Change Scenes on release ... yada yada

[pixeldiv]

Help...

I have a series of buttons in a movie clip with actions like this:

on (release) {
    gotoAndPlay("SceneName", 20);
}

I'm trying to make a navbar in a movie clip, and place instances of the movie clip in different scenes.

But it no work. no bueno.

Any suggestions?

[enpstudios]

What's not working, the buttons ? or Putting instances of the movie clip in other scenes ?

[pixeldiv]

Hey,

The buttons themselves aren't working... They won't switch scenes.

[enpstudios]

on (release) {
    _root.gotoAndPlay("framelabel");
}

[pixeldiv]

Hey,

No that didn't work, I did:

on (release) {
    _root.gotoAndPlay("allProducts","framelabel");
}

because I needed the scene name. But that didn't work. What does _root refer to, and do I need to set it somehow in a different scene to indicate it as the root? I have three other scenes - preload, intro1 and intro 2 before my main scene. I want to just skip those...

[oldnewbie]

See what you get ES when only handing out the cookie but with no explications!

For the 1000th time at least!!!!!!!!

When targeting the main timeline, the _root level, from within movie clips or from loaded external movies on other levels (in which case, you would have to replace _root by _level0), you cannot refer to scene names. They're totally useless.
Estudioworks' suggestion is really the best answer!

Label the targeted frame of the targeted scene with an unique label such as my_test_label and use that in addition to _root (which indicates you're targeting the main timeline) in your button script without the scene name:

on (release) {
_root.gotoAndPlay("my_test_label");
}

[pixeldiv]

Ahh! Brilliant.

I didn't realize that if you name a frame, that you don't have to reference a scene name.

cookies with explications rule.

much obliged!

[enpstudios]

Thanks oldnewbie !!

I think I'll put togehter a tutorial that explains targeting the root timeline and then targeting a mc on the root from another mc.

[cpcannie]

hey i've been having the same problems... but i can't get it to go to the frame although i've specially named it, how did you by pass chosing a scene?


this is what my code looks like after trying to copy yours...

on (release) {
_root;
gotoAndStop("About Us", "CPC");
}

i can't get it to just go to "CPC" without specifing the scene "About Us"

i'm quite new to flash but any help would be great. thanks so much.

[gSOLO_01]

Originally posted by cpcannie
this is what my code looks like after trying to copy yours...

on (release) {
_root;
gotoAndStop("About Us", "CPC");
}

your computer must have a problem with it's copy and paste functionality

on (release) {
     _root.gotoAndStop("CPC");
}

[cpcannie]

thank you so much. i was literally jumping up and down after this worked. and you saved my cowroker like 12 hours of work on his homepage too.

[enpstudios]

What's a cowroker ? Is it related to Al Roker ?

[gSOLO_01]

Originally posted by estudioworks
What's a cowroker ? Is it related to Al Roker ?

I think it's a person, that when they push a cow, it dosent' fall over. It gets so close to tipping but then it just rocks back.