Flash :: Working With Scenes

Scenes Not Working
I am doing a site where I'm loading in jpgs and have script on my forward and back buttons....(a gallery)

forward button

on (release) {
if (counter<20) {
counter = counter+1;
loadMovie("music/image0"+counter+".jpg", "_root.loadPic");
}
}

back button

on (release) {
if (counter>1) {
counter = counter-1;
loadMovie("music/image0"+counter+".jpg", "_root.loadPic");
}
}

So it tells the viewer they are on pic 5 of 15 etc...and loads the pics back and forth....

which is all working cool when you view each scene individually...but when I test movie, the scenes don't even show. They flash up for a second. I thought it was a button problem, but all the script is fine.
I then thought it was because each scene only had one frame (obviously I have stops on them), but when I extended the frames nothing changed.

?? Any ideas?

I've att the file - but obviously I've not attatched all the external images - so they won't work.

thanks guys!

Working W/scenes
I'm kinda new to flash8 and I'm interested in the use of scenes. Should I stay away from using scene or use them.

What are the most common problems people have when using scenes ?

SWF With Scenes Isn't Working
Hi There,

I've got a problem with my SWF file containing different scenes.
The preview is working correctly, than i put it in dreamweaver, if i preview it there it is also working correctly, but when i put it on the web, all the scenes are mixed up!

Does somebody know what is happening?

I use dreamweaver MX and Flash MX 2004 actionscript 2

Hope that somebody can help me out!

Lot of thanks

Margriet

Changing Scenes, Not Sure Why It's Not Working...
Haven't touched flash in years, came back here while trying to relearn this stuff. You guys saved me a lot before, hope you can figure this one out for me...

I'm trying to make this flash app that allows me to rotate a cube using a tutorial I found here at Flashkit (http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/3D...-189/index.php). I have three scenes, Start (choose length of test), Cube (rotate the cube) and Practice (nothing now). I have the following ActionScript in the Cube Scene Frame3:

seconds = eval("minutes")*60;
timer = setInterval(timing, 1000);

function timing() {
if(seconds == 0) {
clearInterval(timer);
gotoAndPlay("practiceStart");
} else {
seconds -= 1;
}
};

This is supposed to count down the timer on the screen (currently set to default to 2 seconds), then forward the movie to the "practiceStart" frame of the Practice scene which just displays some text on the screen...

Instead the movie just stops, continues to display the cube and the original controls (controls stop working), and doesn't display the "practice" text that should be displayed...

I attached the .fla file of what I have so far. If anyone knows what's happening, help would be appreciated... Thanks in advance guys!

Gens

[F8] Working With Scenes Question
I have a question, i usually make animation using scenes, cause if not, the timline gets really messy with so many layers and folders and blah blah blah. The thing is, i want to have a song playing during the whole movie (and obviously in all scenes). The thing is that when i put the audio to "Stream" it will only play during the first scene and when the movie goes to the next scene it cuts the audio off. Is there a way of having the audio play during the whole thing and have it on "stream"?

also, how would i make a "replay" button to make the movie start all over again, or in a frame of my choice. I was thinking on puting it at the very end of the movie and then tell it to play Frame 1 of the movie, but since it would be on the last scene, wouldnt it play the 1st frame of that scene?

Thanks

Using Scenes Stopping Code From Working?
Hi i have made a simple pong game for my website, the game works fine until i put a scene in front of it! There are 2 sides and a top which bounce the ball off, and one at the bottom so if the ball touches it it removes the movie clip and takes you to the game over frame.

However like i have said for some strange reason when i put a scene in before the game, it seems to be stopping this part of the code from working?

Code:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (this.hitTest(_root.bal)) {
removeMovieClip(_root.bal);
gotoAndPlay(4);
}
}
I have also tried using a container movie to load it into and it still does the same?

