            }
            fragment_mc._alpha = randRange(10, 100);
            fragment_mc.cacheAsBitmap = true;
            fragment_mc.onEnterFrame = function():Void  {
                this._x += this.speedX;
                this._y += this.speedY;
                if (this._x<gLEFT || this._x>gRIGHT || this._y<gTOP || this._y>gBOTTOM) {
                    this.removeMovieClip();
                }
            };
        }
    };
}






(other variables)

PHP Code:




/* GLOBAL VARIABLES */
_global.gLEFT = 0;
_global.gTOP = 0;
_global.gRIGHT = Stage.width;
_global.gBOTTOM = Stage.height;
/* VARIABLES ON _root */
var maxSpeed:Number = 25;
var minSize:Number = 4;
var maxSize:Number = 10;
var minFragments:Number = 50;
var maxFragments:Number = 150;
/* FUNCTION: Returns a random number between min and max (inclusive) */
function randRange(min:Number, max:Number):Number {
    var randomNum:Number = Math.floor(Math.random()*(max-min+1))+min;
    return randomNum;
}






help is much appreciated, and take your time

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Exploding Effect
Hi Everyone,

I am making a cd rom using flash cs3 and I would like the background to explode. The timeline effects exploding technique breaks the background up into squares which does not look realistic. Could anyone advise me on how to make this explosion look realistic instead of a bunch of squares flying?

Thanks a bunch,
Rehannah

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Exploding Alien
ohk, so i have this cute little alien running around my flash movie.. what i want to happen is when the alien is clicked, it explodes???? can anyone point me in the direction of a tutorial or knows how to do this?? i'm stumped.. been sitting here for a few days

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Exploding A String
Hey all.

I am currently developing a game in flash MX. And it requires a command line interface for part of it, which is fine. I have that working mostly, the buffer and all. but i need a way of exploding the command string. for example: command = connect 127.0.0.1 80. I need to be able to explode this at " "(spaces) so i can then used command[1]=connect command[2]=127.0.0.1 command[3]=80 so i can use the info they entered for the correct use. I know how to do this is php, but dont know if it is possible in actionscript or not. Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance
Joe
X7 Development

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Exploding Between Scenes...
Does anyone know how to do the explotion between scenes like used in the presentation at www.dinix.com? Other then doing it in 3dsm if possible.

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Help With Exploding Graphic
Hey Everyone,

Here's another problem I am having. Anyway, what I am trying to do is to take this graphic I have created and have a fist come from behind and punch through and shatter the graphic like glass.

What do I have to do in order to get the graphic to break apart - do I have to cut it apart in Fireworks and then import every piece???

I'm not sure, but if there's anyone out there who would be willing to lend a helping hand I would appreciate it. The graphic is attached for your review. Thanks.


Kelly

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Exploding Graphic
I was wondering if anyone can help me. I'm trying to explode a graphic in flash, like exploding a text, but i have NO idea how to do it. I did it one time and forgot. So can someone please help me out?

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Exploding Effect Using AS
Hi guys:

I'm creating an interactive site and the introduction is a grid of stock images that consist of hidden functionalities.

I want to create an explosion effect so that when one of the squares in the grid is clicked, all other squares will explode out of the scene at the same time and expose a button that will bring everything back to their place when pressed.

I have gotten a click and drag function on 4 of the squares on the grid and tried using of its AS charactaristics, but no luck so far.

Can anyone provide a quick code to be applied to each object if the "explode" button is told to gotoAndPlay(n)?


Thanks!!

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Exploding Text
lol long time since ive been here but i need help

okies when u place ur cursor over the text it explodes and comes back toghethor has n e 1 ever seen this or something? or know where i can get soemthign 2 this? plzzzzzzzzzzz post


MoNoXiDe

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Exploding Text
i need help!! any one know how to do 'exploding' text in flash? frame by frame is too tedious i think..so is there a easier way or something?

example is like the samsung IFA 2003 flash intro. it can be found @ www.samsung.com

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Exploding Between Scenes...
Does anyone know how to do the explotion between scenes like used in the presentation at www.dinix.com? Other then doing it in 3dsm if possible.

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Exploding Graphic
I was wondering if anyone can help me. I'm trying to explode a graphic in flash, like exploding a text, but i have NO idea how to do it. I did it one time and forgot. So can someone please help me out?

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Exploding Snow - Help Please
Hi,
I am making a falling snow animation based on the script called 'Snowflakes' (found on fla source files > experimental actionscript > page 5).
I basicly want the flakes to explode when you roll over them with the mouse.
Inside the clip I have made a small animation where the flake explodes and there is a stop action on the first frame. On the clip I have a rollover function, which simply tells the clip to play.
This works fine for making one flake explode at a time, however how do I make ALL the flakes explode when you roll over one flake ? I can't figure out how to target more than one flake at a time.

I hope someone can help.
Thanks

Ulrik

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Exploding Movie Clip
hi,

i'm trying to script some random explosions/fireworks for an animation but i'm not really sure what the script should look like that would control them. any suggestions/idea's would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,
cx23

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Navigation Help...Exploding Text
I am tryin to create this effect for my banner as when mouseover the text explodes or expands...So, it goes from small to big gradually with and effect.I tried doing it and it doesn't work it states"motion weening will not occur on layers with more than one group or symbol"I don't know waht steps to take and I tried but it changes abruptly it doesn't allow me to tween......Thanks

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Exploding Varibles In Actionscript...
Can I do this?

Like:

$author[$id]

$author is the main varible with a sub varible of $id

So if Author was Xavier and ID was 3 It would be

Xavier3

Can actionscript do this?

Like this is what I am sending to flash, from PHP

author[$id] = "author$id=". "rawurlencode(Xavier)";

So in flash it would be Author(ID) = Xavier


Arrrg someone HELP!!

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Please Help - Brain Exploding As You Read This
ok, since i gave myself a headache trying to put down in words what i wanted to do, i created a visual (see attachment, only 12K).
for the most part, i understand how to do it (well, the logic of it anyway) i just cant seem to make it work. if someone wouldnt mind providing a little help

i can also provide the FLA file if you are interested in helping
thanks

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