# A way to pause actionscript? **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [May 4, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-way-to-pause-actionscript/50570 "2004-05-04T14:45:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sintax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@sintax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sintax)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-way-to-pause-actionscript/50570/1 "2004-05-04T14:45:10Z")
So here’s the situation. I have a large movieclip (4x movie width) and i wrote a function to scroll between those frames. In the background clouds are moving slowly over the stage (also with actionscript). When I scoll, everything slows down. Is there a way to pauze the actionscript or at least the clouds, until the scolling had been finished? Anyone experienced the same problem? Any reply is welcome 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-way-to-pause-actionscript/50570/2 "2004-05-04T14:53:24Z")
Well, do you have the \_alpha property for your cloud mc and/or your large mc set to less than 100%? And whats the actionscript you got running? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-way-to-pause-actionscript/50570/3 "2004-05-04T15:49:39Z")
No, no \_alpha set for neither the cloud, nor the mc. Here’s a link, they perhaps you can see what i mean (unless when your computer is too fast ;)) [http://www.earfocus.com/kinder/stal/stal4.html](http://www.earfocus.com/kinder/stal/stal4.html) Thanx