# Playing frames backwards

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-frames-backwards/8252>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 16, 2002, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-frames-backwards/8252 "2002-11-16T19:37:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![eyeinfinitude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed8c4c/32.png) [@eyeinfinitude](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eyeinfinitude)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-frames-backwards/8252/1 "2002-11-16T19:37:54Z")

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I’m not sure if this is possible or not, but could you use an AS to play the timeline backwards? Or play a MC backwards? Could someone help me? Thanks in advance. =)

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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:** [November 16, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-frames-backwards/8252/2 "2002-11-16T19:40:38Z")

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Try this…

[http://www.actionscript.org/actionscripts\_library/main/search.cgi?query=Play+Backwards](http://www.actionscript.org/actionscripts_library/main/search.cgi?query=Play+Backwards)

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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:** [November 16, 2002, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-frames-backwards/8252/3 "2002-11-16T19:47:06Z")

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wow, I barely got up to get a drink and you already replied! 😛  
That link you gave me will be very useful, thanks a lot! =)

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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:** [November 16, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-frames-backwards/8252/4 "2002-11-16T21:01:22Z")

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No problem 🙂

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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:** [November 18, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-frames-backwards/8252/5 "2002-11-18T02:57:12Z")

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that tutorial looked like it overdid what you are trying to accomplish… but i only glanced at it… an easy way i found though is just

onClipEvent(enterFrame)  
{  
this.gotoAndStop(this.\_currentframe - 1);//goes to the previous frame  
//here just stick an if statment saying if it hits the first frame gotoAndStop(the last frame)  
}

thats a simpler way… and you dont have to put this code within the movie clip you are trying to make play backwards… you can do it from a different movie clip or whatever and access it with \_root.whatever instead of this. but the concept is the same…

hope this helps

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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:** [November 18, 2002, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-frames-backwards/8252/6 "2002-11-18T03:47:21Z")

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I haven’t tried your method yet, but it does look less complicated then the tutorial above. Etheir way I’m sure both methods would work. Thanks guys. =)

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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:** [November 18, 2002, 7:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-frames-backwards/8252/7 "2002-11-18T07:45:08Z")

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dunno exactly what you need to do and didn’t look at the tutorial suggested by lib, so sorry if it’s redundant:

\_root.mySexyClip\_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {  
if (condition) {  
this.prevFrame();  
}  
};

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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:** [November 18, 2002, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playing-frames-backwards/8252/8 "2002-11-18T08:57:42Z")

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I haven’t been able to test out any of these methods, but I’ll let you know once I do though, thanks for helping. =)