Any ideas are most appreciated

Just incase anyone has time to actually look at the source file i have uploaded it to

http://www.yamahaclub.com/pongtest.zip

Its only 48k

Thanks Again
Alex

Linking Between Scenes Isn't Working Properly? Help
I am creating an interactive CD. In the past i'VE been able to change scenes easily with no problems. Now, I have this interactive CD I am trying to create. My links work fine going from frame 1 to frame 100 for example, but if I want to go from scene 1 to scene 3, then it doesn't want to work. I finally got some of it going, but on the new scene (that works frine when you test the scene) the buttons don't go to where they are suppose to but back to the scene 1. Any suggestions???

Simon

Linking Scenes Not Working Properly
Should be a simple, easy thing. I can't get this to work inside my subnavigation. Could someone email me at nikki at imicci.com so I can show you this file? Or is there a way to post it here. This has held me up all day and should be an easy fix. All I need to do is link my subnavigation to different scenes or open PDF files and it doesn't want to do anything.

Buttons In A Movie Not Working With Scenes?
Hello Everyone:
I know the subject line sounds weird. but this is the scenario:

I have 2 Scenes: Scene 1 and Scene 2.

In Scene 2, I created a movie clip with some buttons like

link 1 | link 2 | link 3 | back to Main |

so these are all buttons inside a movie clip called mov1

The back to Main button inside the movie clip is supposed to go back to previous scene. I had some code like
on (release) {
gotoAndPlay("Scene 1", 1);
};

but It did not work. After tearing my hair and ****ing the computer for a bit, I deleted the back to Main button from the movie clip and created a separate button on Scene 2 (as apposed to a button on a movie clip and using the clip on scene 2) called "Back to Main" right next to Link 3 and same code as above and It works!!

I don't know why this happens? Any idea why?.

Thanks!!.

Jeyyu.

Movie Clip Actionscript Working Across Scenes
Hi all,

I've got trouble making a movie clip button play a frame in another scene. I am using the script:

_root.Play(kitchen);

but it's not going to the first scene of the movie, it's looking for the kitchen frame label within the scene it's already in.

Can anyone tell me how to make it go to that label in the first scene?

PLEASE HELP ME Working With Scenes, Buttons And Movie Clips
I'm new to flash although I think I'm catching on pretty well, I've run into a problem.

I created a scene "scene 1", with a stop action for it to stay on the first frame... and inside my scene- first frame- I have a movie clip.

Inside the movie clip there is a button.
When I press the button I want it to go to a specific frame in my movie clip and also to go to the second frame in my "Scene 1".

For some reason I can attatch the action to the button to play within the movieclip the desired frame,
BUT
I can't get it to go to frame 2 in Scene 1.

Can someone help me figure out how to do this??? I would really APPRECIATE THE HELP!!! THANKS!

[CS3] Actionscript Not Working Between Scenes On Movie Clips
Hi everyone,

I'm creating a website and I'm having some issues with Actionscript. My goal is for the navigation tabs (movie clips) to drop down when rolled over and return to their original position on rollout. This is my Actionscript 2.0 code on the movie clips:

PHP Code:

on (rollOver) {
gotoAndPlay(2);

}

on(rollOut) {
gotoAndPlay(11);

}

This works fine on the first scene. However, when I navigate to a different scene, this exact same code does not work. The odd thing is it only works on the very first scene of the site, no matter what it is (ie, if I move "Scene2" to the very first position, it works, but if it is the second scene it doesnt). I've got some navigational code on these movie clips that executes just fine no matter what scene I'm currently in.

I'm baffled as to what's causing this. Any help would be appreciated.

Short Clip With 3 Scenes With Movies Inside Not Working
people,
I have 3 scenes and they contain movies in each. I need to go from one to the other and I can do that but it seems that the movies inside them run continuously ALL AT THE SAME MOMENT IN TIME so that when the first scene is ready to go into the next one, the movie inside it has already ended!!

I have tried flagging each movie to start when the previous one ended and all that but I can't get it to work. I finally decided to put all three scenes on one timeline and just use gotoandplays but it still doesnt work..

Been at this a while so need help if you can . I thought it would be a simple affair but i cant stop the movies looping endlesly (I CANT GET OUT OF THE SECOND ONE and whenI do get it to stop it has ended.

help
shaf

Working With Scenes - Fade Out Depending Upon Menu Option?
I'm just starting to use multiple scenes and have a quick question.

