Running a movie in background

[Jarkheld]

I have designed a really nice movie that fits the whole menu.
What I want to do is run this movie in a loop behind the actually meny so when people use the meny the animation is still going continously in the background.

Anyone know how I could go about this ?

Thank you

[dazza3]

just put it in a layer below the menu

[Jarkheld]

I thought of that but I need it to continously loop behind the menu.
If I put a goto frame 1 command there wouldn't start the whole movie over again ?

When I try to put the button in the on the top layer it flashes out of existence after a frame as the movie runs.

I thought about making my background movie a movie clip but I don't think it would move through the scene like I need it to.

My movie is figures walking through a mist in the background I want that ro run continously behind the menu, but if I tried to make it into a movie clip I couldn't make the figures move through the screen like I need them to. Their walking motions are movie clips tweened across the stage so that they walk on and off the stage through the movie.

Please help.

[megatoon]

have you tries creating a seperate swf that loops. And a seperate swf for your menu/navigation. Then create a main swf that loads both menu swf and loop swf seperating, using load movie. This would allow you to keep those timlines running idependantly.

[Jarkheld]

thank you i think that might work.