How do you make an intro?

programming flash
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I just used Claudio’s tutorial Preloader & Transitions for Dynamic Files to make a full flash site site. I am wondering how to make an introduction where the buttons appear, the heading comes into view, etc. I just started using flash a few days ago so I don’t have any actionscript know-how. I already made the introduction as a movie clip, but don’t know where to begin. Any snippets of code, etc. would be fine :slight_smile:

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Well if you already created an intro then place it at the beginning of your movie and have it play there.

Also place a stop at the begging of your timeline so that the rest of your movie doesn’t play while the intro is still playing.

At the end of your intro movieclip, you can place an action to tell the main timeline to play once the intro is done or have a button that does it when clicked.

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sorry for being sort of demanding, but could you give me the code (if it is short ofcourse :trout: )

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stop();

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but if i just put stop, i am unable to press any buttons because the intro is still there… (but it does prevent from replaying)

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any help would be fine 8-]

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You can make the into animation on the same MC as your other MC and make the animation happen before you main screen appears. Then like they said put a stop action so that it stops and doesn’t replay the intro animation you made. The other thing you can do is make another MC on scene 1 frame one call it intro or whatever. have you other MC on frame 2 of scene 1. Put a stop action on frame one so that it doesnt go to frame 2 of scene one and show all your menu crap. And at the last frame of you intro movie clip put an action that tells it to go to frame 2 of scene one. it really is as easy as they said before just go with the first idea and put your animation in front to your menu setup and then put a stop action. Hope this helps.

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i already did that, but the stopped animation stays - obstructing the view of the main content. i am also unable to press any buttons…

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If you go through some of the basic tutorials, you should find your answers there. You just kind of have to learn “the way flash works” it seems like.

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hiwired Wrote:

i already did that, but the stopped animation stays - obstructing the view of the main content. i am also unable to press any buttons…

ok well is you intro MC layer above the main layer?? :wink:

or in the last frame of your intro put a script in tell it to be invisible:

something like _root.intromc._visible = false;

Sounds like picking up a book would help you alot.