Really newbie question.

So, I'm making a flash game, its a quiz game. I want lives in it, so when you miss a question you loose a life.

I cant find anything that can help me..

What I want to ask is, is there anyway to make a movie clip with say;

Frame 1;
Lives: 3

Frame 2;
Lives: 2

Frame 3
Lives: 1

Then a game over page.

How would I go about doing this? Everytime I do it, it just counts the question as a right answer and goes to the next frame.

Here is the code I am using.

on(release){
gotoAndStop("lives", 2);
}

What am i doing wrong?

first create a text box and set it to dynamic text. set the variable name to lives. remember to set an instance name. set your lives = 3. then set a var for your answer. if (answer == false) { lives --; }

yeah do the frames thing, add an extra frame 4 though that has 0 lives and than code that frame like onEnterFrame gotoAndStop(whateverframe) get me?

Do what rachelg said. Don't need to use movieclips or frames. Just use the first frame, make a Dynamic Textbox with the variable name to lives Then put this script on the 1st frame:

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var lives=3;

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And everytime you get a wrong answer put this:

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lives--;

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You can then add a frame with the "GAME OVER" thing. Then in the first frame again add this lines:

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stop();
onEnterFrame=function(){
if(lives==0){
gotoAndStop(2);
}

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