Say for example i have menu which points to four pages/scenes - we'll call them HOME, INFO, EMAIL, ABOUT for the sake of the example. The movie loads and the menu displays and in the middle of the page there is a red square.

If i want the red square to fade out before it jumps to anyone of the four pages/scenes - how can i go about doing this? I know i can tell the INFO button to jump to a frame and play the animation and then at the end of the animation it then jumps to a scene using the following:

Code:
this.gotoAndPlay("Scene 3");

but how can i achieve the same if i wanted it to go to the ABOUT page - if this was to be on Scene 4, for example?

I can't work out how i'd be able to point the button to the same Fade out animation at the end of the scene and then forward to the corresponding page.

How To Stop An External Astionscript File On Working On All Scenes?
Hi guys,

I have this exteranl AS for creating an image menu, the problem is that the script is over ALL the scenes in the flash movie!

How can I put an end to this script to work only on the first scene in the file?

please see the attached AS file for more info

Thanks in advance

Scenes Rolling On, But Stop Action Prevents Buttons Working...
More newbie problems! I have managed to get my scene buttons functioning on my website, but they only function while the scene is loading. I have used stop action to stop the scenes from rolling on, but this also stops the buttons from functioning once the scene is loaded.

So the question is... how do I code my scenes so that they stop when they are loaded, and have buttons that function (ie am then able to click a button to move to another scene).

Any suggestions would be very much appreciated!
Fio

Exporting Scenes Separately And/or Importing Scenes From Other Files
does anyone know a way to import a scene from one file to another or a way to export/publish scenes separately (make each scene a different file)

thanks

Sound Across Scenes & Changing Volume In Certain Scenes..
OK, this is kind of hard for me to explain but i'll try...

I want to have a continuous sound loop over various scenes, but I want the volume to increase (i.e. fade up - and i would like it to fade rather than just suddenly turn up) during one of the scenes.. and decrease (i.e. fade out) to 0 during another scene.

On top of that, I'd like the sound loop to stop altogether when they play another audio file on the movie - then the loop resume when they return to scene 1.

Anyone able to help me here - i know it's sounds complicated but I am sure someone knows how i can do this.

Any help would be much appreciated,

thanks,
Chris

Flash MX TabIndex Only Working With Text Fields, Movies And Buttons Not Working :(
hey, has anyone heard of this, is it a known bug, or am i doing something wrong?

im using the following code to tab index a page, with text fields, buttons and movies that i would like to highlight to the visitor.

arrTabIndex = new Array("butAddress", "movEmail", "txtCC", "txtTelephoneNumber", "txtMobileNumber", "txtSubject", "txtSubject", "txtRealName", "txtBody");

for (var Count = 0; Count < arrTabIndex.length; Count++) {
eval(arrTabIndex[Count]).tabIndex = Count;
//eval(arrTabIndex[Count]).tabEnabled = 1;
//eval(arrTabIndex[Count])._focusrect = 1;
}

my problem is, that if i include movie clips or buttons, the first in the series does focus and show the colored square but the tab key does not move the focus to the next object.
if i only include text fields, the tab key works as normal
is this a bug, or am i doing something wrong?

many thanks, in advance
clive

LoadMovie - Working In Debug Mode, Not Working Otherwise
Hello,

I have a main swf, which must load other 2 swfs (PHP data involved).
I made it work in debug mode, but in normal mode, a movie is not loading at all. What should I check to find the problem?
(the paths are OK)

I would be really thankfull if someone could help soon.

