[Flash] Button Click loads Frame 2 [Resolved]

[mendhak]

I'll have to explain this one. I've attached a diagram with this post.

Scene 1 contains two movie clips which I have named BMC1 and CAMC1.

BMC1 plays when the movie loads, but CAMC1 is on hold.

WHen BMC1 finishes playing, there will be buttons there. All I'd like to do is to click on a button and make CAMC1 move to it's second frame.

In BMC1's button's action, I did this:

on (release) {
    tellTarget ("_root.CAMC1") {
        gotoAndPlay (2);
    }
}

Here's what happens

The movie clip CAMC1 will play as normal and go to Frame 2
When I click the same button again,
CAMC1 goes back to it's frame 1
When I click again
CAMC1 goes to frame 2.

This occurs, even though I've placed Stop Actions on top of each frame in CAMC1.

I know this is a little long winded, but any hints or directions would be good.


*sigh*

[mendhak]

Here's the diagram

I made it with my superior graphics skills.

[Kasracer]

How many frames exist in the second movie clip?

[mendhak]

Exactly 2.

Frame 1 is blank.
Frame 2 is not blank.

[mendhak]

OK, here's a very very very simpe flash FLA file that demonstrates the problem:

The "box" is MovieClip1, the "blob" is MovieClip2.

Wait for box to finish moving. Then click on it. MC2 goes to frame 2. Click again, it goes to frame 1.

The action in the button is:

on (release) {
    tellTarget ("_root.BLOB1") {
        gotoAndPlay (2);
    }
}

[Kasracer]

It's because the second movie clip has two frames. When you reach the end of a flash movie/movie clip, even if you have a stop() on the frame, if you try to move on then it'll go back to the beginning. I'm pretty sure this is your problem since you're trying to play a frame you're already on so it just continues the movie.

I would suggest checking which frame movie clip 2 is on and if it's on 2, then do nothing.

[mendhak]

Kas, based upon what you told me, I thought I'd experiment a bit, and this is what I ended up doing

In MC2, I added a blank keyframe just before the second frame.

I've uploaded the same example, slightly modified. It's what I'm looking for.

Now I'd only like to know whether this is acceptable Flash practice (if there is such a term)


Thanks kaz

[Kasracer]

There isn't really an acceptable flash practice. I would have used some checking with variables but as long as you reach your desired result with minimal overhead, I see nothing wrong with it.

[mendhak]

Alright. Thanks again, I'll be back for more.