Second setInterval not working

[NIA2]

Hi All,

I have a movie clip containing two setIntervals on its timeline, but the second setInterval won't work. I've uploaded the .fla if someone wouldn't mind taking a look?

The movie clip is on the layer called text5.

Would really appreciate any advice.

Thanks

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Had a quick look. You misspelled all of your interval IDs. Also the interval in question is actually working - you can verify by putting a trace() call. You think it's not working because you don't see it, but that's because the way you structured your movie, which is a different matter...!

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[NIA2]

Thanks for that - just fixed the spelling errors and all is okay. Can you comment further on what's wrong with the structure of the movie - it'd be good to know for future.

Also, I'm not sure how I get this movie to loop back to the beginning. I tried putting the following text on the last frame of the movie clip that sits on the last frame of the main timeline but no luck?? I guess I'm telling the playhead to go back to frame 1 which is labelled "text1" and therefore to play that movie clip again but no luck.

_root.gotoAndStop("text1")
stop();

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Good practice is to avoid putting code in nested MovieClips - in fact I actually avoid nesting MovieClips all together if possible.

As for your looping, the playhead is going back to frame 1 but again you are not seeing it - frame 1 contains the MovieClip which has reached the end so nothing happens.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[NIA2]

Sorry to be so vague but I'm not understanding. If the playhead is going back to frame 1 and the movie clip on this frame has ended, how do I get it all to play again. I mean I need it to loop somehow - is it possible?

 

[kennethkawamoto]

You can put [tt]MovieClip.gotoAndPlay(1);[/tt] in the 1st frame.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[NIA2]

I'm so sorry to have to ask again but the code isn't working. I put:

Text1_mc.gotoAndPlay(1);

on the first frame as you suggested but it doesn't loop. Do you know where I might be going wrong?

Really appreciate your continuted help.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

1. Remove the MovieClip Text1_mc from the Stage
2. Drag MovieClip Text1_mc from Library and place it on stage
3. Name it as "Text1_mc"

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[NIA2]

I've done what you said - placed a new instance of the clip onto the stage and then renamed it Text1_mc. There's Text1_mc.gotoAndPlay(1); on frame 1 also. I can't figure it out - it's still not working!

I uploaded the revised .fla file to the address mentioned above. Would you mind taking just one last look - you'll be able to see exactly what I've done that way.

 

[NIA2]

Just worked out what it was - I had some frames continuing after the movieclips on each layer. I think that was causing some conflict.

Thanks for all your help.