Could you help me with some coding please

[adey177]

hello there

please could you help me with some action script in flash 8.

what i would like to achieve is an if statement or something similar where a user will click on the hazard button. if the user clicks on the hazard button between the cuepoints of hazard1 and hazard2 the flash will output will say "win". if the user clicks on the hazard either before the hazard1 cuepoint or after the hazard2 cuepoint the flash output will be "lose"

if there is anything else that you need to know please post here or contact me on adey8ball@gmail.com and i will reply ASAP

once again many thanks to all who can help

thank you for your time

adey


stop();

//button to next frame

NxtVid.onRelease = function(){
gotoAndStop(2);
}

trace("Hazard clip 1");
var listenerObject:Object = new Object();
listenerObject.cuePoint = function(eventObject:Object):Void {
// Put any code you like here
//trace("Cue point name: " + eventObject.info.name);
//trace("Cue point type: " + eventObject.info.type);

if(eventObject.info.name=="Hazard1")
{
trace("start timer")
}
else
if(eventObject.info.name=="Hazard2")
{
trace("stop timer")
}

//if the hazard button is pressed between hazard1 and hazard two output "win"

Hazardbtn.onRelease = function(){
trace ("hazards pressed");
}

// if(eventObject.info.name=="Hazard2")
//and
//if(eventObject.info.name=="End")

// {
// trace ("win")
//}
if(eventObject.info.name=="End")
{
trace("Click Here for next clip")
}

}
video1.addEventListener("cuePoint", listenerObject);

[samac1068]

A simple method would be to use a variable to determine if a selection at this time falls within the appropriate length..all other will be considered a fail. Pulling from your code I would have the following:

var listenerObject:Object = new Object();
var inBound:Boolean = false;

listenerObject.cuePoint = function(eventObject:Object):Void {
   if(eventObject.info.name=="Hazard1")
   {
       inBound = true;
   }
   else if(eventObject.info.name=="Hazard2")
   {
      inBound = false;
   }
   else if(eventObject.info.name=="End")
   {
      trace("Click Here for next clip")
   }
}

Hazardbtn.onRelease = function(){
   if(inBound)
   {
        trace("You win.");
   }
   else
   {
        trace("You lose.");
   }
}

NxtVid.onRelease = function(){
   gotoAndStop(2);
}

video1.addEventListener("cuePoint", listenerObject);

When hazard1 is cued, then the boolean variable is set to true. When hazard2 is cued, the boolean is set to false. If the button is selected while the boolean is set to true, then they win otherwise it is false.

[adey177]

thank you for taking the time to code that and reply.

i tried the solution code that you helped me with and i worked perfectly for the first video.

however when i tried to do this again to a second video on a different frame i could only get the "you lose" message. this was even between the hazard cuepoints on the second video.

would the very helpful users of this site be able to help me code this to a second video and explain to me how to change this again for a third fourth and fifth video.

would i be right in thinking that the variable would still be running from the first video meaning that i could not get a win message because its still running.

any help gratefully appreciated

adey

[silentweed]

in the beginning of the other frame just put:

inBound = false;

[adey177]

in the beginning of the other frame just put:

inBound = false;

thank you for taking the time to reply

please forgive me could you explain where to put the inBound = false syntax

possibly could you write a line of code above it and a line of code below the syntax

many thanks

[adey177]

thank you

you say to add inbound = false to the second frame of action script

please could you suggest before/after which line of code you suggest me to add the code that has been suggested

thank you for your time

adey

[silentweed]

not necessarily to the second frame.. im not sure how you have coded your flash movie.. u said when flash goes to another frame it then plays the second video?

if this is the case just you just need to reset inBound = false; before the second video plays...

so if your second video is in the second frame... just put inBound = false; right in the beginning of the actions...

i'll need to know the code on the second frame to help u further.. is the video object still the same object i.e video1? if its something else like video2 then you will need to do:

video2.addEventListener("cuePoint", listenerObject);

P.S you shouldnt need to go to the second frame to play a new video... you can just use code to make your video play the next video...

have a look at www.gotoandlearn.com for some good video tutorials on creating a video player...

you can also download a video player from my library and see how its coded up..

[adey177]

thank you so much for helping

i would like to have 5 videos showing one after the other. once you have viewed on video and pressed the hazard button i want to be able to click a button that will direct the user to the second video (second frame) and the user will have to spot the hazard again.

thank you for the offer of looking at your library

the code from the first frame is

stop();

var listenerObject:Object = new Object();
var inBound:Boolean = false;

listenerObject.cuePoint = function(eventObject:Object):Void {
if(eventObject.info.name=="Hazard1")
{
inBound = true;
}
else if(eventObject.info.name=="Hazard2")
{
inBound = false;
}
else if(eventObject.info.name=="End")
{
trace("Click Here for next clip")
}
}

Hazardbtn1.onRelease = function(){
if(inBound)
{
trace("You win.");
}
else
{
trace("You lose.");
}
}

NxtVid1.onRelease = function(){
gotoAndStop(2);
}

video1.addEventListener("cuePoint", listenerObject);



the code from the second frame is



stop();


var listenerObject:Object = new Object();
var inBound:Boolean = false;

listenerObject.cuePoint = function(eventObject:Object):Void {
if(eventObject.info.name=="Hazard1")
{
inBound = true;
}
else if(eventObject.info.name=="Hazard2")
{
inBound = false;
}
else if(eventObject.info.name=="End")
{
trace("Click Here for next clip")
}
}

Hazardbtn2.onRelease = function(){
if(inBound)
{
trace("You win.");
}
else
{
trace("You lose.");
}
}

NxtVid.onRelease = function(){
gotoAndStop(3);
}

video2.addEventListener("cuePoint", listenerObject);stop();

var listenerObject:Object = new Object();
var inBound:Boolean = false;

listenerObject.cuePoint = function(eventObject:Object):Void {
if(eventObject.info.name=="Hazard1")
{
inBound = true;
}
else if(eventObject.info.name=="Hazard2")
{
inBound = false;
}
else if(eventObject.info.name=="End")
{
trace("Click Here for next clip")
}
}

Hazardbtn1.onRelease = function(){
if(inBound)
{
trace("You win.");
}
else
{
trace("You lose.");
}
}

NxtVid1.onRelease = function(){
gotoAndStop(2);
}

video2.addEventListener("cuePoint", listenerObject);



thank you again for any help

adey

[samac1068]

What silentweed was asking is for the code that is used to load your video or are you NOT importing the video. I believe the code I provided will work, but you need to reset the inBound variable at the start of each frame actionscript line for it to work the remaining videos.

Like silentweed mentioned, it would be beneficial to import the video using code all on the same frame, this way the same code is used over and over again.