# Motion/jittery problem in Flash

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/motion-jittery-problem-in-flash/328297>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [May 5, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/motion-jittery-problem-in-flash/328297 "2012-05-05T22:49:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ultra\_Squidula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Ultra\_Squidula](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ultra_Squidula)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/motion-jittery-problem-in-flash/328297/1 "2012-05-05T22:49:11Z")

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Hi guys,

I’ve been struggling with this for about a week now.

I am trying to make a simple object move across the screen, but I am running into the problem if it being jittery and choppy. I tried to adjust the frame rate, but it didn’t help much.

I am not sure what to do next. I kind of thought something as simple as this would flow a lot nicer, especially since Flash is supposed to be known for doing good animation, but it just doesn’t look great.

I am running Windows 7, 64-bit, 8GB RAM, Quad-core 2.4ghz processor.

I have attached the .fla file. Also, here is a link to the swf file: [http://legionofderp.com/testing-sword-03.swf](http://legionofderp.com/testing-sword-03.swf)

If someone could take a look and give any sort of helpful device, that would be awesome!