Action Properties Window

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On Press

Click to select which event you want to edit. There are three possible events:

On Press. When a mouse button is pressed over an object.
On Release. When a mouse button is released over an object.
On Over. When a mouse cursor is moved over an object.

 

Add action

To add an action into the currently selected event.

 

The list of possible actions are:

Open a URL.
Goto a scene
Rewind scene. The scene will playback from the beginning.
Pause movie. The movie will pause.
Play movie. The movie will resume playing if it is paused.
Email To.
Restart movie
Play sound/video
Stop sound/video
Pause sound/video. To pause a sound/video if it is playing. Note that you can only pause/resume a synchronized sound.
Resume sound/video. To resume a sound/video if it is paused.
Show object. To activate/show other object. You need to type in the object name in the target name text box. You can also click the arrow down button next to the text box to select the object name.
Hide object. To hide other object. You need to type in the object name in the target name text box. You can also click the arrow down button next to the text box to select the object name.

 

Depending on what action is selected, an appropriate controls will be made available underneath the action list.

 

Note that some actions like Play sound/video, Hide/Show object require you to type in the object/target name. This is the name of the object you are targeting. Each object will be created with a default name, however if you wish to change the name, you can go to the object property tab such as Text tab for a text object, right at the top there is a Name text box. Make sure that this name is unique otherwise the action will get confused.

 

Delete action

To delete the currently selected action.

 

Click the up and down arrow to reorder the selected action. The action at the top will be executed first.