Flash reverse timeline - actionscript-3

Worked with flash cs6 and as3.
I wanted to make menu like this link. When mouse_over on the menu, the blue rectangle moves to the right; and when mouse_up, the animation reversed.
I made the blue rectangle in a movieclip menuBlueHome. There, I made the rectangle moves from left to right (from frame 1 to 10). At frame 10, I made action script:
stop();
I was still working with home menu when I faced this problem. When I hover the home menu, the blue rectangle moves to the right and reversed straightaway before mouse_up. Here is the code outside the mc:
var menuBlueHome: MovieClip;
menuBlueHome.stop();
var direct: String;
btnHome.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,onOverHome);
btnHome.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT,onLeaveHome);
btnHome.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,onClickHome);
function onOverHome(e:MouseEvent):void{
androidHome.visible = true;
menuBlueHome.play();
}
function onLeaveHome(e:MouseEvent):void{
androidHome.visible = false;
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,onFrameHome);
}
function onClickHome(e:MouseEvent):void{
gotoAndStop(1);
}
function onFrameHome(event:Event):void {
if(menuBlueHome.currentFrame > 9) {
direct = "backward";
}
var backAmount:Number = menuBlueHome.currentFrame -1;
if(direct == "backward") {
menuBlueHome.gotoAndStop(backAmount);
}
}
Did I make something wrong with the code? Thanks for your help.

Try with this code:
function onLeaveHome(e:MouseEvent):void{
androidHome.visible = false;
menuBlueHome.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onFrameHome);
menuBlueHome.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onFrameHome);
}
function onFrameHome(event:Event):void {
var backAmount:Number = menuBlueHome.currentFrame - 1;
menuBlueHome.gotoAndStop(backAmount);
if(backAmount == 1) menuBlueHome.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onFrameHome);
}
Here you have and example.
But, I recommend you to do your code more dynamic, here you have another example.

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Timeline Seekbar in AS3

I'm trying a flash actionscript project to include a custom seekbar for timeline frame navigation. Now i could get dragger moving across the seekbar with respect to the totalframes. But dragging the seekbar brings error. Also i want to include timer to show the minute and seconds passed.
var ratio = 0;
ratio = this.totalFrames/main.line.width;
var go = 0;
var isComplete = false;
var tFrame = this.totalFrames;
var isPress = false;
stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, drag);
function drag(event:Event):void {
if(main.dragger.x<=main.line.width){
main.dragger.x = this.currentFrame/ratio;
}
}
main.dragger.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, drag1);
function drag1(event:MouseEvent):void {
main.dragger.startDrag(false, new Rectangle(0, 9.2, main.line.width, 9.2));
isPress = true;
main.dragger.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, frame);
}
function frame(event:Event):void
{
trace (this.currentFrame);
if(this.currentFrame < tFrame){
gotoAndPlay(Math.round(main.x*ratio));
}else{
gotoAndPlay(tFrame-1);
}
}
main.dragger.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,release);
function release(event:MouseEvent):void {
main.dragger.stopDrag();
main.dragger.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, drag1);
}
when i click the dragger to move, it automatically jumps to starting position and also the gotoAndPlay jumps to that position and continuously stays there..
Attachment:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4UOEUQTrhB0a21EaUpaUE52MGM
UPDATE
This is an other method found in adobe forum, But this also gives the same dragging problem.
var tl:MovieClip=this;
tl.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,enterframeF);
paramF(tl,1,0,tl.totalFrames,slider.line.width); // create a horizontal slider movieclip that contains a track movieclip and a thumbscroll movieclip that do the obvious and have left-sided reg point
paramF(slider,0,1,slider.line.width-slider.thumbscroll.width,tl.totalFrames);
var scrollRect1:Rectangle=new Rectangle(0,0,slider.line.width-slider.thumbscroll.width,0);
function enterframeF(e:Event):void{
slider.thumbscroll.x=tl.m*tl.currentFrame+tl.b;
}
slider.thumbscroll.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,scrolldownF);
slider.thumbscroll.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,scrollupF);
function scrolldownF(e:MouseEvent):void{
tl.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,enterframeF);
slider.thumbscroll.startDrag(false,scrollRect1);
slider.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,scrollF);
}
function scrollupF(e:MouseEvent):void{
tl.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,enterframeF);
slider.thumbscroll.stopDrag();
slider.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,scrollF);
}
function scrollF(e:MouseEvent):void{
tl.gotoAndStop(Math.round(slider.thumbscroll.x*slider.m+slider.b));
}
function paramF(mc:MovieClip,x1:Number,y1:Number,x2:Number,y2:Number):void{
mc.m=(y1-y2)/(x1-x2);
mc.b=y2-mc.m*x2;
}

How to stop a movieClip from playing in Flash CS6 AS3 (with Box2D)

