[CS3] button over/out (again)

[flashbangdevice]

i know this gets asked a lot of times but i haven't been able to find a solution for my problem using search.

my button in the 'over' state is a .swf animaton i imported to my stage.
i'm trying of course to get half of the animation to play while 'over' and half to play when 'out' (not over anymore).
is this something i will have to code?

[sportzguy933]

I'm assuming the imported SWF is in a movieclip. There are two ways of doing this, but I'll recommend this one: Put a stop action in the MC where you want the rollover animation to stop and the rollout animation to start. Also put a stop action on the first frame of the MC. Give the button an instance name of "btn1." Make sure the MC has its own layer inside the button. Make sure the MC's layer only has 1 keyframe: the first frame, and leave it blank for the "hit" frame. Give the MC an instance name of "animation." Now, put these actions on the button:

on (rollOver) {
btn1.animation.play();
}

on (rollOut) {
btn1.animation.play();
}

If you're still having trouble and have tried what I suggested above, please attach your FLA.

-Sportzguy933

[flashbangdevice]

the swf is not a movieclip. i'll try you're method.
thanks for the help.

[flashbangdevice]

oh nevermind, it is a movieclip.
nice.

[flashbangdevice]

Make sure the MC's layer only has 1 keyframe: the first frame, and leave it blank for the "hit" frame.

-Sportzguy933

when i open the MC it shows me all of the frames of the animation (its 20 frames).
based on this i'm now confused and am not sure how these instructions apply.

[flashbangdevice]

so if i understand this correctly.
i put a stop in the 1st frame and one in the frame i want to animation to stop (6th frame). this is done inside the MC that is in reality a 20 frame animation.

the problem i'm having is understanding how my MC only has one keyframe. is this supposed to be an MC within and MC? should one MC have only one keyframe of which contains the other MC?

[sportzguy933]

No I meant one keyframe inside of the button.maybe you should try a slightly different method, though:

Put a stop() action on the tenth frame of the MC. Put the MC on its own layer inside the button, on the "over" state. Then use the code from before.

Please post your FLA so I can better show you what I mean.

-Sportzguy933

[sportzguy933]

Here's the fixed file (the "pigs" button is fixed). Just let me know if you need help on how to fix the other buttons .

-Sportzguy933

Link: http://www.ardesigns.net/fixed file.fla

[flashbangdevice]

hey thanks man.
other than the extra button layers are the two stop()s and giving the button an instance name the only changes you made?
i can't find any other code.

[sportzguy933]

One of the stop()'s was because the scenes were looping. But I also added some code on the invisible button.

-Sportzguy933