So Im make this interactive thing…
It has a preloader and after its done it will transition to the main screen.
When im done the whole project, main will have subsections and those subsections will go back to main. I only want that transition from the preloader to main, not subsection to main. And i dont want two frames for main with preloader transition and one for no transition. What is a possiblity for me?
just put the transition in the main timeline, and have it play, then once it has played to the point where the main section is stop. on this frame, include the movieclip with the transition animation in it.
but the transition will uncover the main screen. so the main will have to be on the same keyframe
any ideas?
When the movie comes online, after the initial loading, the preloader scene never come again. So what is the problem in between these two. I hope u can manipulate the rest of the stuffs in the second scene.
lets say the preloader takes the first 2 keyframes, and the main area starts in the third. i want something in the 3rd keyframe than will “uncover” the main area. But only when coming after the preloader. i dont want it to happen again. however the transition is covering the 3rd keyframe, so everything will go to it. I dont want that.
actually… my way works very well. a saying comes to mind:
Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it
ya thats the way i want it. sry i guess i didnt understand. However, i was kind of hoping i could just do all the animation in MC’s not in maintimeline. So for the main transition. can i just put that in a MC and do what you did with the subtransitions? So in the preloader, after its done loading i can say _root.transition.play(); and it will uncover the main. But when the sub goes back ont o the main, it wont play the transition because it doesnt have that command. But, heh my preloader transition is alrdy visible…
i guess i can do it your way 
you want to upload the fla and show me wtf you’re talking about?
“doesn’t have that command” -> HUH?