Thanks

Site Working Perfectly In A Server, Not Working In Other
Hi
I have a strange problem with a site I've done recently. It works perfectly in one server, but the same files don't work properly in some other server(both servers are Linux). The site loads correctly and all, and it runs fine for a while, but after you have clicked the buttons of the menu for 5 o 6 times the buttons doesn't load anything anymore. The rest of the movie runs fine, it's only the buttons that are supposed to load the sections (external swfs) that just do nothing.
See it for yourself:

Here the site works as it should:
http://www.avanzasoluciones.es/celeste

Here the buttons stop working after a while:
http://www.limpiezasceleste.com

I'll be glad to answer any question you may have regarding the coding of the site or anything that may lead to a solution.
Thanks for your time

Contact Form Not Working In IE But Working In Mozilla
got a problem that I just can't figure out.
I have a feedback that was working fine. Key word "was".
I added a frame in the form MC to include a Thank You screen. But then it stopped sending in IE, but works in Mozilla.
I tried taking the extra frame out but still doesn't work in IE anymore.

any suggestions?
button

Code:
on (release) {
form.loadVariables("email.php", "POST");
}
script on the php page

Code:
<?php
$sendTo = "alvin@diggy.com.au";
$subject = "Gisler contact";
$headers = "From: " . $_POST["name"] ." <" . $_POST["email"] .">
";
$headers .= "Reply-To: " . $_POST["email"] . "
";
$headers .= "Return-path: " . $_POST["email"];
$message = "Phone:" . $_POST["phone"] ."
Country: " . $_POST["country"] ."
Message: ".$_POST["message"]." ";
mail($sendTo, $subject, $message, $headers);
?>

Fading Text Only Half-working (so It's Not Working At All)
Here's one for ya...I'm making some fading text. I made a movie clip of the text and did the alpha tweening and all that, and when I play the clip on-stage, it works perfectily. However, when I run a movie test, the text does not fade in but rather just suddenly appears. This is also the condition when the graphic is loaded onto a webpage. Has anyone else seen this happen before and can tell me why this is happening? Thanks.

Full Screen Tiling Working, But Not Working Right?
am using bitmapdata to make me a nice lil' background image, and it works great...until it's resized. Whats happening is it's creating a new bgHolder clip on the resize, NOT resizing the current empty clip "bgHolder"

Here's the code(taken from various posts)

import flash.display.BitmapData;
#include "mc_tween2.as"
Stage.align = "TL";
Stage.scaleMode = "noScale";
var myListener:Object = new Object();
myListener.onResize = function() {
createBG();
};
Stage.addListener(myListener);
var bgHolder:MovieClip = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("bgHolder", _root.getNextHighestDepth());
var BG_LINKAGE:String = "bg";
function createBG():Void {
var tile:BitmapData = BitmapData.loadBitmap(BG_LINKAGE);
with (bgHolder) {
beginBitmapFill(tile);
moveTo(0,0);
lineTo(Stage.width,0);
lineTo(Stage.width,Stage.height);
lineTo(0,Stage.height);
lineTo(0,0);
endFill();
}
}
createBG();

Working Locally - Not Working Online
Having a nightmare with this.

On my project I have made use of both named anchors and frame labels for the navigation - both of which work fine when testing locally, in all browsers.

Problem is, soon as I upload, the frame labels stop working in FireFox, and they only working on 2nd load in IE. Im publishing Player 6, using AS2. The named anchors work great, across the board.

Any ideas?

AS 2 Button Not Working Not Working Properly
I've got a problem with a button dynamically attached to an mc within an as 2 class script. This is the button code:

ActionScript Code:
this.mc.butt.onRelease = function(){
current=true;
this._parent.checkFocus();
}

this code is inside the class constructor while current is declared at the start of the class and set to false previously in the constructor. The mc is the movieclip attached to the class and butt is the button attached to that. checkFocus is called ok but i'm confused how cos the "this._parent" should reference the "mc" movieclip but this has not got a checkFocus method on it. If i use "this._parent._parent" however, which should be correct, it does not work. I don't know what's up there. Anyway, checkFocus is here:

ActionScript Code:
public function checkFocus(){

for(var mcname:String in _root){

if(_root[mcname] instanceof Layer){

if(_root[mcname].focus==true){
//_root[mcname].gainFocus(20);
_root[mcname].loseFocus(20);
} else {

if(_root[mcname].current==true){
trace("waaahhhhh");
_root[mcname].gainFocus(20);
}
}
}
}
}

the aim of this code is to unfocus the Layer object (this is the name of the class) currently in focus, denoted by its focus attribute being true, and focus the new Layer object that has been clicked on - denoted by its current attribute being true. The currently focused layer is unfocused ok, but the new layer is not focused because, it seems, the change in the current attribute has not happened - there is no waaaaaahhhh coming up! I think this is because i am not reference it properly from within the button event. How can i reference properly from within the button? I've tried using _target and targetPath() but i'm not getting anywhere. I'm pretty sure this is the problem cos things work fine when i declare button events from outside the class, inside the fla. But i'd much rather do things dynamically within the calss if possible. Anyone got any ideas? I've been staring tooooo long at this.

