# Help! Trying to get the speed of an object

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-trying-to-get-the-speed-of-an-object/5258>\
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**Created:** [September 5, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-trying-to-get-the-speed-of-an-object/5258 "2002-09-05T20:13:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aikido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@Aikido](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Aikido)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-trying-to-get-the-speed-of-an-object/5258/1 "2002-09-05T20:13:09Z")

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I have a Movieclip, and I’m trying to return the speed of it through a textbox.  
Anyone know how I can do it, or can point me in the direction of finding out how?

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**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:** [September 6, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-trying-to-get-the-speed-of-an-object/5258/2 "2002-09-06T21:47:27Z")

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How is the clip moving? Tween, AS, User imput? Speed as in Pixels/second?

Sniggins

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**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:** [September 11, 2002, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-trying-to-get-the-speed-of-an-object/5258/3 "2002-09-11T22:11:26Z")

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heres how you do it:

March over to [ww.bit-101.com](http://ww.bit-101.com) and enter tutorials, find “gravity” tutorial and read it, the throw thingy lastly describes how to get the speed of a clip…

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**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:** [September 12, 2002, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-trying-to-get-the-speed-of-an-object/5258/4 "2002-09-12T11:00:59Z")

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I think I talked about it in the Springs tutorial here. But you can read what Bit wrote about it, he knows what he’s talking about.

pom :asian: