alright. so this should supposedly be some simple script but for some reason, my dumb-*** can’t figure out why it isn’t working, or what I’m doing wrong to fix it. maybe I have the right script, but the wrong location. I’m also on Flash 8, by the way.
example. I have the movie clip labeled “characters” on the main timeline. in that movie clip I have one movie clip titled “boy” and another one titled “girl”. the “boy” movie clip is lip-synced and talking up a storm with some audio, and somewhere down the line, “girl” movie clip is introduced and is also supposed to speak on the frame I labeled by the same name, “speak”. I’m trying to specifically target a certain frame in her movie clip timeline to play, but I just can’t get it right.
what I do have is:
onClipEvent (load){
_root.characters.girl.gotoAndPlay(“speak”);
}
now I know I could also have:
this.gotoAndPlay(“speak”);
I’ve tried placing the script directly on the “girl” movieclip when I want the event to happen, and then also placed the script on its own actionscript layer, but somehow, it just isn’t working correctly.
like I said, “boy” is chatting up a storm, and let’s say something like frame 200 is when I want “girl” to come in with her line, that specific audio frame within her movieclip timeline labeled, “speak”. she also has about 6 other speaking cues that I’m trying to call up to coincide with movieclip “boy” while he talks.
can anyone offer any assistance as what is the best way to do this… ? or why it’s not exactly working correctly… ?
thanks for any help.
herman
