Variable control through levels

[tagkng]

How do I do this?:

I have buttons on _level0 with Set variables on each button
ie: land = 1;

I want these variables to control an mc on an external swf
that loads on level 1
//the actions are on _root.mc
if (land == 1){
play();
else {
stop();
}

Can someone please help? I'm very confused

[erlenmeyer71]

You can either set the variables on the loaded mc:

_level1.land = 1;

or you can have the loaded mc look for the variables in the main timeline:

if (_root.land == 1){
play();
else {
stop();
}

[tagkng]

Yes I see but would'nt
_root.land becomes the main timeline for that particular _level. So _root.land is actually a varible in the _level1 timeline?
how do I make sure it gets it from the MAIN timeline _level0
I tried
_level0._root.land==1
but that did'nt seem to work.. maybe i got the syntax wrong?

I still can't get it to work..!!! Someone please help me and REALLY dumb it down for me.. I'm so confused this has worked before without external files on levels..
thanks



[Edited by tagkng on 04-15-2001 at 01:36 AM]

[erlenmeyer71]

Yes, you're right, I'm sorry.

if (_level0.land==1) {

would work.