Okay, so after posting all the "preloading" .flv / .swf questions, and after getting my answers, I decided to go ahead and write out the scripts in the first few frames to actually preload the .swfs for later...
I thought I'd start out simple, and I've found that I have no idea what I'm doing.
I tried to something very basic using actionscript and it freezes up the animation.
When I use the built-in "go to key frame..." tool, and specify to go to frame 6, and play, the animation works fine.
When I use the Actionscript interface and actually write out:
"gotoAndPlay(6);", then the animation get's stuck and only plays the first frame.
Not sure how I can screw up so quickly. Is there something I'm not understanding about actionscript?
every flash tutorial I have seen that uses "gotoAndPlay()" has had a numeral (like "6") placed within the parentheses, and so far I have not seen any reference to the fact that the frames aren't by default named using their numbers.