MC goToandPlay wont work

[mitee]

i created a navigation system as a MC. i placed my MC in my main timeline for that scene. i have a button in that MC with a action:

On release
goto and play scene ___ frame ___
(not actual code)

but, the MC just loops to frame 1 of itself. should this work? if not, is there another way to do this? i would like to have my navigation as a MC throughout multiple scenes.

Thanks!!!!!!
-Mitee

[sploenk]

If you place the tellTarget action before the goto and play and target the _root (main timeline) it should work.

on (release) {
tellTarget ("_root") {
gotoAndPlay ("Scene 1", 1);
}
}

Good luck

[Napalm]

Give your MC an Instance name and use your tell target command.

Tell Target(instance name)
Go To and Play (frame number)

[mitee]

adding _root works, but it goes back to frame 1 and plays the current scene before it moves to the selected scene. and the button takes a little long for it to start. please remeber that i am not targeting any specific movie clip, but a scene. i want to use my MC navigation to move between scenes.

Thanks for the help!!!!!

-Mitee