# Movieclip to carry on playing even when not on stage

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-to-carry-on-playing-even-when-not-on-stage/235389>\
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**Created:** [August 10, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-to-carry-on-playing-even-when-not-on-stage/235389 "2007-08-10T16:43:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![abs55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@abs55](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/abs55)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-to-carry-on-playing-even-when-not-on-stage/235389/1 "2007-08-10T16:43:50Z")

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Hi,

I have a movieclip called MC1 and within that 2 frames each containing movieclips called MC2 and MC3. The user can change between the two movieclips and MC3 has a animation within it. Once MC3 is activated, its animation plays but when the user changes to MC2 and then to MC3, the animation is back at the beginning, I want it to keep going even when the user changes to MC2 so when he switches back, the animation is still carrying on.

So basically, I need to know if there is way to have the movieclip playing even if it is not on stage.

Any help is appreciated!

Abs