I followed the random motion tutorial:
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/random_motion.htm
How do I make this play for 3-4 seconds and then delete the movieclip all together?
This is my mc code:
onClipEvent (load) {
//data you may want to change
width = 500;
height = 350;
speed = Math.round(Math.random()*7)+1;
//initial positions
x = this._x=Math.random()*width;
y = this._y=Math.random()*height;
x_new = Math.random()*width;
y_new = Math.random()*height;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
//x movement
if (x_new>this._x) {
sign_x = 1;
} else {
sign_x = -1;
}
dx = Math.abs(x_new-this._x);
if ((dx>speed) || (dx<-speed)) {
this._x += sign_x*speed;
} else {
x_new = Math.random()*width;
}
//y movement
if (y_new>this._y) {
sign_y = 1;
} else {
sign_y = -1;
}
dy = Math.abs(y_new-this._y);
if ((dy>speed) || (dy<-speed)) {
this._y += sign_y*speed;
} else {
y_new = Math.random()*height;
}
}
And this is the code on the frame:
i = 0;
while (i<15) {
//duplicateMovieClip(dot, "dot"+i, i);
dot.duplicateMovieClip("dot"+i, i);
i++;
}