Re: FLASH: site setup logic

[John Croteau]

Hi Karen,


> I have decided to set it up as one long  movie 

As long as you make it stream or at least pleasant this is a good idea.

Try to use preloading delays only to help those who get slower

connections.


> with four scenes. The first

> scene would be the preload animation checking that all frames in scene 2

> are loaded before proceeding. (I want the first level to load completely

> before playing.) Scene 2 would be where all the main level info is on the

> one timeline (no popup windows will be used). Scene 3 is the preload for

> the second level stuff which is in scene 4 in a single timeline.

I would suggest you avoid using Scenes. Advanced users of Flash rarely

use Scenes because of the limitations and complications that using

Scenes creates. For instance Movie Clip Instances can exist in only one

scene, therefore things like a sound on/off can not be created using MCs

(movie clips) that will work between Scenes. If you use Scenes you limit

the advanced features you may want to add later (unless you redo your

whole movie).


Use of Labels or putting complete sections in MCs to deliniate sections

are 2 good ways to substitute for Scenes.


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