Another set interval problem

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I’ve a function in the root of the main movie. The problem comes when i tried to call the function from a button inside another mc in the _root the function call doesn’t work . It seems no response from the function . I can’t even trace the value of a variable in the function.

My objective is to execute the function (we tried to call from inside the mc) for a specific interval and the user will lead to the rest of the game process .

This is the source code


on (release) {
intID = setInterval (_root.showClips, 1000);
}

I’ve also tried


on (release) {
_root.intID = setInterval (_root.showClips, 1000);
}

This is the function being called


function showClips() {
 // -------------------------------Show the clips in the initial time 
 for (i=1; i<17; i++) {
  _root["b" add i]._visible = true;
  _root["b" add i].gotoAndStop(2);
 }
 
 
 _root.showCounter +=1;
 trace(_root.showCounter);
 if (_root.showCounter == 4){
  for (i=1; i<17; i++) {
   _root["b" add i].gotoAndStop(1);
  }
  clearInterval (intID); // Clear the interval that calls from Splash Screen
  _root.showCounter = 0; // Reset the counter 
 }
 
}

What is wrong with this… .:frowning: