Program help needed in Actionscript 3 game - actionscript-3

Question

I have been making this game in AS3 and the basics work. The thing i am having trouble with is making a 'start' menu appear when the game starts but also when the player dies. I have been trying the .visible code but that didn't seem to work.
Question: What code do i add to my game that makes the start button appear when the game starts but also when the player dies. Code:
package{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
import flash.ui.Keyboard;
import flash.events.Event; //used for ENTER_FRAME event
public class Main extends MovieClip{
//constants
const gravity:Number = 1.5; //gravity of the game
const dist_btw_obstacles:Number = 300; //distance between two obstacles
const ob_speed:Number = 8; //speed of the obstacle
const jump_force:Number = 15; //force with which it jumps
//variables
var player:Player = new Player();
var lastob:Obstacle = new Obstacle(); //varible to store the last obstacle in the obstacle array
var obstacles:Array = new Array(); //an array to store all the obstacles
var yspeed:Number = 0; //A variable representing the vertical speed of the bird
var score:Number = 0; //A variable representing the score
public function Main(){
init();
}
function init():void {
//initialize all the variables
player = new Player();
lastob = new Obstacle();
obstacles = new Array();
yspeed = 0;
score = 0;
//add player to center of the stage the stage
player.x = stage.stageWidth/2;
player.y = stage.stageHeight/2;
addChild(player);
//create 3 obstacles ()
createObstacle();
createObstacle();
createObstacle();
//Add EnterFrame EventListeners (which is called every frame) and KeyBoard EventListeners
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,onEnterFrameHandler);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, key_up);
}
private function key_up(event:KeyboardEvent){
if(event.keyCode == Keyboard.SPACE){
//If space is pressed then make the bird
yspeed = -jump_force;
}
}
function restart(){
if(contains(player))
removeChild(player);
for(var i:int = 0; i < obstacles.length; ++i){
if(contains(obstacles[i]) && obstacles[i] != null)
removeChild(obstacles[i]);
obstacles[i] = null;
}
obstacles.slice(0);
init();
}
function onEnterFrameHandler(event:Event){
//update player
yspeed += gravity;
player.y += yspeed;
//restart if the player touches the ground
if(player.y + player.height/2 > stage.stageHeight){
restart();
}
//Don't allow the bird to go above the screen
if(player.y - player.height/2 < 0){
player.y = player.height/2;
}
//update obstacles
for(var i:int = 0;i<obstacles.length;++i){
updateObstacle(i);
}
//display the score
scoretxt.text = String(score);
}
//This functions update the obstacle
function updateObstacle(i:int){
var ob:Obstacle = obstacles[i];
if(ob == null)
return;
ob.x -= ob_speed;
if(ob.x < -ob.width){
//if an obstacle reaches left of the stage then change its position to the back of the last obstacle
changeObstacle(ob);
}
//If the bird hits an obstacle then restart the game
if(ob.hitTestPoint(player.x + player.width/2,player.y + player.height/2,true)
|| ob.hitTestPoint(player.x + player.width/2,player.y - player.height/2,true)
|| ob.hitTestPoint(player.x - player.width/2,player.y + player.height/2,true)
|| ob.hitTestPoint(player.x - player.width/2,player.y - player.height/2,true)){
restart();
}
//If the bird got through the obstacle without hitting it then increase the score
if((player.x - player.width/2 > ob.x + ob.width/2) && !ob.covered){
++score;
ob.covered = true;
}
}
//This function changes the position of the obstacle such that it will be the last obstacle and it also randomizes its y position
function changeObstacle(ob:Obstacle){
ob.x = lastob.x + dist_btw_obstacles;
ob.y = 100+Math.random()*(stage.stageHeight-200);
lastob = ob;
ob.covered = false;
}
//this function creates an obstacle
function createObstacle(){
var ob:Obstacle = new Obstacle();
if(lastob.x == 0)
ob.x = 800;
else
ob.x = lastob.x + dist_btw_obstacles;
ob.y = 100+Math.random()*(stage.stageHeight-200);
addChild(ob);
obstacles.push(ob);
lastob = ob;
}
}
}
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Draw a Box (with colour fill but no outline). Convert to MovieClip type. Give a name eg: "Menu"
It will be
a container for your menu. Add content by double-clicking it, to add
graphics & text on new layers. Or if you have already have content on some other frames, then just "cut frames" and later do a "paste frames" inside the timeline of this new movieClip.
When you converted, it was added to the Library section
(ctrl + L). Find it ("Menu") in the library and right-click then choose "properties". In
linkage section click "export for actionscript". The Class name should become "Menu" automatically. Now just click "OK".
Example usage in game code.. (ie: To add to screen or remove etc)
//# load the movieClip...
var Menu_Screen : Menu = new Menu(); //# Menu is linkage name given in Library
//# Adding to screen...
gameContainer_MC.addChild( Menu_Screen );
gameCcontainer_MC.removeChild( Menu_Screen );
//# Controlling the movieClip...
Menu_Screen.x = 50;
gameContainer_MC.Menu_Screen.x = 50;