Re: FLASH: Help with button, please!!

[John Croteau]

Hi Ben,


> Here is the situation, I have a button that I am trying to get the over

> state to run concurrent with the up state. For example when you are in

> the over state, a 3D ellipse is spinning around some text. When you

> leave the hit area of the the button it is SUPPOSE to keep spinning and

> slowly fade into a resting up state with the 3D object static. I can get

> something to this effect but it is really jerky.

If it is jerky you are not well optimized, trying something too

complicated or running on a computer too slow (such as a 486 33Mhz.)


> I am having trouble

> getting the up state to continue playing where the over state left off,

> there for creating a nice fluid motion.

You must as others have stated use a MC that is external to the MC and

controlled by Button Instances(s). If you want truely smooth animation

as you go on and off the buttons then you not only need to use an

external MC for the effect but also have a series of buttons that have

the Roll Over Instance actions set to move to the correct frame based on

the current position (and direcrion) of the animation.

If you take a look at  http://www.FlashTek.com/Test/DiamondColorMenu.swf

you can see that jerky action is not required but setting up a button

set like this takes planning and some work.


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