A simple pause button for multiple levels?Can anyone do this? 1

[sandgate]

Hey out there;

I have a 'movie' that has mutiple levels.

Level 1 has, say, 5 short movies linked by buttons - read one, press button, read the next.

Meanwhile on Level 2 I have a soundtrack playing (this soundtrack can trade places with other soundtracks on level 2 depending on how many pages you have to read.

Meanwhile on Level 3 I have a looping thunderstorm.

The whole thing could last 30 minutes. 5 minutes in i need to take a piss...

Does anyone know of a simple pause button setup that says freeze every level in its place till i get back?

This seems to be very difficult, and i can't seem to find a flash guy in the tri-state area- NY - that can do this. Has anyone on this forum ever done this? Does anyone know of a tutorial? Does anyone know why adobe makes things so damn difficult to get things done?

Any help would be a great help.
Hoss

 

[oldnewbie]

Are all movies on all levels linear timeline playing movies?

Can you attach your .fla?

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[sandgate]

I want to say yes, but i'm not quite sure I understand what you're asking. My knowledge is very limited in flash. I don't have a URL for file uploads. If there is an email add. I can send my stencil FLAs to...

In case it helps here's a description of how I’ve got it all set up.

INDEX file leads off. ( I use the index file as a container to load all files into and out of)
On index file is a trigger to load MUSIC file to level 2.
On music file is a trigger to load OPENING file to level 1
On opening file is a trigger on internal frame 1 to load LOOPING RAIN.

I think on a couple of files there is a level 4 SFX.

Level 1’s are relatively short movies that trade in and out, based on when the reader presses the green button to advance to next movie.
Level 2 music – could have say 5 MP3s all lined up – self trigger one after the other by internal frame loadmovie triggers from the level 1 movies.
Level 3 loopingrain just loops till I unload it, same as an level 4 SFxs.



I had a free lancer to try and create a pause button. He did a level 2 pause button, cashed my checks and never told me how to implement it into my other 400 movies. I tried cutting and pasting it in, and changing names where needed. I could get the pause button to stop everything but when I hit it to start everything back up… level 1 would play, BUT level 2 music never came back on. If you would like me to send that let me know.

Thank you for giving it all a look though.

Hoss

 

[oldnewbie]

You'll find an address if you hit my handle above this post...

.flas should be zipped up and no single zip larger than 10MBs...

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[sandgate]

Thank you oldN. You've offered your help many a times to me in the past on this project. It's a kindness, that feels a bit rare nowadays.

Hoss

 

[oldnewbie]

Check your mail... I need some actual content to test this out... Not just empty other than code files...

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[sandgate]

Need an answer, not something vague, but something concrete... contact Old Newbie.
hoss
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[oldnewbie]

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