# Quick Question on FPS

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-on-fps/14554
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [February 27, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-on-fps/14554 "2003-02-27T18:48:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author: ![coyotekel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@coyotekel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/coyotekel)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-on-fps/14554/1 "2003-02-27T18:48:01Z")

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Is there a way to make your fps on a movie clip faster than that in the document properties?

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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: [February 27, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-on-fps/14554/2 "2003-02-27T19:26:56Z")

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yep … 🙂

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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: [February 27, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-on-fps/14554/3 "2003-02-27T19:43:17Z")

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Ok I figured it out. Please disregard the question.

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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: [February 27, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-on-fps/14554/4 "2003-02-27T19:49:49Z")

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it’s always most likely that the answer is somewhere in the forums … and you just have to search for it 😉

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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: [February 27, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-on-fps/14554/5 "2003-02-27T19:57:11Z")

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Ok i added this script to the mc,

onClipEvent (enterframe) {  
gotoAndPlay(this.\_currentframe+2);  
}

but now it won’t stop on the last frame. I’ve put a stop action into the last frame but it’s still looping.

Confused yet again,  
Coyotekel:sigh:

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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: [February 27, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-on-fps/14554/6 "2003-02-27T20:04:33Z")

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sounds like your function is ‘missing’ the stop frame–try adding keyframes/stop on either side of your current one…  
-mojo

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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: [February 27, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-on-fps/14554/7 "2003-02-27T20:06:50Z")

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try this:

```auto
fps = function () {
	if (this._currentframe != this._totalframes) {
		this.nextFrame();
	} else {
		this.stop();
		clearInterval(fpsi);
	}
}
fpsi = setInterval(fps, milliseconds);

```

place it in the movie clip timeline 🙂

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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: [February 27, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-on-fps/14554/8 "2003-02-27T20:10:50Z")

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nice one, kax–better than my lazy answer…:goatee:

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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: [February 27, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-on-fps/14554/9 "2003-02-27T20:19:53Z")

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Kax,  
I put it in the timeline but it’s still doing it.  
Any clue?

I also tried adding extra keyframes w/stop and nothing.

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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: [February 27, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-on-fps/14554/10 "2003-02-27T20:23:47Z")

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have you replaced **milliseconds** with the number of milliseconds you want to wait between every execution ?

and thanks mojo 🙂

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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: [February 27, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-on-fps/14554/11 "2003-02-27T20:33:46Z")

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i did that. i’m sick of this insane program. i’m going to quit for the day and maybe something will come to me tomorrow. thanks for the help you guys. i want to grow up and be as smart as you one day. lol  
kel::love:

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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: [February 27, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-on-fps/14554/12 "2003-02-27T20:43:34Z")

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yep … clear your mind and everything will be fine 😉
