andreyin hey there thanks for taking the time to help me out!
Hm let me try rephrase it. Basically I've set it so the bar (the yellow one) needs to be greater than 1(width) for the animation sprite 2 to play.
This is done by holding the down button (charges the bar) and then press the red button.
What im trying to do is make it so the bar stays at the length i held it to when the animation plays. then after the animation finishes the bar goes back to the initial length.
:S really sorry if this is still confusing. Thanks again for the help though! <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle" />