Looping help Please help me!

[Spicybrown]

ok so what Im dong is looping a movie and it is suposed to loop 3 times then stop. but when I use the script I have the only thing that stops is the main movie. any other movie clips keep animating so I figured I should put the same script inside the movie clip. but it doesnt work. the script im using looks like this

in the first frame

onLoad = function(){
loopCount = 0;
}

then in the last frame I put this

loopCount++;
if(loopCount == 3){
stop();
}

So my question is in order to get my movie clips to stop after looping three time should I be using a differnt script for the movie clips?
hellllllllllllllllllllllllllp

[jAQUAN]

1) you dont need to put 'please help me' in your titles, we're here to help.
2) you dont need a function just to declare a variable, you can just use:
loopCount = 0;
That will create a variable and assign an initial value at the same time. But, you will want to say:
this.loopCount = 0;
so that each movieclip has their own loopCount to look at.

Your code for the last frame need only add the this's too.

//frame 1
this.loopCount = 0;


//last frame
this.loopCount++;
if(this.loopCount == 3){
  stop();
}

[Wheels]

onLoad is best used with Classes and components, but setting the initial parameter in a function is not a bad idea. If your desire is to loop, and the frame where the parameter is set is crossed, it will reset to 0 - defeating the purpose.

You could just put everything in one function - and call it on the last frame.

// goes on first frame

function checkLoop(loops:Number):Void
{
   if (this.loopsCompleted == undefined){
      this.loopsCompleted = 1;
    } else {
      this.loopsCompleted++;
   }
   if (this.loopsCompleted > loops){
      this.stop();
      executeAnotherFunction();
   }
}

// on last frame

checkLoop(3)

[Spicybrown]

thanks you guys