help

[BradBradleySL]

Ok anyone, any help would be good, what I want do is, create sort of an animated button, ok how to descride, when over the button I want some thing else to appear and move else where, and then disapear when I move away, tried load movie, didn't work, any help would be appreciate would like to get my site up (all KoolMoves)

Brad

[johnie]

Ah, Yes The hardest thing of all to do.

This is how you do it.


1. Draw your botton but don't asign anything to it.

2. Create a completly transparent shape and place it over the button (Set the transparancy to 255 and border/line thickness to 0)

3. Asign goto frame sections on mouse over [on roll over-sorry I was thinking java script] this shape- put the animated frames somwhere in the movies where where they can't be acessed by the rest of the movie. If you are old enough to remember programing in good old plain Basic, about 8-9 years ago, this concept will not be new to you. Use the Goto frame to show your animation and then go back to the pre-animated version after you are done.

4. Copy and paste the shapes into your hidden frames. If you want the the user to follow the button then move the transparancy as well.

5. The easiest way to create an on roll out effect is not to use the on roll out function. Create a big transparent shape and place it bellow your other shapes but above your background and asign a goto frame on roll over efect to it (the first screen).

Hope that answers your question.

[BradBradleySL]

Thanks got confused, printing it out so I can understand what you said YEAH I remember basic, I even remember programming games and such on my commodore 64, ah the good ole days.

Brad

[johnie]

Ah yes

I somtimes get nostaligic for my old c-64 and 1541 5 1/4 disk drive.

I don't miss the 8 kbps modem though.

[BradBradleySL]

Ok i understand your concept, but where could I put the frames so they won't be played?

Brad

[BradBradleySL]

Yeah I remember when floppy disks were floppy Kinda miss those, took up less space, were as flat as a piece of paper

Brad

[johnie]

What you are going to do is put a stop action in at the apripriate place and then put them after.

This is the logic chart:

1 intro Animation
2 Menu
a Option goto 4
b Option goto 6
c Option Goto 7
3 Copy of Menu- Stop or goto 2
4 Option a animation
5 Check for release- If is released goto 2 othewise stop
6 Option b animation

ETC

or

1 goto 3
2 animation for options
3 rest of movie
4 stop


Hope you understand that

[johnie]

I miss punching holes in the floppy to make it 2 sided.

[BradBradleySL]

Duh....now I get what you meant wasn't thinking Punching holes ha, I liked those cool disk envelopes that you put them in Wish they would bring them back!

Brad