Basic Timeline Max Question. [SOLVED]

[ej23]

Hello Everybody.

 

I was hoping someone could answer, what is probably a very simple question in regards to Timeline Max, so here it is:

 

Basically what I am trying to do is delay the restart of my timeline, after an external SWF (child) is removed.

 

I don't have a problem getting the time line to restart, it just starts before some of my other tweens are finished.

 

Again this is probably real simple, but I can't for the life of me figure this out.

 

Here is the code if it's even needed.

 

TheArrows.restart(); 

//////////////////////This what I would like delayed./////////////

 

 

The code above is the last line of a function, which has about 7 tweens. The timeline though starts to play before these tweens end.

 

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks in advance for any sort of help.

[GreenSock]

There are a lot of ways to do this, so it's tough to say what's best without seeing the rest of your code. But here are some options:

 

1) Use a delayedCall like:

 

TweenLite.delayedCall(1, myTimeline.restart); //delays for 1 second

 

2) Use the repeat and repeatDelay like:

 

var tl:TimelineMax = new TimelineMax({repeat:1, repeatDelay:1});
...

 

3) Make the original TimelineMax instance have a delay, and then when you restart(), tell it to include that delay:

 

var tl:TimelineMax = new TimelineMax({delay:1});
...
tl.restart(true);

 

4) If you have other tweens that need to finish first, dump them into a TimelineLite and then append() your other timeline (nest it). That way, it'll finish as soon as the others are done.

 

Does that help?

[ej23]

Perfect! Many Thanks!

 

Yes Timeline Lite & Max are definitely the way to go.

Being new to AS3 coding, there is probably a lot I have to learn before I can fully realize Timeline Lite & Max's full potential, but so far, it has been extremely helpful.

Thanks again for your help, and Greensock