I’m starting out in AS3 and need some basic advice. I noticed when you create an external package/class for a movieclip, all scripts nested in that movieclip timeline are ignored. Only issue is, I have some animations that I only want to play once, achieved by placing a simple stop(); in the timeline. I know you can place a stop() from the external class, but if I have several nested animations, then this could get messy & confusing.
I have been placing my AS3 code in the first frame of the timeline of the movieclip. But it is coming apparent to me the best practice is creating external classes.
I guess the question is this: Is placing code in the timeline a bad practice coming from AS2, and if so, is it standard to set a bunch of stop()'s for movieclips placed on the stage, or am I missing something simple?
