Re: FLASH: Timed go and return?

[Stephen]

Oops... my mistake... forgot that you have to call the main timeline...

here's the revised code, for going to frames 5,6,7.


 Create an MC called "timer" with these timeframe actions:

 First frame:

 Stop


 Second frame:

Play

Set Variable: "stopped_time" = GetTimer


 Third frame:

Set Variable: "current_time" = GetTimer

Set Variable: "time" = Int ( (current_time - stopped_time) /1000 )

If (time >= 5)

      Begin Tell Target ("../")

            Go to and Play (Random (3) + 5)

      End Tell Target

End If


Fourth frame:

Goto and Play (3)


 Put this MC in the first frame of your movie, give it an instance

("timer" will do) and add this action to the main timeline:


First frame:

Stop

Tell target ("timer")

  Goto and Play (2)

End Tell target


Fifth frame:

Goto and Play (1)


Sixth frame:

Goto and Play (1)


Seventh frame:

Goto and Play (1)




That should do it.




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Subject: RE: FLASH: Timed go and return?



> Hmm..didnt work. OK, I set up the frames 5,6,and 7, which i want the

> movie to go to randomly every 5 seconds. Now what? I made the

> movieclip called timer and did everything exactly, but it didnt do it,

> it just kept rotating between frames 3 and 4, dont know why.

>

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> -----Original Message-----

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From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Stephen

> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 6:50 AM

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To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: Re: FLASH: Timed go and return?

>

>

> Create an MC called "timer" with these timeframe actions:

> First frame:

> Stop

>

> Second frame:

> Play

> Set Variable: "stopped_time" = GetTimer

>

> Third frame:

> Set Variable: "current_time" = GetTimer

> Set Variable: "time" = Int((stopped_time - current_time)/1000)

> If (time >= 5)    // being 5 seconds

>    Goto and Play ( Random(10) + 5 )   // random plays frames 5 to 14

> End If

>

> Fourth frame:

> Goto and Play (3)

>

> Put this MC in the first frame of your movie, give it an instance

> ("timer"

> will do) and add this action:

> Tell target ("timer")

>   Goto and Play (2)

> End Tell target

>

> If I'm not mistaken, this should do it.

>

>

>

> Stephen

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

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From: "skizz" <skizzskizz [dot] com>

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To: <flasherchinwag [dot] com>

> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 6:27 PM

> Subject: FLASH: Timed go and return?

>

>

> > Okay, I have a Flash movie with a series of movie clips in the first

> > frame. The movie is basically only the first frame. What I want is

> for

> > the movie to go to the 8th, or 9th, or a certain frame every 5

> > seconds, or any time I specify. In the 8th or 9th frame I would

> > include an "Go To Frame 1" action, so basically all I need is an

> > action in the first frame to make it go to the 8th or 9th frame ever

> > so and so seconds. Any help is appreciated. Thank you :-)

> >

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