about scenes in a movie

[franmartin]

My problem was answered in thread:
http://www.actionscripts.org/forums/showthread.php3?threadid=2039

But.........

Now I want to know why is that " the way ". I was trying lots of different scripts to launch scene2 from last frame of a movieclip placed in scene1. And the last thing I could imagine is that just labeling the first frame of scene2 and calling it could work, like that labeled frame still remains on scene1 .
Then my conclusion is that scenes are not instances, or classes, or anything from a flash movie, just a way to help to organize the work of programmers, designers, whatever.
A movie has the same scene all along. is not?

If a look like confused don´t worry... I am really confused and.... disturbed... :confused:

Thanks in advance.

Ok and now I´m more confused. My new scene2 works properly choosing test scene. Choosing test movie it doesn´t work.

>>Well, it looks like that once you labeled one frame of scene2 then you have to keep labeling all the keyframes, and don´t use numbers.

[Edited by franmartin on 05-04-2001 at 02:42 PM]

[mgb]

When Flash exports a movie it deletes scenes, as you correctly suggested, and the movie consists of a string of frames the length of your entire movie. It is the same in Flash 4 - you have to use labels to get from a movie clip to the root. This question is perhaps the most frequently asked question on Flash boards! and confuses a lot of people. It's just the way flash is made.

~mgb

[franmartin]

thanks mgb :) .

Now more amazing things about scenes.
I worked on my scene2 under the usual newbiee method: trying, mistake, trying again, bigger mistake and so....and
I have at least 3 different new flash files (.swf)in the folder where I saved mymainmovie that looks like some kind of temporary files.

I mean now in the folder I have the mymainmovie.fla, mymainmovie.swf, mymainmovie.exe plus somemovieclipfromscene2.swf, someoldrefusedscene2.swf, and anothermovieclipfromscene2.swf.

Why???


thanks in advance.

[mgb]

This is because when you test a scene / movie clip Flash publishes an swf each time. It also publishes quicktime, html and so on if you have specified them in the publish settings. You always get more than you bargained for with Flash !!!


~mgb

[franmartin]

I have just one .fla: mymainmovie.fla. It has two scenes. Publish settings are flash and projector. Then into the folder appears mymainmovie.fla, mymainmovie.exe and mymainmovie.swf. That´s fine.
The cuestion is why are there two .swf files more now??
( the last time before folder had three .swf files more.)
One swf is some kind of second scene movie and other is some kind of movieclip from that second scene. It looks like temporary files.
this kind of "X-files" just happened to me.:eek:

thanks in advance.

[mgb]

Yes, when you test a scene you get an swf for that scene.


~mgb

[franmartin]

I got it.
Thanks mgb now I understand. Yes I was testing my scene2 and I forgot I saw that progress bar titled "exporting flash player" . The somemovieclipfromscene2.swf was formed cause I attempt to test scene2 while that somemovieclip was selected in the timeline. The last time before there was one somemovieclipfromscene2 more cause I did it twice.

I feel good... thanks.