Please Help!!! I'm begging NOW!!!

[Silly_Rob]

Ok. I did post this under the General Forum but am not really getting detailed information. Below is what I am looking for and posted earlier:

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Alright I have been trying to do this button rollover trick and its not working. I would like anyones advice.

Here is a mock up of what I would like to do:
http://www.roblittle.com/images2/pablo_layout.jpg

The buttons are the cross bows (Duhhhh) haha

And here is what I want. Where the large head is, I want it to disappear and the words of what each link appears separtely in the middle of the 2 circles as you roll over the buttons.

I tried creating in the "ON" state of a rollover the 2 circles being blank without the head and the words in the middle but it didn't work. Anytime you rolled over the head it would try to be the "ON" link for each button. Not to mention it was very slow trying to bring up the picture.

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ALSO SOME OTHER GUYS POSTED THIS BUT I NEEDED MORE CLARIFICATION


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Try using the set property command.

On (Roll Over)
Set Property ("/largehead", Visibility) = "0"
Set Property ("/words", Visibility) = "1"
End On
On (Roll Out)
Set Property ("/largehead", Visibility) = "1"
Set Property ("/words", Visibility) = "0"
End On

You might want to set your movie up by using the set property command in the first frame:

Set Property ("/words", Visibility) = "0" (use different layers for each command)

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Marx was right about the visibility stuff
and other buttons won't think that visibility is 1.

U just have to use Marx action in your buttons.

Still i would preffer tell target.

It would look smth like:

On (Roll Over)
Begin Tell Target ("/LargeHead")
Go to and Stop ("blank keyframe")
End Tell Target
Begin Tell Target ("/text")
Go to and Stop ("visible text")
End Tell Target
End On
On (Roll Out)
Begin Tell Target ("/LargeHead")
Go to and Stop ("visible head")
End Tell Target
Begin Tell Target ("/text")
Go to and Stop ("no text")
End Tell Target
End On

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I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY AND ALL HELP. PLEASE BE SPECIFIC AND DETAILED FOR I AM A FLASH VIRGIN. hahaha I said virgin.

Thanks in advance,

Rob Little
http://www.roblittle.com

[eyebrow]

I think that between the other two pieces of advice, you have your answer. What more do you want?
Have you tried either method and failed or are you having difficulty understanding the solutions?
I'm happy to help you but need to know why these solutions aren't any good, what you've already tried etc etc.
The tell target method is the one i'd choose (only a preference) and it should be fairly straightforward to do. Pls explain why this doesn't work.

[Silly_Rob]

Heck it may work!!! I tried it but I don't know where to put the images, (either on the main timeline or in the buttons properties or where???)

I really worked with the set properties one but I must have been doing something wrong. I couldn't get it to work.

I just don't know where to put the code and where to put the images in relationship to the movie..

Thanks for replying and I look forward to any responses.

Sorry if I seem mildly to extremely retarded but they both seem very easy and I just can't them to work.

Thanks,

Rob

[fishee]

Just make a new symbol, assign "Movie" property and make your mouseover movie. Then tell-target that movie. The movie contains all your symbols (images, etc).

-fishee

[eyebrow]

If i'm understanding you right, try this.
Make a movie clip, call it what you will.
add the head to the first keyframe and label it 'head'.
Now add another, say, 50-60 frames and divide them into sections of ten keyframes by adding blank keyframes every 10 frames. Label each keyframe with the relevant button name i.e. 'contact'. The reason for the spacing is more to do with ease of reading the labels, you can space as big or as little as you like.
In each blank, labelled keyframe add your text. You can add text effect movies or just plain text, whatever you want.
Drag an instance of this clip so that it's in the right position. You should see the head just as you do now.
Name the instance.
Now on each button assign some script to...
tell target 'instanceName'
goto and stop 'contact'
This will produce a fairly basic 'choppy' effect of the head disappearing and the text appearing. If you want something a little smoother, play with the movie clip, perhaps adding some alpha tweens or something to get fadeins/outs.
Let me know how you get on

[Silly_Rob]

Ok so the movie symbol will have all the symbols in it on separate key frames right??

Then where do I put the tell target code. In my button or in the movie symbol.

And where does the movie symbol reside? In the button or on the Main Timeline??

Looking forward to what you have to say.

Thanks,

Rob

[Silly_Rob]

eyebrow,

That sounds awesome. I will try that later tonight when I get home from work.

Thank you for being so clear and concise. I really appreciate it.

All right, I am soooooooo giddy to go try that now.


Thanks,

Rob
http://www.roblittle.com

[Silly_Rob]

Alright I have been trying to do what eyebrow said to do and it isn't working. I am sure I am not doing something correct but I have tried what he said every way I know how.

If someone can explain it a little more clearly or can help me out in any way I sure would be forever grateful.

Thanks,

Rob

[eyebrow]

sometimes these things are best sent to one another for a look. I'm pretty confident that what i'm saying should work. If you want to post me this i'd be happy to do it.
[email protected]
If what you're doing is too big, or a secret, make an example copy and leave in the relevant elements.
I kind of want to sort it as much as you now!