How to initialize splash screen, intro, trailer???

[mac_n_chez]

my client wants one of those whiz bang 'flashy' intros that are the bane of internet life. i have the whole intro movie designed. my preloader is beautifully calibrated. the 'meat' of the site is perfectly primed but how do I get my 'intro movie' activated after the preloader???

it is in it's own _mc. and i would ideally like to load the movieclip between frame 1 (the preloader) and frame 3(the beginning of the meat of the site).

any ideas???

also, i'm sure this has been answered a million times and if so can someone tell me the search term to use to find the answer??? seems 'intro movie' isn't it and i can't really think of another term to use. (can we say 'brain fry'?)

many thanks for your help!!!!

[mac_n_chez]

okay, okay, okay-it's not as bad as i thought. everything working....almost.

the intro_mc plays for about 50frames and then gets booted off the stage for the meat of the site. i think i need to find a way to force the intro_mc to play and then move on to more pressing matters on the site.

i was under the impression that when a movieclip is loaded the movie clips' timeline takes over for the maintimeline...is this correct???

[mac_n_chez]

stop(); ;) :rolleyes: :D :o

[mac_n_chez]

YIKES!!!! I'm back!!!!

Okay, when I got everything working properly I did it without the preloader. I added the preloader back into the mix and NO WORKIE!!!

take a look (http://www.buffpolishgrind.com/private-flash/index.htm)

the sequence of events is supposed to be 1) preloader 2) opening animation** 3)the main menu.

but the sequence of events IS 1) preloader 2) opening animation 3) 1st frame of main menu 4) opening animation 5)1st frame of main menu .......

ack!!! what do i do??? any ideas???

**yes i know the opening animation sucks. just trying to get everything working to begin with.

[mac_n_chez]

oh if it makes any difference, i'm not using 'loadMovie' but just initializing an _mc so i can re-use alot of the same library items that i will be using later on in the site.