hitTest and set Interval

[mediablitz]

I have an interesting problem;

I have an initial movieclip (movieclip_1) loaded and I want to be able to time the length spent with the mouse down over movieclip_1 and then load movieclip_2 after, say, 10 seconds have elapsed.

If the mouse is pushed outside the active area then after the 10 seconds have elapsed, movieclip_3 is loaded instead.

Any ideas?

I would be very grateful.

My coding skills are abyssmal.

[SacrificialLamb]

i would use onRollOver and onRollOut insted of hitTest. and i don't really know set Interval o i use a counter in onEnterFrame i.e.


t==FPS ? (t=0) (time++) : t++;

and have mouse down clear time so it starts from 0
so you might get some thing like


Name.onRollOver = function() {
mmOver = 0;
};
Name.onRollOut = function() {
mmOver = 1;
};
Name.onReleaseOutside = function() {
mmOver = 1;
};
Name.onMouseDown = function() {
mmdown = 1;
time = 0
};
Name.onMouseUp = function() {
mmdown = 0;
};
Name.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (mmdown) {
t == FPS ? (t=0)(time++) : t++;
if (time > 10) {
if (mmOver) {
Name.gotoAndStop(2);
} else {
Name.gotoAndStop(3);
}
}
}
};

[mediablitz]

Thanks Sacrificial.

However In my ignorance, I need even more clues. Obviously I should have an MC or button with the instance name of "name" but the output window gives me an error for each of the:

Name.onRollOver = function() {
mmOver = 0;
};

for a total of 6 errors. I feel like an idiot.

Any pointers?

[mediablitz]

Thanks Sacrificial.

However In my ignorance, I need even more clues. Obviously I should have an MC or button with the instance name of "name" but the output window gives me an error for each of the:

Name.onRollOver = function() {
mmOver = 0;
};

for a total of 6 errors. I feel like an idiot.

Any pointers?

Actually those errors were because I put the code on an object instead of a frame... er!

Now that I have put the code on the first frame, there are no errors but still I am unclear how to structure this thing.

I have a Movie clip on frame one and a different one on frame 2 of the main timeline but the movie does stop on frame 1 and wait until the mouse is clicked or removed from the movieclip area, it just cycles.

Can you be more specific about where to put the code. I'm sorry I am so ignorant.

[Joppe]

Yerr. That is frame code.

Put it on the frame and name a movieclip to menu, and have three frames in it with an stop on the first frame.

That should do it mate.

[mediablitz]

Yerr. That is frame code.

Put it on the frame and name a movieclip to menu, and have three frames in it with an stop on the first frame.

That should do it mate.

I realised that it was frame code (my mistake...)

and have now tried putting my movieclip (with 3 frames in it with a stop action on frame 1) into the main timeline, but I can't get it to jump to frame 2 of the movieclip no matter how long I hold the mouse down over it.

I name the instance of the movieclip in the main timeline "Name", yes?

What did you mean "name a movieclip to menu"

Fanx again.

[Joppe]

Haha sorry i ment name a movieclip to name xD

[mediablitz]

why won't the movieclip jump to frame 2 when the mouse is held down?

Anybody?

Testing, testing.

[Joppe]

With that code I dont get the time over 1...
Try this


Name.onRollOver = function() {
mmOver = 0;
};
Name.onRollOut = function() {
mmOver = 1;
};
Name.onReleaseOutside = function() {
mmOver = 1;
};
Name.onMouseDown = function() {
mmdown = 1;
time = 0
};
Name.onMouseUp = function() {
mmdown = 0;
};
Name.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (mmdown) {
trace(time)
time++
if (time > 10) {
if (mmOver) {
Name.gotoAndStop(2);
} else {
Name.gotoAndStop(3);
}
}
}
};

[nathan99]

movieclip_1.onPress = function(){
goto2 = true;
myInt = setInterval(function invalid(){
target.gotoAndStop(goto2 ? 2 : 3);
clearInterval(myInt);
}, 10000);
}
movieclip_1.onRollOut = function(){
goto2 = false;
}


try that.