# Easing problem
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easing-problem/11131
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [January 12, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easing-problem/11131 "2003-01-12T20:48:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@iceman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iceman)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easing-problem/11131/1 "2003-01-12T20:48:01Z")
Hey everyone,
I was wondering if anyone could help with this problem I’m having.
Here is the code from this site for easing.
onClipEvent (load) {
\_x = 0;
\_y = 0;
speed = 5;
}
onClipEvent (mouseDown) {
endX = \_root.\_xmouse;
endY = \_root.\_ymouse;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
\_x += (endX-\_x)/speed;
\_y += (endY-\_y)/speed;
}
and here is mine I changed it a bit but I still don’t see why it doesn’t work?
onClipEvent (load) {
originalX = \_x;
originalY = \_y;
speed = 5;
}
onClipEvent (mouseUp) {
endX = \_root.\_xmouse;
endY = \_root.\_ymouse;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
originalX += (endX-originalX)/speed;
originalY += (endY-originalY)/speed;
}
if anyone could help me with this it would be great. Thanks A Lot
Kyle
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easing-problem/11131/2 "2003-01-12T20:57:18Z")
originalX = \_x;
originalY = \_y;
this is the problem! You have to assign the X and Y positions to the variables but right now you assign the variables to the X and Y positions!
so it should be
\_x = originalX;
\_y = originalY;
cheers!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easing-problem/11131/3 "2003-01-12T22:17:30Z")
It doesn’t work because what you wrote is NOT easing.
This line doesn’t make sense anymore:
```auto
originalX += (endX-originalX)/speed;
```
There’s no easing, because you’re not manipulating the coordinates of the clip! (\_x and \_y)
pom :crazy:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easing-problem/11131/4 "2003-01-12T22:55:24Z")
Thanks Pom, but I’m still unsure as to what the code should look like? Any help would be great.
Thanks again
Kyle
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easing-problem/11131/5 "2003-01-13T00:18:45Z")
I meant, if you don’t change \_x and \_y at some point, you won’t see much motion, right? And why don’t you use the first piece of code?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easing-problem/11131/6 "2003-01-13T01:42:57Z")
yeah, this is the kinda thing where you cant change it like you did. unless you did:
```auto
onClipEvent(load) {
_y=0;
_x=0;
OriganalY=_y;
OriganalX=_x;
}
```
ok wait, i just tested it and that wont work either, so you just have to stick with the original code. that is the only way i have ever seen it and the way i have always wrote it. if pom says you cant **THEN LISTEN** he knows his ActionScript.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easing-problem/11131/7 "2003-01-13T11:11:29Z")
> \*Originally posted by [mdipi.com](http://mdipi.com) \*
> \*\*if pom says you cant **THEN LISTEN** he knows his ActionScript. \*\*
> 😛 I’m not saying you can’t do it that way, I’m just saying that you’re not moving the darn clip :beam:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easing-problem/11131/8 "2003-01-13T13:04:04Z")
I would make it like this:
onClipEvent (load) {
\_x = 0
\_y = 0
speed = 5;
}
onClipEvent (mouseUp) {
endX = \_root.\_xmouse;
endY = \_root.\_ymouse;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
originalX += (endX-originalX)/speed;
originalY += (endY-originalY)/speed;
\_x = originalX;
\_y = originalY;
}
:cool:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easing-problem/11131/9 "2003-01-13T15:17:01Z")
Yep Syko, that’s more like it.
But why create 2 variables? Waste of time, waste of memory… :ninja:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easing-problem/11131/10 "2003-01-13T18:05:39Z")
yeah! I think so too but he wanted 'em! 😛
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easing-problem/11131/11 "2003-01-13T18:13:09Z")
Hey,
Thanks for the help, I guess my question now is why does the position of the movieclip have to start at 0,0, why not somewhere else? Cause this is what I was trying to do. I would have a button that was draggable and when you let go it would ease back to its initial position. I guess theres no way around it I have to have it start at 0,0. Thanks again for everyones help.
Kyle
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easing-problem/11131/12 "2003-01-13T18:46:01Z")
```auto
onClipEvent (load) {
_x = 50;
_y = 200;
speed = 5;
}
onClipEvent (mouseDown) {
endX = _root._xmouse;
endY = _root._ymouse;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
_x += (endX-_x)/speed;
_y += (endY-_y)/speed;
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/easing-problem/11131/13 "2003-01-13T19:08:27Z")
> \*Originally posted by ilyaslamasse \*
> \*\*
```auto
onClipEvent (load) {
_x = 50;
_y = 200;
speed = 5;
}
onClipEvent (mouseDown) {
endX = _root._xmouse;
endY = _root._ymouse;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
_x += (endX-_x)/speed;
_y += (endY-_y)/speed;
}
```
\*\*
in other words it does not have to start at 0! 😛