# Animation switching in AS3

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-switching-in-as3/328249>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 30, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-switching-in-as3/328249 "2012-04-30T18:20:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-switching-in-as3/328249/1 "2012-04-30T18:20:31Z")

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Hello,

I’m writing a simple game program where enemies scroll down the screen and the player must hit them to score points.

The problem is switching from one animation to another. I have 3 animations a running, an idle an an attack animation, what i want to do is have my attack animation play through once and then return to idle but all i manage to do is a continual loop of attack. Ive tried a few things to fix this but i havent gotten anywhere with it.

Does anyone know how to do what i’m trying?