Removing Splash Screen using button in Movieclip

Question

Hi
I have created a shooting game and I am struggling to create a splash screen at the beginning informing the user of
the controls with a button to start the game, which removes the splash screen. I am trying to add the splash screen in the main timeline
using addChild event. I can get the splash screen to appear on the game and remove it when the playgame button is pressed, but this
prevents all the other event listeners so I am not able to fire or move the ship.
In the splash screen I have the code :
Play_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,playgame)
function playgame(e:Event):void
Play_btn.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,playgame)
parent.removeChild(this);
and in the main timeline I have :
addChild(splashscreen);
Can anyone give me some guidance, thanks for reading this

Answer 1

Hi
thanks for taking the time, I don't know how to upload the fla so here is my code.
The code in the splashscreen MovieClip, which has a button called Play_btn is :
Play_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,playgame);
function playgame(e:Event):void
parent.removeChild(this);
Play_btn.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,playgame)
and the code in the main timeline is :
//import some important flash libraries.
import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.sampler.Sample;
var score:Number=0;
var countCollisions:Number =0;
var astArray:Array = new Array();
var enemyshipArray = new Array();
var enemybulletArray = new Array();
var explosionArray = new Array()
var speed:Number = 10;
var key_left:Boolean = false;
var key_right:Boolean = false;
var key_up:Boolean = false;
var key_down:Boolean = false;
var key_space:Boolean = false;
var shootLimiter:Number=0;
var splashscreen:MovieClip = new Splash();
//Play_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,playgame);
splashscreen.x = 0;
splashscreen.y = 0;
addChild(splashscreen);
//removeChild(splashscreen);
background.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,backgroundmove);
function backgroundmove(e:Event):void
background.x -= 1;
if(background.x < -200)
background.x = 749.95;
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var timer:Timer = new Timer(1000, 10);
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, AddAsteroid);
timer.start();
var timerenemyship:Timer = new Timer(2000, 10);
timerenemyship.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, Addenemyship);
timerenemyship.start();
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN,KeyDown);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP,KeyUp);
var ship:MovieClip = new Ship()
var enemyship:MovieClip = new EnemyShip()
addChild(ship);
function Addenemyship(e:TimerEvent):void
var enemybullettimer:Timer = new Timer(2000, 10);
enemybullettimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, Addenemybullet);
var enemyship:MovieClip = new EnemyShip();   
enemyship.x = 800;
enemyship.y = Math.round(Math.random()*400);
enemyshipArray.push(enemyship); 
addChild(enemyship);
enemybullettimer.start();
function Addenemybullet(e:TimerEvent):void
var enemybullet:MovieClip = new EnemyBullet();
enemybullet.x = enemyship.x+50;
enemybullet.y = enemyship.y+50;
enemybulletArray.push(enemybullet);  
addChild(enemybullet);
enemybullet.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,moveenemybullet);
function moveenemybullet(e:Event):void
enemybullet.x -=30;
    if(enemybullet.hitTestObject(ship))
   removeChild(ship);
enemyship.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,enemyshipmove);
function enemyshipmove(e:Event):void
enemyship.x -=10;
for(var i=0; i<enemyshipArray.length; i++)
     if(enemyshipArray[i].hitTestObject(ship))
// EXPLOSION
var explosion:MovieClip = new Explosion();
addChild(explosion);
explosion.x =ship.x;
explosion.y = ship.y;
explosionArray.push(explosion);
for (var l:int=0; l<explosionArray.length; l++)
if (explosionArray[l].currentFrame == 10)
removeChild(explosionArray[l]);
explosionArray.splice(l,1);
// END OF EXPLOSION  
        MovieClip(enemyshipArray[i]).removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, enemyshipmove);
        removeChild(enemyshipArray[i]);
        enemyshipArray.splice(i, 1);
        countCollisions++;
         if(countCollisions >= 2)
         ship.gotoAndPlay(87);
   else
         ship.gotoAndPlay(6);
function AddAsteroid(e:TimerEvent):void
var asteroid:MovieClip = new Asteroid();   
asteroid.x = 800;
asteroid.y = Math.round(Math.random()*700);
astArray.push(asteroid);  
addChild(asteroid);
asteroid.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,asteroidmove);   
function asteroidmove(e:Event):void
asteroid.x--
for(var i=0; i<astArray.length; i++)
     if(astArray[i].hitTestObject(ship))
        MovieClip(astArray[i]).removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, asteroidmove);
        removeChild(astArray[i]);
        astArray.splice(i, 1);
        countCollisions++;
         if(countCollisions >= 4)
          ship.gotoAndPlay(87);
   //removeChild(ship);
   else
         ship.gotoAndPlay(6);
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,Main);
function Main(event:Event)
CheckKeys();
function KeyDown(event:KeyboardEvent)
if(event.keyCode == 37){  //checks if left arrowkey is pressed.
  key_left = true;
if(event.keyCode == 39){  //checks if right arrowkey is pressed.
  key_right = true;
if(event.keyCode == 38){  //checks if up arrowkey is pressed.
  key_up = true;
if(event.keyCode == 40){  //checks if down arrowkey is pressed.
  key_down = true;
if(event.keyCode == 32){  //checks if down arrowkey is pressed.
  key_space = true;
function KeyUp(event:KeyboardEvent){
if(event.keyCode == 37){  //checks if left arrowkey is released.
  key_left = false;
if(event.keyCode == 39){  //checks if right arrowkey is released.
  key_right = false;
if(event.keyCode == 38){  //checks if up arrowkey is released.
  key_up = false;
if(event.keyCode == 40){  //checks if down arrowkey is released.
  key_down = false;
if(event.keyCode == 32){  //checks if down arrowkey is released.
  key_space = false;
function CheckKeys()
shootLimiter += 1;
if(key_left)
  setDirection(1);
  ship.x -= 5;
if(key_right)
  setDirection(0);
  ship.x += 5;
if(key_up){
  ship.y -= 5;
if(key_down){
  ship.y += 5;
if((key_space) && (shootLimiter > 8))
shootLimiter = 0;
var b = new Bullet();
addChild(b);
// ADD SOUND
var bulletsound:Sound=new SoundEnemyShot()
    bulletsound.play();
// END SOUND
b.x = ship.x + 50;
b.y = ship.y + 3;
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,moveBullet);
function moveBullet(e:Event):void
b.x +=10;
  if(b.x > 600)
   if(contains(b))
   removeChild(b);
          removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,moveBullet);
  for(var i=0; i<astArray.length; i++)
   if(astArray[i].hitTestObject(b))
   removeChild(b);
   removeChild(astArray[i]);
      score +=10;
   score_txt.text = score.toString() ;
   removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,moveBullet);
for(var i=0; i<enemyshipArray.length; i++)
  if(enemyshipArray[i].hitTestObject(b))
  removeChild(b);
  removeChild(enemyshipArray[i]);
        enemyshipArray.splice(i, 1);
  MovieClip(enemyshipArray[i]).removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moveBullet);
function setDirection(param) {
if (param == 0) {
  ship.scaleX = 1;
} else {
  ship.scaleX = -1;