Need help playing separate movie clips in same area

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Hi. I am currently working on a project where the user will have the ability to construct sentences by dragging and dropping 2 of 10 different word choices in between the words “the _ is _.” For each sentence that is constructed, a unique animation will play.

My current problem is that I’m not sure how to get each movie clip to play in the same area without them overlapping. I need all of the animations to play in at the same size and in the same area (in the middle of the scene).

If you are interested in taking a look at what I have so far, follow the links below. One is for version 5 and the other MX. If you do decide to download the work in progress, note that the movie clips are set off to the side for now, so the swf’s included in the ZIP file won’t show them. Any and all assistance and suggestions would be a great help to me. Thanks so much.

http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~anewton/wordanim_5.zip (Apx. 1.6MB)
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~anewton/wordanim_mx.zip (Apx. 2.5MB)

Also, if you have any suggestions of ways to improve what I have done so far, please let me know. Thanks.

-Adam Newton

eyefive@hotmail.com
Multimedia Design BFA Student
University of Oregon

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Hi,

If I were you I wouldn’t hard code everything (you’re very patient, aren’t you?). I woul try to came up with a dynamic mechanism to do it.

Something like :


function loadMC () {
	clipToBring = eval(firstword+"_"+secondword+"MC")

	clipToBring.gotoAndPlay("start");
	clipToBring.swapDepths(999);
	
}

I’m attaching the file back, I haven’t aligned properly all the MCs because I’m been lazy but if you do align them into position you’re done

Cheers

SHO

3

Hi again,

Sorry, here’s the file.

file

Cheers

SHO

Ps.: I have to take it out of that server today.

4

eki,

Thanks so much for spending the time to help me out with that. That is exactly what I needed. Much appreciated.

-Adam

5

Any time

Cheers:)

SHO