Controlling MC's over time

[evilgazebo]

Hi,


I'm trying to load 7 different movies into a container movie clip. The container movie has the load movie command on 7 seperate frames (each frame calling in its respective clip). How do i go about getting the movie to randomly go to each of these frames whith a delay of about 5mins before it moves onto the next frame.

I'm sure it's something simple and any haelp would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Barrie

[felix_man]

Here is one way to do it:
first put a stop on each key frame

stop();

Then on the first frame setup a function that will play when called and an interval command.

function delayPlay () {
	play();
}
playInterval = setInterval(delayPlay,300000);

now here is what this does. the function when called will tell the MC to play. The playInterval sets up a timer that will call the function every x 1000/of a sec.(x being the 300000 in this example which should equal 5 minutes).

in the last frame that you want to access you add this

clearInterval(playInterval);

This clears the interval which will stop calling the function and the process will stop. If you want to repeat the process forever just leave this command out.

I hope this helps

[evilgazebo]

Many thanks Mr Man.
That seems to work like a charm. I appreciate you taking time out to explain things. I can enjoy my cup of tea in peace now.

Cheers,
Barrie

[felix_man]

No problem... btw: You can call me Felix.