I'm trying to set up something with multiple buttons on it.
When these buttons are clicked lines will appear on the screen. I
went through the process of making the buttons and I drew the lines
in the hit frame of the button, but when I test it nothing happens
when I click it.
The hit state within the button's is only the 'live'
clickable area and is not actually shown on the stage. You need to
trigger a movieclip to run using an onRelease event handler for the
buttons. Something like (in AS2.0):