Pause with in a timeline in AS2

[rob_v_5712]

Ok - I think Im losing my mind

 

I asked this question a while ago here :

http://forums.greensock.com/topic/7886-adding-a-pause-during-timelinelite/

and its been working exactly as expected.

However, I had to do a project in AS2, and it does not seem to work.

I need to pause the timeline at a specific frame, wait for user feedback, then resume.

 

Normally I just add this to my timeline where I want the pause :

AS3

  .call(tl.pause,[],13)

 

in AS2 - I have to add the scope so its like this:

  .call(tl.pause,[],this,13)

 

But for some reason, in AS2 it just ignores it.

 

Here is exactly what Im doing :

 

var tl = new TimelineLite();


tl.to(mc, 1, {_x:100},5)
  .from(mc, 1, {_y:-100}, 10)
  .call(trace,['here'],this,12)
  .call(tl.pause,[],this,13)
  .call(trace,['here 2'],this,14)
  .to(mc1, 1, {_alpha:0}, 15);
  

Here is the output, never pausing:

here

here 2

Im sure Im just missing something stupid here!

 

Any help please

 

Thanks

-Rob

 

 

[rob_v_5712]

So it seems that I needed to change the scope from 

 

.call(tl.pause,[],this,13)

 

to

 

.call(tl.pause,[],tl,13)

works like a charm

 

AS2 makes me go argh!!

[rob_v_5712]

Well as luck would have it - now I have another problem - I swear, its just been one of those days!

 

For some reason, if I use a timeline w/ frames and pause it, I have issues un-pausing it.

For example:

I have 2 MCs and set up a timeline like this:

var tl = new TimelineLite({useFrames:true});

tl.to(mc0,0, {_alpha:0},1)
  .to(contuneButton,0,{_alpha:0},1)
  .to(mc0, 1, {_alpha:100},20)
  .to(contuneButton,1,{_alpha:100},20)
  .call(trace,['about to pause'],tl,29)
  .call(tl.pause,[],tl,30)
  .to(mc0, 1, {_alpha:0}, 31);
  
	  
contuneButton.onRelease = function()
{
	trace('resuming')
	tl.resume();
}

I have to click the continue button twice to get the timeline going again.

However - If I set up the timeline w/out using frames:

 

var tl = new TimelineMax();

 

It works exactly as expected.

 

Again - this seems to just the happening in AS2 - doing it this way in AS3 works fine.

Any ideas why this is?

[Carl]

Hi Rob,

 

Just to give you an update, it appears you have stumbled into a little glitch that we need to fix.

 

We'll let you know when we have a fix.

 

In the meantime try 

tl.resume(tl.time()+1);

This will resume playback on the next frame. Hopefully that will hold you over for a bit.

Sorry for the confusion/frustration.

 

Carl

[rob_v_5712]

Thanks for the reply, that's pretty much what I was doing as a workaround.

Glad to know I wasn't going crazy;)