Rollover Working But Rollout Not Working?
i have attached my small fla...

basically i have 5 buttons, each with a rollover and a rollout statement.

when the buttons are rolled over, they tween in scale.

when the buttons are rolled out they are supposed to tween return to normal scale - but for some reason they do not tween, they just pop straigh back into normal size....

any ideas???

AttachMovie Working, CreateEmptyMovieClip Not Working
Anyone have an idea just by quickly looking at this? I know it's taken out of context but I just can't see why it shouldn't work!

ActionScript Code:
// this line aperantly does not create the clips I need within a for loopvar photo:MovieClip = container.photoContainer.slide.createEmptyMovieClip("photo"+i, i+200);// while this line does, any idea why?var photo:MovieClip = container.photoContainer.slide.attachMovie("placeholder", "photo"+i, i+200);

Why Is My Php Email Form Not Working Here, But Working Elsewhere?
Hey everyone,

I wonder if you might be able to answer what is potentially a stupid question..

On this site I created a php email contact form and it's working fine: http://japanese-acupuncture.110mb.com/main.html

The contact form is in the clinic info tab on the side bar.

I've just set up a new site, and I copied the movie clip I used for the above site straight into the new one before adjusting how it looks to fit the layout of the new site. I'm going to use it in two places, and I know that I'll need to duplicate the movie clip for that. The site it's up on doesn't support sendmail, but I'm not worried about that yet.

What I can't figure out is why my text fields no longer let me input text, even though the movieclip is exactly the same as on the above site. The new site address is here: http://www.users.on.net/~davidgardner/

The contact form on the new site is on the 'register for a course now' tab, and on the 'contact us' page.

The only thing I can think of, is that the problem is caused by the contact form being buried in a series of movieclips.

If anyone has any idea what the problem is I'd be very appreciative!

Thanks,
David

Sound Effect Working Fine In Stanalone Movie Not Working As Part Of Loaded Movie
I have loaded in a movie via a loadMovie method of a movie clip.

In the loaded movie there is a sound effect generated in script via a sound object that works great when played in a standalone version of the loaded movie, but when I load it into the main movie the sound effect will not play.

Anyone any ideas?

Get The _x & _y Of Two Different MC In Two Different Scenes
hi guys,

i've got this problem.

I've got an MC "handpalm" in the scene 'pre'.
And a MC "automatic" in the scene 'auto'.

The MC has a complicated timeline, that creates a interaction with the user (question - answer). The MC itself can be dragged over the stage.
(it can be dropped everywhere; and be used anytime during the interaction).

At one point the movie had to jump to the next scene (this is controlled in the MC - timeline.
But the MC "auto" must be starting at the same spot where the MC "handpalm" in the first scene had been dropped.

I tried to read the _x & _y value in the last frame in the "handpalm"-timeline, and give these values to the MC "auto".
BUT IT DIDN't work !!!

I'm desperate...
Can someone help me !!!

thanx in advance
kgp

Scenes...
Hi

I have a button inside a movie clip within my main movie. When you press the button i want it to go to scene 2..

How do i do this?

Thanks
zerodonor

Scenes
QUESTION.... I have six different scenes in my movie.... how do I link them together??

Using 2 Scenes 1->2->3.....
hi friends& gurus,

i hav created new flash movie in the first scene i hav used almost 10 movieclips ,i gave link to 1 by one ..in the first scene ...when i play the movie its working absolutely perfect...when i getting the problem is ...when i created
2(new)scene ...the movie is blinking and its not playing ...if i give the timeline to scene ...still its not fuctioning...plzzzz help me ...

thanks in advance

ramm
sx_m22@yahoo.com.

