[F8] Check if a movieclip has played and if so, go to frame x

[ScareBBear]

Hi all,

I have a movieclip activated by a button. I want to be able to check if the movieclip has been played once and if so, skip to the end frame of said movieclip.

I've set a variable in the main timeline:
var introPlayed:Boolean = false;

And then, at the end of the movielip in question:
introPlayed = true;

And then on the button which activates the movieclip I've got:
on(release) {
_root.main_mc.gotoAndStop("phone");
gotoAndStop("phone");
if (introPlayed == true) {
_root.main_mc.phone_mc.phonesub_mc.gotoAndStop("in troplayed"); //end frame of movieclip
}
}

but it doesn't work!

Is the fact that my movieclip is rather buried deep, part of the problem?

Thanks in advance!
ScareBBear...

[whispers]

its because (more or less) you have TWO variables called introPlayed.

one on the MAIN timeline..and one in the movieClip timeline.

you can either add _root (or whatever path) to the variable in movieClip (_root.introPlayed = true or better yet..just set it with the button once you have pressed it.

maybe like this:

button1.onRelease = function() {
    _root.main_mc.gotoAndStop("phone");
    gotoAndStop("phone");
    if (introPlayed == true) {
        _root.main_mc.phone_mc.phonesub_mc.gotoAndStop("in troplayed");
        //end frame of movieclip
    } else {
        introPlayed = true;
    }
}; 

[ScareBBear]

Hiya Whispers,

many thanks for this; it worked a charm!

Cheers,
ScareBBear