I've spent 14 hours on this problem. This is a basic collision checker that sets a MovieClip animation to play when a collision occurs. The clip is
currentBallObject.clip.
It works. The clips plays. But it repeats over and over.
private function checkCollisions():void
{
var i = balls.length;
while (i--)
{
var currentBallObject = balls[i];
if (currentBallObject.contact)
{
//condition hits ground
if (currentBallObject.ground)
{
currentBallObject.body.SetPosition(new b2Vec2(currentBallObject.startX / PIXELS_TO_METRE, currentBallObject.startY / PIXELS_TO_METRE));
currentBallObject.body.SetLinearVelocity(new b2Vec2(0, 0));
currentBallObject.body.SetAngularVelocity(0);
//currentBallObject.texture.pop();
}
else // it hit player
{
// assign clip texture to current position
currentBallObject.clip.x = currentBallObject.body.GetPosition().x * PIXELS_TO_METRE;
currentBallObject.clip.y = currentBallObject.body.GetPosition().y * PIXELS_TO_METRE;
// whisk old object away
currentBallObject.body.SetPosition(new b2Vec2(currentBallObject.startX / PIXELS_TO_METRE, currentBallObject.startY / PIXELS_TO_METRE));
currentBallObject.body.SetLinearVelocity(new b2Vec2(0, 0));
currentBallObject.body.SetAngularVelocity(0);
currentBallObject.contact = false;
}
}
}
}
I added this code to delete the MovieClip or somehow get rid of it after it has played through once. (42 frames). I also tried to add a frameListener and at least a dozen other suggestions. When I add
stop()
The animation doesn't play. It just loads the last frame. The code I have now is:
private function updateClips():void
{
var i = balls.length;
while (i--)
{
var currentBallObject = balls[i];
if(currentBallObject.clip)
{
var frame:int = currentBallObject.clip.currentFrame;
//trace(currentBallObject.clip.currentFrame);
if(frame == 42)
{
currentBallObject.clip._visible = false;
currentBallObject.clip.removeMovieClip();
currentBallObject.clip.enabled = -1;
}
}
}
}
I've tried counting the frames, putting it a run-once function, a frame exit listener, I am out of ideas. I just want to make a MovieClip run one time through. I also tried putting stop() in the timeline and then the animation didn't play. It just loaded the last frame.
Right now the collisions work but the animations stay on the screen forever, looping forever.
Edit: I got the code by Patrick to run without errors.
I added the event listener with the others like this:
_input = new Input(stage);
...
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, oEF);
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, update);
time_count.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, on_time);
time_count.start();
}
And then created a function:
private function oEF(e:Event):void{
var i = balls.length;
while (i--)
{
var currentBallObject = balls[i];
if (currentBallObject.clip.currentFrame >= currentBallObject.clip.totalFrames)
{
currentBallObject.clip.stop();
currentBallObject.clip.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, oEF);
if (currentBallObject.clip.parent) currentBallObject.clip.parent.removeChild(currentBallObject.clip);
}
}
}
But I still get the same problem as any other result. The MovieClip disappears on contact without the animation happening.
Through debugging I've learned more. The value of currentFrame starts off going 1-40 then stays at 40 for the rest of the execution.
So the MovieClip is always on the last frame for every object.
if clip is a MovieClip then you can use clip.totalFrames in an enterframe listener.
function oEF(e:Event):void{
if (this.currentFrame >= this.totalFrames){
this.stop();
this.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, oEF);
if (this.parent) this.parent.removeChild(this);
}
}
this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, oEF);
I figured it out.
if (currentBallObject.clip.currentFrame == currentBallObject.clip.totalFrames)
{
trace("Frame before kill: ", currentBallObject.clip.currentFrame);
currentBallObject.clip.x = 0;
currentBallObject.clip.y = 0;
}
The above block goes right after
var currentBallObject = balls[i];
It checks if the movieClip is on the last frame and then gets rid of the clip by setting clip.x & clip.y to 0. I could find no other way to stop the movie in this particular case.

Path glow effect in the mouse over event in actionscript 3

I'm building a board game in action script 3 Adobe flash. In that if i mouseover on a particular pawn, it has to show the number of steps which can be moved by that pawn with respect to dice value with path glow effect.
Here in my code path will glow after i move the pawn with respect to dice number.
opawn1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fl_ClickToGoToAndStopAtFrame_3);
function fl_ClickToGoToAndStopAtFrame_3(event: Mouse): void {
var filterarray: Array=new Array();
opawn1.filters=[glow];
var gfilter: GlowFilter=new GlowFilter();
filterarray.push(gfilter);
current_pawn = arrayPawn[0];
checkSize(opawn1);
if (o_move == 0) {
o_move = 1;
convert_to_movieclip(s1);
}
temp = get_number_of_moves(odirectmove, checkorange, 0, current_pawn);
odirectmove = false;
for(var i=0;i<temp+1;i++)
{
s1[i].filters=filterarray;
}
Here I used mouse click event, Its not working if i change it as mouseover.
Please let me know the above code is correct or not.
How to achieve this?
As #otololua said, the type of your fl_ClickToGoToAndStopAtFrame_3 event parameter should be MouseEvent and not Mouse, then you can change MouseEvent.CLICK by MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER like this :
opawn1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, opawn1_on_MouseOver);
function opawn1_on_MouseOver(event:MouseEvent): void {
var glow_filter: GlowFilter = new GlowFilter();
var filters_array: Array = [glow_filter];
your_target_object.filters = filters_array
// ...
}
And if you need that effect be visible only when the mouse is over, you can remove it using MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT like this :
opawn1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, opawn1_on_MouseOut);
function opawn1_on_MouseOut(event:MouseEvent): void {
your_target_object.filters = null;
// ...
}
Hope that can help you.

