# A few questions... (Flash 8)

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**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [April 1, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-few-questions-flash-8/221046 "2007-04-01T01:19:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Holmesc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9f8e36/32.png) [@Holmesc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Holmesc)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-few-questions-flash-8/221046/1 "2007-04-01T01:19:43Z")

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Like the title says, I have a few Flash 8 questions, probably pretty easy to answer. An explanation, link to tutorial, or anything else of helpful nature will suit my purposes fine.

1. In some flash games, I’ve seen a display of the FPS. It shows that the FPS is changing in order to make sure it runs smoothly. How can I do this?

2. I’ve also seen flash games with auto-targeting of a nature. What I mean is that when the cursor/crosshair gets within a close vicinity of the target, it will have some kind of icon appear on the target, and when the mouse is clicked, the target will be shot. Is there a way to do this that isn’t awfully advanced?

3. What’s a good tutorial about creating lines dynamically?

4. Is there a way to dynamically attach a movie clip to the stage that has a lower depth than everything else (yes, I’ve tried assigning negative numbers as the depth, and it didn’t work…)?

5. In one of my projects, I have some MCs in frame one, some of which are attached dynamically, all of which are referenced to in the \_root timeline. Then when I go to the next frame, they’re still there, even though it’s supposed to be a blank keyframe. Why does this happen, and how can I fix it?

Thanks for any and all help!:party: