_root problem

[liquidfists uk]

hi i have a problem here, ok there is a shadow of a guy that a apears on the scene through a movie instance inside this instance there is a button now i am trying to get the the button to make the main scene go to the next frame

there are 2 scenes first scene is called preloader second scene is called menu

the movie instanceses buttons overall adress is this
scene---movie---button--
menu.blackguys.kenbutton

i am trying to make the menu scene continu to the next frame, it stops on frame 120 and with this button i want to play frame 121 then stop

i have tried this actionscript but it dont want to work
on (release) {
stopAllSounds();
_root.gotoAndPlay(121);
}

does anyone kknow the problem?

[oldnewbie]

You can try...

on (release) {
stopAllSounds();
_root.nextFrame();

nextFrame(); is not a play action, it moves the playhead to the next frame and stops.

Alternately, you could label the 121th frame with a unique label, such as my_frame121, or whatever suits you (no number only labels or at least not starting off with a number), and target that labeled frame...

on (release) {
stopAllSounds();
_root.gotoAndStop("my_frame121");
}

If you insist in using a frame number, you have to realize that it's a cumulative frame number of all the frames on the timeline, including the preloader frames. Thus if you have 3 frames in your preloader and are targeting frame 121 or your main scene, you have to target 3 + 121 = 124...

on (release) {
stopAllSounds();
_root.gotoAndStop(124);
}

The labeled frame method is the best though!

[liquidfists uk]

ok the first one helped and im sure the other 2 would work aslo i did try labeling the frame but it didnt work but i propable had an eror sumwhere, i really im trying to take in as much as i can with flash im getting there slowly. thanx maty

[liquidfists uk]

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