Re: FLASH: MC Instance not starting over?

[Cheri Harder]

The 4 instances are each on their own frame.  The mcOutline does have a stop

action at the end of it.  I did put a goto the start at the end of it as a

test, but I don't want that, I want it to stop at the end, where the outline

is completed.  I think it will look better tomorrow.


A funny side note.  If I go to somewhere in the grandparent timeline that

the parent doesn't exist, and then return to where the parent DOES exist,

the kid behaves properly.  It is only if I am still co-existing with the

parent and the parent is telling the kid to play that the kid is

misbehaving.  You can see the weirdness at my site www.awsolution.com if you

wish to look.  It happens when you click on the bottom buttons - any of the

four on the right. (Promotion works OK, Web Sites, Business Application, and

Entertain/Educate work ONLY if you just returned via HOME or if you just

pushed one of them for the first time...) They tell one movie

(brother-level) to go play certain text, and tell a sub-movie to play a

sub-menu.  The line is supposed to be drawn as that sub-menu opens.


I think I am just being blind and/or dumb tonight.  Must be time for a beer.


~~~~Cheri Harder~~~~~

charderawsolution [dot] com

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www.awsolution.com

----- Original Message -----

From: "Laura Mollett" <

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Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 5:56 PM

Subject: Re: FLASH: MC Instance not starting over?



> > It seems that the first instance (first in the timeline, not necc. first

one

> > I pick, although the first one I pick always works ok, too) of the MC

always

> > starts from frame 1, but any other instance starts from wherever a prior

> > instance left off...if at the end, then it doesn't play at all.  If in

the

> > middle, it merely changes to its own color/tint effect and continues on

its

> > merry way from where the prior one left off.

>

> Hmm, this is kind of wild. Are all four instances on the same frame of the

> timeline? If that's the case, and there isn't a stop action in the first

> frame, it may be that all 4 instances are playing when you hit that place

on

> the timeline, but you only see one of them? So, when you tell them to

stop,

> they stop in the same place and then when you target the next to play it

> starts from there? Making any sense? Do you have stop actions in the last

> frame? It doesn't sound like it. You may need a "goto" frame 1 on the end

of

> the mcs to reset them if you aren't playing through the timeline, but are

> going to it instead?

>

> Laura



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