# Random motion not working

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-motion-not-working/120200>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 21, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-motion-not-working/120200 "2004-08-21T21:20:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![2big2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/a9adbd/32.png) [@2big2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/2big2)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-motion-not-working/120200/1 "2004-08-21T21:20:43Z")

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I did the random motion tutorial (mx version) on kirupa, and it isn’t working the way I expected. I made a new movie clip that consists of a simple white dot, and put did everything else. When I start the movie the white dots jump around rather than moving smoothly. What did I do wrong

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**Author:** ![maximum\_flash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6f9a4e/32.png) [@maximum\_flash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/maximum_flash)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-motion-not-working/120200/2 "2004-08-22T03:13:04Z")

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umm code? .fla?

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**Author:** ![uber1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/779978/32.png) [@uber1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/uber1)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-motion-not-working/120200/3 "2004-08-22T05:21:17Z")

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yeah a fla i did with random motion wouldn’t work when i loaded it externally… it would jump areound too

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**Author:** ![2big2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/a9adbd/32.png) [@2big2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/2big2)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 3:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/random-motion-not-working/120200/4 "2004-08-23T03:40:51Z")

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I made a new MC, named it “dots”, added a simple white dot in frame one, then added the appropriate coding that it said to add in frame one. I then went back to the main scene, added the dots on my last frame (which had a stop() command), and added the appropriate coding to the MC (onClipEvent (enterframe)). It then just randomly jumped the dot around, not smooth at all.