# If i make a stick figure on flash mx how do i make only the arm move?

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**Created:** [December 29, 2002, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/if-i-make-a-stick-figure-on-flash-mx-how-do-i-make-only-the-arm-move/10301 "2002-12-29T01:43:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![XxDarkVegetaxX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e19adc/32.png) [@XxDarkVegetaxX](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/XxDarkVegetaxX)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/if-i-make-a-stick-figure-on-flash-mx-how-do-i-make-only-the-arm-move/10301/1 "2002-12-29T01:43:14Z")

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if i make a stick figure on flash mx how do i make only the arm move?!?!?!??! :-\

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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:** [December 29, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/if-i-make-a-stick-figure-on-flash-mx-how-do-i-make-only-the-arm-move/10301/2 "2002-12-29T02:31:57Z")

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animate it frame by frame in a movie 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:** [December 29, 2002, 2:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/if-i-make-a-stick-figure-on-flash-mx-how-do-i-make-only-the-arm-move/10301/3 "2002-12-29T02:41:50Z")

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shouldn’t this thread be deleted?

he’s asking the same thing here :sigh:  
[http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11534](http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11534)

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**Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/if-i-make-a-stick-figure-on-flash-mx-how-do-i-make-only-the-arm-move/10301/4 "2002-12-29T02:57:59Z")

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Use the drawing API…

```php

createEmptyMovieClip("leftarm", 100);
lineStyle(3, 0x000000, 100);
leftarm.moveTo(x1,y1);
leftarm.lineTo(x2,y2);

```

Okay… That’ll create a small line… Of course you gotta supply the x1, x2, y1, y2 but those are simple coordinates…

Just use those coordinates… With a simple imcrementing variable… And you’ll be able to create an animation… Will comment more when I gte home tonight…

Peace Man

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**Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/if-i-make-a-stick-figure-on-flash-mx-how-do-i-make-only-the-arm-move/10301/5 "2002-12-29T07:16:14Z")

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lol playa…man thats actionscript…he was simply asking how to animate a stick figure…actionscript is way too hard for a beginner =) hell i don’t know what it does …lemme try now

anyways, i have attached an fla i think will help you. its simple frame by frame movement of the arms and it looks as if the arms are moving when played. its a very basic drawing technique also used by cartoons.