# Transitions **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [September 23, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transitions/5846 "2002-09-23T22:38:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eilsoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc348/32.png) [@eilsoe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eilsoe)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transitions/5846/1 "2002-09-23T22:38:47Z")
well here’s thing i hadn’t thought of before when making a flash site… When making transitions: If I want a main swf with a menu in it, and then having the different menu buttons call an external swf (loadmovie, i know it), and then have transitions too, how? let’s say im on “home” and i want to go to “tutorials”… If i press “tutorials” in the menu, it has to play a transition to “tutorials”, which would be a MC in “home”, then open tutorials.swf after playing the Mc in “home” (are u with me?)… how do u tell the mc to go to “tutorials” after playing that? I mean, there are other menu buttons as well? the menu mc is in the main swf… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transitions/5846/2 "2002-09-23T22:49:27Z")
Depends on the theme of your site - post a link to what you have so far. A suggestion by someone may not be appropriate for your site. Btw, i’ve done a tile based version of the good old maze game - I’ll put it up on my site when I can. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transitions/5846/3 "2002-09-23T22:58:01Z")
Oki I’ll check whenever i can 😛 -transitions: I don’t have a site up just yet, this is purely theoretical. check out no-tec’s site in site of the week. Wherever he is on external swf’s (if he uses them), then when he presses a menu button below, the open swf plays those “tentacle” things coming out, the it jumps to the swf corresponding to the subject chosen in the menu. How can u tell it to jump to a certain swf? simplified: If u are on home and press tuts, u go to tuts, but if u press info, u go to info. but BEFORE going to either info or tuts, home plays a mc. and then goes to whatever u chose… how? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transitions/5846/4 "2002-09-23T23:50:08Z")
Come with an original animation while each swf loads, instead of, or with a normal preloader. Just an animation some frames/scene before the main content. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transitions/5846/5 "2002-09-24T00:12:02Z")
I dunno what you mean… :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transitions/5846/6 "2002-09-24T01:03:44Z")
When you click on home, for example, home.swf loads. In the beginning of the swf, for a few frames, or in the first scene - play a funky intro as your preloader animation. The animation would be dependent on your site. I’m no graphics artist, but I’ll try and do an example.