# Seamingly easy movement?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seamingly-easy-movement/57761
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 15, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seamingly-easy-movement/57761 "2004-07-15T23:16:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@johnnyFlash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/johnnyFlash)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seamingly-easy-movement/57761/1 "2004-07-15T23:16:04Z")
I have a block that i’m trying to make move from right to left, and if the block gets to a certain point, it will move back to it’s original position.
So, i have this on my block (movieclip) rightnow
```auto
onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
speed = 3
dist = 8.5
_x -= speed;
if (_x = dist) {
_x += 3
}
}
```
But all this is doing is throwing the block at the 8.5 distance…
any help??? Thanx in advance
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seamingly-easy-movement/57761/2 "2004-07-16T00:03:23Z")
I once wrote a [color=Magenta]prototype [/color]that I use for moving stuff around. Maybe this is a little more than you need, but you can sort out the things you want to use. About your code above, I think you should define speed and dist ONCE, not on every frame. And, don’t forget the difference between = and ==. Ask me if you have any questions.
```auto
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
MovieClip.prototype.Animate = function(steps,newX,newY) {
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
difX = Math.round(newX-this._x);
difY = Math.round(newY-this._y);
if ( difX != 0 or difY != 0) {
this._x += difX/steps;
this._y += difY/steps;
} else {
delete this.onEnterFrame;
// This will happen when animation is complete
this.Animate(3,200,0);
}
}
}
my_mc.Animate(3,15,60); // steps,newX, newY
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seamingly-easy-movement/57761/3 "2004-07-16T00:07:48Z")
[http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action\_scripts/actionscript\_dictionary/](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seamingly-easy-movement/57761/4 "2004-07-16T00:07:59Z")
Hm, your way is a little complex for me…as i am just beginnning to work with AS…Does my way not work at all after a little tweaking? Or should i just tough it out and read through some tutorials regarding your method?
THANKS a lot 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2004, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seamingly-easy-movement/57761/5 "2004-07-16T06:55:24Z")
```auto
onClipEvent (load) {
speed = 3;
dist = 8.5;
origX = _x;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
_x -= speed;
if (_x <= dist) {
_x = origX;
}
}
```
In your code
```auto
if (_x = dist) {
```
the value of dist is assigned to \_x, not compared, use "=="instead:)
I’ve used “\<=” cause \_x probably never gets equal to “dist” (depends on your setup)
scotty(-:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2004, 8:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seamingly-easy-movement/57761/6 "2004-07-16T08:19:30Z")
Hi, I’m trying to do something along the same lines as johnnyFlash… I have an image that I’m trying to get to scroll up until it gets to a certain point, then I want it to stop. How do I do this? I’m using:
onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
speed = 1;
this.\_y += speed;
}
Thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2004, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seamingly-easy-movement/57761/7 "2004-07-16T08:23:09Z")
> Hi, I’m trying to do something along the same lines as johnnyFlash… I have an image that I’m trying to get to scroll up until it gets to a certain point, then I want it to stop. How do I do this? I’m using:
onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
speed = 1;
this.\_y += speed;
}
Thanks
onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
if(certainPoint \> this.\_y) {
speed = 1;
this.\_y += speed;
}
}
Hope that helps 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seamingly-easy-movement/57761/8 "2004-07-16T17:31:30Z")
Actually that’s a scroll down, but whatever! Remember that the \_y is “upside down” in flash, thus the higher you are, the less is \_y. The more down you go, the greater is \_y.
So, ulysnep, if you want your movieclip to scroll UP, you’re gonna have to use negative speed ( or this.\_y-= speed instead of += ) and you’ll also have to make sure that your if conditionnal is appropriate, something along the lines of:
if(this.\_y\> stopPosition){
this.\_y-=speed;
//_OR, if speed is a negative variable_:
this.\_y+=speed;
}
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seamingly-easy-movement/57761/9 "2004-07-17T03:09:18Z")
Hi again, this is working fine and i understand it a lot better (especially i learned about the whole \<= 🙂 ) But, what i kind of wanted to do was send the block back to it’s original point by moving, not just jumping right over there. So i was thinking something like this may give you an idea of what i’m talking about.
```auto
onClipEvent (load) {
speed = 3;
dist = 8.5;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
_x -= speed;
if (_x <= dist) {
_x += 3;
}
}
```
I hope i can get some help :thumb:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2004, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/seamingly-easy-movement/57761/10 "2004-07-17T07:31:58Z")
Like this?
```auto
onClipEvent (load) {
speed = 3;
dist = 8.5;
xMax = 400;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
_x -= speed;
if (_x<=dist) {
speed = -speed;
} else if (_x>=xMax) {
speed = -speed;
}
}
```
change xMax to the value you want:)
scotty(-: