Refresh rate = frames or?

1

I believe if you have something like

if (loop.posistion = .963){
trace(“HI”)

You will probably never see the trace because the if statement only refreshes at the rate of your current fps.

What about action loops?

for (i=0; i<10000; i++){
listbox.additem(HI + i)

What rate do they work at. Do they go as fast as the computer will / Flash, or do they also refresh at the fps rate?

2

fps
if you have onClipEvent(enterFrame {}
that will be fps too…

3

Loops are executed within the frame, whatever happens. So basically as fast as your processor can. I don’t know how many calculation the average processor can take, but probably no more than a few thousands. When you go beyond that, it will start lagging (to do all the calculations you asked him to do) and eventually drop frames.

pom :asian:

4

oh…
:cyclops:

5

So,

if (loop.posistion == .963){
trace(“HI”)

refreshes at fps rate and,

for (i=0; i<10000; i++){
listbox.additem(HI + i)

refreshes at the speed of your computer?

If this is the case how could I put

if (loop.posistion == .963){
trace(“HI”)

into a loop function

My reasoning is I would like to use the faster refresh time, so flash will be able to see “loop.position == .963.” At the current refresh rate = my fps, the “if function” is not fast enough.

6

Nope the loop doesn’t refresh the way you’d expect it to refresh. This is definitely not a good idea. You’d better try instead to approximate that value.

pom :cowboy:

7

OK, if I’m stuck with the approximant value, is there a way to speed the refresh rate up so the approximant value can be small. If I use a higher fps the refresh will increase but so will the rest of my movie. Is there a way to increase the fps of my if function movie clip without increasing the fps of my main movie.

8

Why don’t you check if it is superior to 0.963? That way you don’t have to approximate anything.

pom :slight_smile:

9

I don’t know what you mean by “check if it is superior to 0.963?”,
but this is what I tried.

if (_root.lp.position/1000==.963){
trace(“HI”)}

The trace never happens. About as close as I can get with it missing every once and a while is

(_root.lp.position/1000>=.0 && _root.lp.position/1000<=.05){
trace(“HI”)}

I would like it to be flawless, of course so close, but so far away.

:*(

10 
if (_root.lp.position/1000>=.963){
   trace("HI");
}

It this is not doing what you want, well, post a fla, hopefully someone can have a look at it.

pom :slight_smile: