_root.play(); works but goto frame doesnt

[jshpro2]

In a game _root.death tells me if the player is dead or not.. on the movieclip that generates enemies it has an if statement that says if death==1 then goto frame 2...

For some reason i cannot have a movie clip on the main timeline tell the _root to go to a specific frame, i can only tell it to play();

I have the statement on a onenterframe event....i also tried makeing a function and calling it, nothing happens again, i also tried putting the call to the function on the movieclip's timeline, still same result but if i change the function to play(); it works fine...

is there an easier way to make the _root. go to a specific frame depending on the value of a variable ?

[jbum]

_root.gotoAndStop(2);

will goto (and stop on) frame 2.

_root.gotoAndStop(x);

will goto (and stop on) whichever frame corresponds to x (if x is 2, then frame 2).

If you are stilling having problems,
would you show us the actual script you are using (that isn't working) ?