Scenes Or Swf's?
What is the most efficient way to organize flow of an entire flash site? with scenes or separate swf's? If the answer is swf's -- how do you pre-load all the different swf's?

Changes In All Scenes
hi.. got a prob with a button in a movie clip..

In mc1 I have a button that changes the color of a movieclip(mc2) on the main stage.
I also have the same mc2 in scene2. Right now i've managed to make mc2 in the stage to change but when i go to scene 2 mc2 is still the original color. I'd like it be that once i've changed it.. it changes in every scene.

i used this on the button:

on (release) {
_root.mc2Color = new Color("_root.mc2");
_root.mc2Color.setRGB(0x663300);

i already tried naming mc2 as a different instance name in scene 2 but it doesnt seem to work.

Using Scenes
How many scenes are a norm in a movie and why do I need another scene? I come from a authoring tool that uses chapters and pages. We are switching to MX!

Scenes
Very simple!
If I link back to the mainpage, how can I skip scene 1 and jump directly to scene 2.
Please!

New Scenes
I have a movie with two scenes. I want a button on the first scene to when clicked move to the second scene. How do I do this?

Know Anything About Scenes?
thanks for having a look. Ive got a serious problem!!!!!

I am working with an mc that is the button control for the main scene. I am attempting to create an else if statement for a Button within the mc that says for eg. If on frame "topview1" then go to frame "topview3".

Here is what my code looks like for the button in the mc that controls the main scene:

on (release) {
_root.gotoAndPlay("topview2");
}

Any Help?

Please Help With Scenes
ok, i have 2 scenes , preloader and site

preloader then goes to site. site has an mc called menu.

in scene site, i have 4 pages. in menu i have 4 buttons.

now testing movie the preloader works and goes to site. now when i use the menu it doesnt load the frame 1-4 of site instead it goes to the preloader scene and stops on the frame.

ive tried _root. _level1. _level0. and _parent.

can anyone help?

Using Scenes ?
Does anyone know if I can use the same scene in several different swfs. For example: I have a preloader in the first scene, and I wan't to put it into every external.swf to load in. Or does anyone know a better way to reuse preloaders easily? I'm learning still.
matt

Scenes?
New to Flash, is it a good idea to avoid the use of scenes when constructing a Flash site? I am currently reading Flash MX Saavy and they are using scenes to jump around the project, but I have been told that you should not use scenes???? Any help on this is appreciated.

What are the pros/cons of using scenes? Thanx

Please Help... Something To Do With Scenes
Please help me guys...

I have 3 scenes... a preloader, a introduction and a main.

I did my main before my preloader and introduction.

Can someone explain how can i target my "_root.??" actions to my main and not my preloader?

Please help... thx~

Different Scenes For Different URL's
Hi,
How do you get different scenes from your movie to play when a user clicks on a new URL. Any help would ne great, thanks. C

Help With Scenes Please...
Hi guys....

My first Flash movie, and my preloader is bout to put in Scene 1 with Scene 2 being the larger completed movie....(180k).

My question....
Being a newbie, how do i get the smaller Scene 1 preloader to loop until Scene 2 is ready to go?

Any detailed description would be greatly appreciated.
Tia

(thnx to 'Xurion_Flash_Man' and 'Paraf' for past help)

Scenes
Okay, maybe I'm just tired, but for whatever reason I cannot get this action to work even though I'm running an identical script elsewhere and it works perfectly.

Okay, here goes.

On a button, I have this script:

whois.onRelease = function() {
gotoAndPlay("limee", "limeeloaded");
};

But, it doesn't go anywhere. It should be going to the Limee scene. I'm not sure why as I have this command elsewhere between scenes and it's fine.

I also have this script on the same button, but I don't think it has anything to do with this:

whois.onRollOver = function() {
with (whois_over) {
gotoAndPlay("over");
}
};
whois.onRollOut = function() {
with (whois_over) {
gotoAndPlay("out");
}
};

Is it me? Am I just too tired?

YP