How do I insert a looping timeLine into a main timeLine

[ngrinchenko]

I would like to have a looping animation inside my main timeline.

I can not figure out a working code for it.

 

I know that it has to be ({repeat:-1, yoyo:true});

But not sure how to construct the whole thing.

So I will start with a var =

Then I will build my time line with appendMultiple method.

How would I keep it separate in the code so it doesn't play until it is needed and how would I insert it.

Would I reference it as an mc and tween it?

 

Any chance for a sample code?

[ngrinchenko]

O.K Kind of got it. GreenSock helped me with this in my previous post.

According to my novice understanding there has to be an error in the code which I can not decipher. Here is my code:

 

import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;


var nested_timeLine:TimelineMax = new TimelineMax({repeat:-1, yoyo:true});//yoyo:true makes it go backwards and forwards//yoyo:false would make it go forward and start from beginning to forward again
nested_timeLine.appendMultiple([TweenMax.from(shape21_mc, .125, {autoAlpha:0, tint:0xffffff }),
							    TweenMax.from(shape22_mc, .125, {autoAlpha:0, tint:0x0fffff }),
							    TweenMax.from(shape23_mc, .125, {autoAlpha:0, tint:0x00ffff })],
							    -.01, //offset number, i.e. how long it waits before to start
							    TweenAlign.START,//tweens start times are aligned, or TweenAlign.SEQUENCE so they start one after another
							    0.1);


var master_timeLine:TimelineMax = new TimelineMax({timeScale: .5});

master_timeLine.append(TweenMax.from(shape11_mc, .5, {autoAlpha:0, scaleY:0}));
master_timeLine.append(TweenMax.from(shape12_mc, .5, {autoAlpha:0, scaleX:0}), -.2);
master_timeLine.append(TweenMax.from(shape13_mc, .5, {autoAlpha:0, scaleX:0}), -.2);


master_timeLine.append(nested_timeLine);
master_timeLine.insert(TweenMax.from(nested_timeLine, 1, {autoAlpha:0}), nested_timeLine.duration); //puts it right after the first iteration of "nested"

master_timeLine.append(TweenMax.from(shape3_mc, .2, {autoAlpha:0, scaleY:0}), -.1);

 

I think the error is in the line:

master_timeLine.insert(TweenMax.from(nested_timeLine, 1, {autoAlpha:0}), nested_timeLine.duration); //puts it right after the first iteration of "nested"

The tween after the inserted timeLine "shape3_mc" appears before anything else on the screen and stays this way.

In the output panes I get the following message:

ReferenceError: Error #1069: Property alpha not found on com.greensock.TimelineMax and there is no default value.

at com.greensock.plugins::AutoAlphaPlugin/onInitTween()

at com.greensock::TweenLite/init()

at com.greensock::TweenMax/init()

at com.greensock::TweenMax/renderTime()

at com.greensock.core::SimpleTimeline/renderTime()

at com.greensock::TweenLite$/updateAll()

 

Also in the line of code "master_timeLine.insert" insert does not get highlighted as an "append" would... But "insert" is the proper function?