so i have a controller movieclip that rewinds my main timeline. the button
that triggers this mc on and off is present on all the frames except frame 1.
So once I rewind my timeline back to frame 1, the button goes away, but the
controller script continues to rewind, so my scene gets stuck there. What
script should I use to make my movieclip disabled when the root timeline is on
frame 1?

Maybe you should stop the rewind when it reached the first frame. You could use _level0._currentframe to see where the main timeline is from your controller.

hth,

-Maybe you should stop the rewind when it reached the first frame. You could
use _level0._currentframe to see where the -main timeline is from your
controller.
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-hth,
-blemmo

Ok, so would I do something like:

if _level0._currentframe = 1 {
_parent.stop();
}

And that would go in the movie clip? Also, what's the difference between
level0 and _parent. For that matter, what's the difference between _parent and
_root? I assume parent is one level up, which might or might not be the main
timeline, and root goes straight to the main timeline. Is that right?

Hi Eirik,

The code to stop the rewind should be in the controller_mc, where the rewind
takes place. How to stop depends on your code, if you used a loop, you should
delete that, or if it's a looping MC, stop the playing.

You're right about _parent, and almost right about _root. _root is the main
timeline of the level where the _root statement sits, so the _root of _level1
would not be the main movie, but the lowest layer in _level1 (identical to
_level1 prefix).
So to make sure you address the main movie, you can always use _level0, that
will lead always to the main movie that started all.

greets,
blemmo