# Thoriphes- Bubble Movie

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thoriphes-bubble-movie/3811>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [September 10, 2001, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thoriphes-bubble-movie/3811 "2001-09-10T15:47:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thoriphes-bubble-movie/3811/1 "2001-09-10T15:47:22Z")

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hi upuaut8,  
i’m not really sure but i believe you’re the author of that bubble movie that was showcased in one of the postings here like a month or two ago. i’m just wondering if you’re gonna make a tutorial on that one. we’ll all be glad to make a very fine movie like that. showed it to my two-year old niece and she was extremely delighted. she even tried to touch 'em. of course my monitor became messy with fingerprints afterwards.LOL.  
ciao.

\<\<edited the header only, to give Thoriphes credit where credit is due…😉 \>\>

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**Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thoriphes-bubble-movie/3811/2 "2001-09-10T17:20:16Z")

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Hey sidky76,  
That animation was created by thoripes, and he is currently using it as his footer. I believe that thoripes mentioned that he used sin (the trig function) to create the movement. I wouldn’t mind hosting a tutorial on it if thoripes is interested 😉

Cheers,  
Kirupa

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**Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thoriphes-bubble-movie/3811/3 "2001-09-10T20:47:52Z")

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is there any where we can go for a quick look into the trig function itself or do we need to just harrass thoriphes untill he breaks?

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**Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thoriphes-bubble-movie/3811/4 "2001-09-11T00:25:08Z")

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is thoripes still around?  
i haven’t got to see him post a message lately.

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**Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thoriphes-bubble-movie/3811/5 "2001-09-11T00:48:10Z")

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yes i’m still here, just really busy cause of school and all…senior HS is a \*\*\*\*\*\*! anywho…i try to answer what i can, but i really don’t have time to post to everything like i did over the summer 🙂

anyway, sure i’ll put up a tutorial soon on the bubbles. the random letter cycling was a big hit as many people e-mailed me about it, so i think a bubbles one would be good as well!

oh and btw…the url for that movie is here:  
[www.freewebz.com/thesquar…bbles!.swf](http://www.freewebz.com/thesquaresages/bubbles!.swf)  
just in case you wanna see it again.

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**Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thoriphes-bubble-movie/3811/6 "2001-09-11T01:30:18Z")

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Nice movie indeed

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**Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thoriphes-bubble-movie/3811/7 "2001-09-11T03:06:09Z")

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since you mentioned about it, i modified the code to come up with a random number cycling. the code went like  
this

onClipEvent (load) {  
go = true;  
}  
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {  
if (go) {  
x = random(9);  
this.number2 = x;  
}  
}

when i publish the movie as an exe the cycling would work but it won’t work when the movie is published as swf. any idea?

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**Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thoriphes-bubble-movie/3811/8 "2001-09-11T09:34:21Z")

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Ahh… my reputation is thoroughly unwarrented… Thoriphes is DA MAN!! along with a few others around here. I am but a grasshopper. 😉

Glad you got the info though… I was going to ask about the math on that one as well. Thanks for the link Thoriphes… I’ll be doing that tut myself.

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**Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 11:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thoriphes-bubble-movie/3811/9 "2001-09-11T11:07:41Z")

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first off, you should random(10) since it goes through the numbers 0-9. 10 is max and the number it won’t do. ex: random(20) will do 0-19.

anyway, is x a dynamic text? if so, is the button in text options that has “123” clicked?

that should fix your problem.

ps, when i first came to this forum, i was just like all of you: curious of what flash can do. i just experimented, copied some code, understood it (eventually), then became what i am now. upuaut8 and everybody else, your help is always appreciated here.

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**Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thoriphes-bubble-movie/3811/10 "2001-09-11T13:13:57Z")

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i think my flash program has an attitude problem. LOL.  
i was about to try your remedy when i opted to try publishing the movie as swf again. but this time the random cycling worked! and without me editing anything yet. nevertheless i took your suggestion on the random(10).

btw, since i’m already on it, how do i set the formatting of a the displayed dynamic number (note: i post this question on another thread)? say, i want a specific number of digits displayed for a counter that goes from 000001 to 999999. is there a command/code in flash which will enable me to fix the number of displayed digits?

i know this will be too much but if you guys can direct me to a tutorial on how to format a dynamic text/number into something that works like a timer instead of just plain counting (something that counts by sixtys, e.g. 00:01:59 is followed by 00:02:00) i would greatly appreciate it.

thanks again guys.

p.s.  
of course everyone here knows upuaut8 is one of the great minds here. u should see the flash on my welcome page [hawthorns4u.iwarp.com.](http://hawthorns4u.iwarp.com.) it was inspired by your footer.

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**Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thoriphes-bubble-movie/3811/11 "2001-09-11T20:44:07Z")

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my best suggestion would be to make several dynamic texts with a normal text (":") in between the hour/min/secs. and to format the text, first make the field big enough, then give it an adjustment (under paragraph tab of text).

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**Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/thoriphes-bubble-movie/3811/12 "2001-09-11T22:32:27Z")

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The DNA-like animation is really cool thoriphes. Btw, I do apologize for having misspelled your name. It is spelled thoriphes instead of thoripes 🙂