Re: FLASH: Lobby level? Flash3

[Marc Hoffman]

At 12:40 AM 8/29/98 -0400, you wrote:

>

>> >1: I need a "skip into" button that loads and plays the level1 movie.

>> >2: If the "skip intro" button is not activated, then I need the level1

>> >movie to start loading itself after the level0 movie has completed its

>> >download

>>


Hi David and all.


I don't use multiple scenes -- just haven't gone there; I suppose they save

loading symbols twice (as opposed to repeating the library in a second

movie), but why not just make the movie in one scene?  (Someone educate me!).


Anyway, I believe I have a fix for your nagivational conundrum:


Build yourself two "control" Movie Clips (my term).  Movie Clip A (MC-A) is

in level1 (the main animation movie)and repeatedly checks if level1 (or an

acceptable portion of it) has loaded, and, if the answer is "yes," tells

MC-B to go to a frame labeled "ready".


MC-B is in level0 and consists of four frames.  Frame 1 has a Stop.  Frame

2 loops back to Frame 1.  Frame 3 has a stop and is the one labeled

"ready." Frame 4 tells Movie0 to park itself and tells level1 (intro movie)

to begin.


Now, design your intro so that there are spots here and there where the

action could stop and the movie could park itself without disrupting the

flow -- natural resting places.  Let us call them "trigger frames." In

these places, on the main timeline, place a tell target that advances MC-A

to the next frame (use "go to next frame and play").


So, here's what happens:


As the intro plays, it periodically passes trigger frames where the action

could stop and movie level1 could play without it looking abrupt.  The

trigger frames will move MC-B ahead one frame.  Until level1 is

sufficiently loaded, however, moving MC-B ahead one frame has no real

effect;  MC-B just goes to frame two and loops back to frame one and stops.


But then things heat up, and the suspense builds!  The level1 movie meets

its loading requirement as tested by MC-A.  When this condition is met,

MC-A advances MC-B (in level0) to the "ready" frame.


The next time the level0 movie reaches a trigger frame, it advances MC-B

ahead one frame.  MC-B is sitting in the "ready" frame, poised for action!

And the next frame is the one that says "park thyself and command thy

brother on level1 to dispatch at once." Ever vigiland, MC-B springs into

action, and the rest is Flash history in the making.


Now, David, if you are getting paid for this work you owe me something. And

if you're not getting paid for it, you're being ripped off because this is

some honkin' code.


[I got sleep last night]


take care.


-Marc



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