Manipulating frames in the timeline

[Chiapa]

Hi everyone,

I've got a first frame in the timeline in which the stage has a play button that, when pressed, advances the timeline to the next frame, where the game should actually start, with UFO's and stuff flying through the stage. But I want the "action" to start only in the second frame of the timeline. I tried this, it doesn't work: the UFO's don't appear in the first frame but don't appear in the second either, as I wanted.

function Main():void
{
if (currentFrame == 2) //it's wrong, I was just trying...
{
Mouse.hide();
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE,mexe_ mira);
...
...
...
...
}
}

If I don't put the "if", in the first frame (with the play button) all the UFO's appear, flying across the stage. They aren't supposed to.
If I put the "if", there are no UFO's at all, in any frame.

Any ideas? Thanks
Chiapa

[samac1068]

Hard to tell without actually seeing the timeline. If you are loading your characters by as3, then ,make sure you don't have a keyframe that ends the as code for the rest of the timeline. If you are loading the characters manually, then make sure to have a keyframe in the second frame with your characters and in your first frame a stop command waiting until the button is pressed.

It could be easier to help, if you post your code and not just a excerpt of it.

[Chiapa]

Thanks again, I now have what I need.

Cheers,

Chiapa