Going bonkers over Movieclip control

Hi,

using AS2.0 and flash 8.

(I have probably misunderstood AS commands stop() and gotoAndStop())

ok setup got 4 layers: Action, tween1, tween2, tween3.
tween1 one has 1 frame with a movieclip (mc1)
tween2/3 has 1 frame with mc2/3.
the movieclips(symbols) are named mc1, mc2, mc3. first frame in
respectively clip is called mc1, mc2, mc3.

whats happening:
everythings starts simultaneously and loops forever

what i want to do:
to have tween1/mc1 play and after a few secs delay then tween2/mc2 starts and yet another secs tween3/mc3 start playing. And then they will loop forever.

But i get no control using for example mc2.stop() or mc2.gotoAndStop()
in the action layer

help please :slight_smile: or point me to a clear tutorial which explains this

/Cheers
Heffa