# Too many movie clips on the stage

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/too-many-movie-clips-on-the-stage/274468>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 30, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/too-many-movie-clips-on-the-stage/274468 "2008-10-30T12:36:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dragonlady)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/too-many-movie-clips-on-the-stage/274468/1 "2008-10-30T12:36:57Z")

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Good morning,

I have a game where I’m trying to show weather effects, specifically wind. The wind can go in all 8 directions (N, S, W, SW, etc…) and can change direction. To show the wind direction, I have an array of Movie Clips shaped like leaves that continuously loop across the screen. The only thing is, the array contains about 25-50 leaves, and having that many on the stage at once sloooooooooooows everything down. Is there a better way to put multiple copies of the same MC on stage at once, without everything slowing down so much?

Thanks!