# Help with loops **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [August 15, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loops/28606 "2003-08-15T16:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![8bit\_boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/e68b1a/32.png) [@8bit\_boy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/8bit_boy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loops/28606/1 "2003-08-15T16:56:40Z")
Hey everyone, i’m a Kirupa virgin so please handle gently! I have a question and to be honest my Flash Actionscript skills are minimal, but my brain tells me that there must be away to do what i wanna do…please read on! I have made a small animation in Max 5.1. I have restricted this to 10 frames as Swift 3d swf files are somewhat large. I have imported my Swift swf into MX. The big question is, can I set up something like a For/Next loop(basic, yup!) to slow down the rate of the frames in Flash. i.e. Play frame 1 of Movie ‘x’…add somekind of loop to delay time before moving to frame 2 of Movie ‘x’… This is my way of a workaround to keep file sizes small. Maybe someone here knows another way of doing this Maybe i’m going about this the hard way, which for me wouldn’t be a first!.. Thank you in advance. \*8:azn: ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loops/28606/2 "2003-08-15T17:01:35Z")
You can use setInterval to do that [AS] Function moveFrames(){ gotoAndStop(\_currentframe+1); } setInterval (moveFrames, 5000); [/AS] I think this will work (emphasis on think). Don’t have flash to test it now. Either that or just slow the movie down to 1 fps ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loops/28606/3 "2003-08-15T17:13:31Z")
Ok I switched computers and I don’t think that code will work ☹ sorry about that. I know you can use setInterval to do it, I just don’t know how. Search the forums there are tons of questions like this. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loops/28606/4 "2003-08-15T17:19:21Z")
Hey grandsp5 Thanks for your swift reply mate. There has to be someway to do this i’m sure and your right, i will do some more researching into this… Somebody mentioned the ‘While’ statement…God knows what this does but someone here might! Argggggghhhhhhhhhh!!! \*8 ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loops/28606/5 "2003-08-15T17:24:16Z")
can you post your fla or email it to me and I will see what I can do. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loops/28606/6 "2003-08-15T17:36:33Z")
Hey, File attached…This is just a test fla of a 3d box in 10 frames. It’s 1.5kb which is great… Just need to slow down the frame rate independant to the main Timeline thanks \*8 ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loops/28606/7 "2003-08-15T17:39:02Z")
Can you post the fla? I need that not the swf ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loops/28606/8 "2003-08-15T17:48:18Z")
Execuse me, Have you tried to change frame rate this way : Modify\>\>Document (ctrl+j) and there change frame rate from usual 12 to anything… ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loops/28606/9 "2003-08-15T17:49:17Z")
Sorry! here goes… ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loops/28606/10 "2003-08-15T17:53:46Z")
Rewko er, yeah, but that changes the Frame rate of the whole movie not the individual Movie Clips within… \*8 ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loops/28606/11 "2003-08-15T17:55:06Z")
Well unless I learn setInterval in the next 5 minutes (which is possible but unlikely because I am disassembling an optical platform right now), I would say just spread out the frames inside your movie clip. Try asking one of the mods who knows setInterval. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loops/28606/12 "2003-08-15T18:14:01Z")
Ok well I did learn setInterval 🙂 Give me a few minutes ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loops/28606/13 "2003-08-15T18:16:47Z")
Here ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loops/28606/14 "2003-08-15T18:23:18Z")
Well what can i say… Knew it was possible… You da man! Thanks matey \*8 PS:I did try the stretching out the frames and that works as well, although how this reflects on the overall file size i don’t know! ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loops/28606/15 "2003-08-15T18:26:20Z")
It shouldnt change it much. Its more keyframes that changes the file size. 🙂 glad to help ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-loops/28606/16 "2003-08-15T18:28:00Z")
Thanks again… And a good first post me thinks!!! \*8