The 2CaSS Archive

Hiding the next page before you scroll

The scroll template is a great way to tell a historical story - it looks so much better being written on a scrolling parchment!

However, when embedding the flash file into a webpage it can result in the previous and next pages becoming visible either side of the current page;

After having a go at hiding the next pages with code, and speaking to 2Simple, in the end the following code will hide the next page before you scroll to it (hiding the previous page is still a problem)

_root.bodger2._width=500;

The "500" value should hide the next page completely, but if you are using a wide monitor you may need to increase this value more.

Right click the green triangle and place the code there for it to work on all pages in your presentation.

You can see these examples here (without the code) and here (with the code)

Go Anywhere on screen

If you want to be able to move an object around the screen yourself, whenever you feel like it, you can! You can make use of key presses to achieve this.

When editing an element, choose the "adv" option and enter the following code;

if (Key.isDown(39)==true) { this._x++;}

to move the object left using the left arrow. Change the key number for other keys, and change the x and y values to alter the movement. Make sure EACH timeframe has the "adv" code within it.

The key codes are Enter Key (13), Space Key (32), Left Key (37), Up key (38), Right Key (39), Down Key (40),  0 (48) - 9 (57), A (65) - Z (90)

To move left use x--, to move right use x++, to move up use y--, to move down use y++

Path Follow Rotation

One of the great features of 2CaSS is the "path follow" option so that you can create a custom path around the screen for an object to follow, however sometimes this doesn't have the desired effect (especially if a dog begins to turn upside down and walk on its head!!)

Some simple actionscript code can stop the rotation occuring. Just add the "adv" option to each frame in the timeline with the following code inside it;

this._rotation=0;

Knowing an objects name

If you're ready to play with actionscript, but have no idea which object on a page is which, here's a useful feature. Click on the object in question, and look at the top right of the screen (between the timeframe clock and the minimise icon). You should see the name of the object in a light blue colour as in the example shown below. 

This is the name you will need to use when adding actionscript for that object.

Hide the Previous / Next page buttons

If you are creating a branching story - and would prefer the user not to just click through all the pages in the order they were created using the next page / last page arrows, you can hide them using a small amount of Actionscript code.

Right click on the green "play" triangle and enter the following code;

_root.page1.nextBut._visible=false;

If you want to remove the previous page button, use .prevBut instead of .nextBut, and change the page number for whichever page you are wanting to hide the buttons on.