button to work through levels

[drkknght]

confusing lil problem here:

i have a movie that has a loading scene, then the "main" scene named "scene one." on scene one, there are four buttons: a, b, c, and d. each button leads to its own scene.

realizing how large and complex scenes a, b, c, and d had become, i decided to convert them to their own swf movies, and have them load in a level (say level 100).

thus, in the main movie, on "scene one," if you click button A, you go to scene A (brief transition animation) which then loads up movie A in level 100.

with me so far?

now what i'm looking for is a HOME button.

once i have movie A loaded, i'd like to have the ability to click on a HOME button, which will not only unload movie A, it will take you back to a specific, labeled frame in scene one of the main movie.

*phew*

is. it. possible?

[sofiebel]

using _root will always target the main movie timeline:

//unload the movie that is in level1
unloadMovieNum(1);
//go to your framelabel in the main timeline
_root.gotoAndPlay("framelabelhome");

[drkknght]

heya sofiebel -- thanks for the response!

using that code, im able to close the top level like i want to, however... i then just return to the main movie and stop. i cant seem to get the timeline to go to the specific scene & frame label i want it to.

[drkknght]

just incase, lemme see if i can better clarify my current problem....

in my main timeline, i have an action that loads up another SWF in a higher level. i have the action to load up the higher level in frame 5 of the main timeline. i then tell the main movie to stop in frame 7, so it doesn't keep going on, underneath everything.

sofiebel helped me to set up a "close" button on the top level which, when pressed, closes that entire swf, revealing the original main timeline, levels below.

however, even with the above "_root" code, the playhead is stuck on that frame 7 STOP action in the main timeline.

[sofiebel]

maybe upload your fla or an exapmle so I can take a look at it.

[drkknght]

can do!

http://www.robkamphausen.com/misc/test/index.htm

download the flas and swfs here:

http://www.robkamphausen.com/misc/test/index.zip

[drkknght]

sorry, bottom link was a lil screwy. should work fine now!

[sofiebel]

_level0.gotoAndPlay("start");
unloadMovieNum(50);

This seems to be the code that works.

[drkknght]

bah! i even tried level1 once ... never thought of 0!

thanks so much, sofiebel!! works like a charm!