Timed scene switch event doesn't switch to the right scene

Report · Apr 06, 2013

Basically I have a timer, and after one second it's supposed to change scenes to the scene named "Transport"

MovieClip(this.root).gotoAndPlay(1, "Transport");

But it's not working. It keeps changing back to the scene I already was on. What am I doing wrong?

Header 1

//Transport

import flash.events.TimerEvent;

import flash.utils.Timer;

var timer:Timer = new Timer(1000, 1);

timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, fl_ClickToGoToScene_14);

Transport.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fl_ClickToGoToAndPlayFromFrame_2);

function fl_ClickToGoToAndPlayFromFrame_2(event:MouseEvent):void

{

timer.start();

gotoAndPlay(29);

}

function fl_ClickToGoToScene_14(event:TimerEvent):void

{

timer.stop();

MovieClip(this.root).gotoAndPlay(1, "Transport");

}

Report · Apr 06, 2013

why do you have a click listener for Transport? that's a problem but what are you trying to accomplish with that code?

Report · Apr 06, 2013

I don't know, I don't know how to code so I'm essentially fumbling around in the dark.

But what I'm doing with that code is that I press a button, then it plays a few frames on the current scene and after 1 second it switches to another scene. Basically it plays an exiting animation then switches pages.

Report · Apr 06, 2013

that's fine. but

1. your button should NOT have the same name as any other object (like a scene name). ie, rename your button

2. unless you have a stop() after frame 1 in your Transport scene, your main timeline will loop. ie, use gotoAndStop:

MovieClip(this.root).gotoAndStop(1, "Transport");

or add a stop somewhere in your timeline where you want to stop after going to 1,Transport

Report · Apr 06, 2013

I renamed all by buttons to be Xxxx_button, thanks for the heads up. However I now get these errors:

My code is as such:

stop();
//Transport
import flash.events.TimerEvent;
import flash.utils.Timer;
var timer:Timer = new Timer(1000, 1);
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, fl_ClickToGoToScene_14);
Transport_button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fl_ClickToGoToAndPlayFromFrame_2);
function fl_ClickToGoToAndPlayFromFrame_2(event:MouseEvent):void
{
          timer.start();
          gotoAndPlay(29);
}
function fl_ClickToGoToScene_14(event:TimerEvent):void
{
          timer.stop();
          MovieClip(this.root).nextScene(1, "Transport");
}
//Økonomi
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, fl_ClickToGoToScene_15);
Økonomi_button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fl_ClickToGoToAndPlayFromFrame_3);
function fl_ClickToGoToAndPlayFromFrame_3(event:MouseEvent):void
{
          timer.start();
          gotoAndPlay(29);
}
function fl_ClickToGoToScene_15(event:TimerEvent):void
{
          timer.stop();
          MovieClip(this.root).nextScene(1, "Økonomi");
}
//Skole
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, fl_ClickToGoToScene_16);
Skole_button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fl_ClickToGoToAndPlayFromFrame_4);
function fl_ClickToGoToAndPlayFromFrame_4(event:MouseEvent):void
{
          timer.start();
          gotoAndPlay(29);
}
function fl_ClickToGoToScene_16(event:TimerEvent):void
{
          timer.stop();
          MovieClip(this.root).nextScene(1, "Skole");
}
//Miljø
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, fl_ClickToGoToScene_17);
Miljø_button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fl_ClickToGoToAndPlayFromFrame_5);
function fl_ClickToGoToAndPlayFromFrame_5(event:MouseEvent):void
{
          timer.start();
          gotoAndPlay(29);
}
function fl_ClickToGoToScene_17(event:TimerEvent):void
{
          timer.stop();
          MovieClip(this.root).nextScene(1, "Miljø");
}
//Verden
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, fl_ClickToGoToScene_18);
Verden_button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fl_ClickToGoToAndPlayFromFrame_6);
function fl_ClickToGoToAndPlayFromFrame_6(event:MouseEvent):void
{
          timer.start();
          gotoAndPlay(29);
}
function fl_ClickToGoToScene_18(event:TimerEvent):void
{
          timer.stop();
          MovieClip(this.root).nextScene(1, "Verden");
}
NRK.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fl_ClickToGoToWebPage);
function fl_ClickToGoToWebPage(event:MouseEvent):void
{
          navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.venstre.no/artikkel/47993/"), "_blank");
}

Report · Apr 06, 2013

i don't know where you got that nextScene code but i didn't suggest using that.

in any case, if you want to use nextScene, you need to use it correctly. it accepts no arguments. the timeline advances to the next scene and stops. you cannot specify a frame nor scene name in that method.

to remedy, use the code i suggested or remove the arguments from nextScene().