Hi I have a question. Say I want to increase the x postion for a object for 5 seconds, how would I do this? Ive been looking at gettimer / setinterval on the forums but still do not understand. Thanks
// define an onEnterFrame handler to move the MovieClip continuosly
clip.onEnterFrame = function() {
this._x++;
};
// delete the onEnterFrame handler after 5 seconds
var deleteOnEnterFrame = setInterval(function () {
delete clip.onEnterFrame;
clearInterval(deleteOnEnterFrame);
}, 5000);
does that help? =)
getTimer() is basically the timer, in milliseconds of the duration the movie has been playing. If you call getTimer() 1 second after the movie’s been playing, it will read 1000, after 2 seconds, 2000, etc. This is the function you want to use to move the object for 5 seconds. Stick this code in your object and i’ll explain after:
onClipEvent (load) {
startTime = getTimer();
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (getTimer() - startTime < 5000) {
_x = _x+5;
}
}
This code tells the object to move 5 pixels to the right for 5 seconds. startTime is the variable defined as the time which the object begins calling its code. The “getTimer() - startTime < 5000” says, for the next 5 seconds, do the following code. getTimer is always increasing in milliseconds, so if you compare it to the start time by taking the difference between the two, you can essentially give it a duration.
without trying to think too much I’d say you could do something like this…
location=this._x;
getTimer() = curTime;
while (getTimer()-5000 < curTime) {
this._x = location+i++;
};
Code’s probably not right since I’m not big on actionscripting but that should give you an idea.
oh, and it’s 5000 for 5 seconds b/c I believe getTimer() returns miliseconds.
Hope it helps
haha, when I started writing that, there were no replys
shouldn’t that be curTime = getTimer();?
*Originally posted by awligon *
**Code’s probably not right since I’m not big on actionscripting but that should give you an idea.
**
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hey, whatever effort you put is still effort. you helped and that’s all that matters.
