Advanced layers screwing up my code

[Kaye S]

Last year I made an animation. It worked fine with code and using the camera layer/tool. Ive reopened the file this year to make some changes. The "Do you want to turn on advanced layers" box appears. If I say "yes" to this, then all the references in my scrips to my movieclips stop working and throw up an error

Access of undefined property xxxx

If I turn off the Advanced layers function, my scripts work but then I can no longer use the Camera tool. Is there anyway to install last years version of Animate CC? Or how do I reference all my movie clips in my code with advanced layers turned on? I don't really need advanced layers...just the camera feature.

This is really frustrating.

Any ideas?

[n. tilcheff]

Hi mate,

Scroll down to the middle of this page Create timeline layers with Animate

You'll see a section called "Using Advanced Layers"

It should answer your question how to reference them

Hope this helps!

[Kaye S]

Thank you!

I have tried to implement the script using the example from the link however I havent been too successful and keep getting different error codes.

In a normal Actionscript, a person could type the following, for example:

symbol_Instance_name.gotoAndStop("frameLabelName");

I would love it if someone could help me change this code to make it work With Advanced layers.

Thanks in Advanced!

[Kaye S · Accepted solution]

I've just solved the problem. If anyone else is really confused by the example given by Adobe like I was, here's a basic explanation of how the script will change:

Without Advanced Layers: MovieClipInstanceName.gotoAndStop(5);

WITH Advanced Layers: nameOfYourLayer.MovieClipInstanceName.gotoAndStop(5);

So easy!

[reqqs]

you. just. saved. MY LIFE!!

It's 4 AM, my friend and I lost all hope for our Final project on Animate, and this thread just SAVED US!!

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[gabrielr31466914]

Dude thx so much, I'm literally crying, being at it for atlmost 12 hours with my friend and we couldn't solve this. Thx a lot really!

[keumdong]

i having some issue but i tried your code but still the error is the same, anyone help

[kglad]

@keumdong 

what error?

[keumdong]

same as the original post, i tried correcting using the given solving but it still error

[kglad]

what's your corrected code?

[keumdong]

this is the latest code, it dont show any error anymore but the button(i set to graphic) is useless it suppose to navigate me to other (1,"Opening1") , the button is under the bottle refer to picture

[keumdong]

i have the same problem with the original post above, after i did some changed it show no error anymore and the camera animation also okay, but the button is not functioning now, hope u can help me with this

[kglad]

how is it that a non-main timeline movieclip has scenes?

[keumdong]

can you eloberate i dont really get it

[kglad]

instead of your goto, use a trace("hi") so you can see your mouse action works.

[keumdong]

can u show me how to change it?

[kglad]

comment out your goto or remove it

replace with my trace statement.

[keumdong]

like this ?

[kglad]

yes

[keumdong]

it still not working and how this trace can navigate me to the scene i want, since there no reference in the the code not like the one i made?

[kglad]

click your movieclip.

check your output panel

do you see "hi"?

[keumdong]

u mean here right? then there no hi here

[kglad]

did you click that movieclip?

[keumdong]

yes, movie clip you mean the button right ?

[kglad]

i mean

this.click.movieclip_9