Flash CS3 AS3 Movieclips carrying over to other frames

OK so I am having a weird issue. I have some movieclips on screen, 4 of them, each with the following code (with different instance names of course):
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,globalMouseDown,false,0,true); //add a global mouse listener
function globalMouseDown(e:Event):void {
//find out if the target is a descendant of this, if not, then something else was clicked.
var parent:DisplayObject = e.target as DisplayObject;
while(parent && parent != stage){
if(parent == this) return;
parent = parent.parent;
}
//something else was clicked that wasn't this, so go to the up state
gotoAndStop(1);
}
stop();
addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onHs1Press);
addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, onHs1Over);
addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, onHs1Out);
function onHs1Press(event:MouseEvent):void
{
// toggle between frame 1 and 3 on button press
gotoAndStop(this.currentFrame == 3 ? 1 : 3);
parent.addChild(this)
}
function onHs1Over(event:MouseEvent):void
{
if (currentFrame != 3)
{
gotoAndStop(2);
}
}
function onHs1Out(event:MouseEvent):void
{
// only switch back to UP state if the button is "pressed"
if (currentFrame != 3)
{
gotoAndStop(1);
}
}
Basically it lets you hover your mouse and the movieclip changes and then when you click on it a little pop up window appears until you click the movieclip again to close it.
There is also a button on screen that allows you to move forward or backwards to other frames with this code:
Next.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,Nclick);
function Nclick(event:MouseEvent):void {
nextFrame();
}
Back.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,Bclick);
function Bclick(event:MouseEvent):void {
prevFrame();
}
The button code is on the main timeline and the movieclip code is on the movieclip's timeline.
For some reason if you have the movieclip in the DOWN state (with the popup window open) and you click the button to go to the next frame, the movieclip follows onto the next and any other frames instead of just going away.
I have this same code present on other frames and none of the other ones behave this way, it's really weird.
You can even click it still when its on the other frames and bring up the popup window where the movieclip and code aren't even present.
What's going on with it?
I tried testing this, and could reproduce your issue. If you add a movieclip to the stage in FlashPro, after changing it's index or parentage, it will from that point on be treated like an object created from code and the timeline will ignore it and even create another instance of it on a frame where it is created.
You'll have to manually remove the buttons from the display list.
function Nclick(event:MouseEvent):void {
nextFrame();
removeBtns();
}
function Bclick(event:MouseEvent):void {
prevFrame();
removeBtns();
}
function removeBtns():void {
if(currentFrame != 2){ //whatever the frame of your buttons is
if(btn1 && btn1.parent) removeChild(btn1); //btn1 being whatever your button instnace name is
if(btn2 && btn2.parent) removeChild(btn2); //repeat for all buttons
}
}
OR If you'd prefer to have encapsulated code, instead of the above, put this on your button class/timeline:
var myFrame:int = MovieClip(parent).currentFrame;
this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,enterFrameHandler);
this.addEventListener(Event.REMOVED_FROM_STAGE,removedHandler);
function enterFrameHandler(e:Event):void {
if(MovieClip(parent).currentFrame != myFrame){
parent.removeChild(this);
}
}
function removedHandler(e:Event):void {
this.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, enterFrameHandler);
this.removeEventListener(Event.REMOVED_FROM_STAGE, removedHandler);
}

Issue with MOUSE_MOVE and MOUSE_OUT applied to stage

I'm having an issue with MOUSE_OUT being called while it shouldn't. What I'm doing is quite simple: two images are shown when I move the mouse across the stage, and when the mouse leaves the stage they are hidden.
The problem is, that whenever the mouse hits the border of any movieclip on the stage, the MOUSE_OUT function gets called, hiding the two images. This means that whenever I move the mouse
My code (only the relevant parts are shown):
public class Slider extends MovieClip {
var img1:Img1 = new Img1;
var img2:Img2 = new Img2;
var img1_hover:Img1_hover = new Img1_hover;
var img2_hover:Img2_hover = new Img2_hover;
public function Slider() {
img1.alpha = 0;
img2.alpha = 0;
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, showArrows);
}
function showArrows(e:MouseEvent) {
img1.alpha = 1;
img2.alpha = 1;
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, hideArrows);
}
function hideArrows(e:MouseEvent) {
img1.alpha = 0;
img2.alpha = 0;
}
}
Flash throws no errors. I am using a separate .as file (just one) and have no code inside of the action panel in the .fla.
Where there's stage.addEventListener, I also tried this., root. and nothing instead of stage.
You want to use the MOUSE_LEAVE event instead http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/display/Stage.html#event:mouseLeave
Alternatively, in the hideArrows function you can check the target of the event:
function hideArrows(e:MouseEvent) {
If(e.target == stage){
img1.alpha = 0;
img2.alpha = 0;
}
}