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A display object with a timeline in Actionscript on the Adobe Flash platform

A MovieClip extends the DisplayObject class in Adobe Flash. It is a display container that, unlike a Sprite or other DisplayObjects, contains a timeline for animation. MovieClip objects can be created in the Flash graphical authoring and animation tool, or created via .

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how to create up/down movement of sprite with as3 with a mouse

I need to move a sprite only vertically on mouse move. How do I implement it with as3? Thanks
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Setting dynamic TextField.text from a parent MovieClip in ActionScript 3

Easy question, that I can't quickly find an answer to online - it seems this would be in tutorials everywhere - and probably is... I have a MovieClip that has a Dynamic TextField: let's call the instance of the field txtName. I want to set the text…
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How to convert MovieClip into bitmapData

My question is quite simple - How do I convert a MovieClip (that is dragged from the library) into bitmapData? PS: I`ve searched a bit for this solution but the only results i get is the other way around - to convert bitmapData into…
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as3 get Width / Height of Children in a Parent MovieClip that has been resized

I need to get the resized Width and Height of children in a resized parent. I have an image that is 1080 x 612. I put that in a MovieClip called "stackoverflowLOGO". That is the child width/height I need and it is inside a class called stackOne. My…
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how to control a embedded multiframe swf file?

[Embed(source="data/fire.swf")] static public var movieFire:Class; I have some multiframe swf file and I want to have control of them. For example, I can use gotoandplay and gotoandstop functionality. I tried something like: var m:MovieClip = new…
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AS3 How can one detect that a display object is subject to a motion tween?

I guess this is a question for real gurus only.. I'm using the Flash Authoringtool to create MovieClips, yet I play them using my own engine (which behaves better for mobile). Yet, for proper behaviour, given a DisplayObject, I need to know if its…
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MovieClip timeline animations wont play across classes - Flash Game

First question. Please be gentle. I’m making a simple (I'd hoped) keyboard controlled movieclip of a game character. The Movieclip has five frames, each with a simple animation inside for when the player presses the arrow keys, walking up, down,…
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Actionscript 3 how to move many object at once without lag

I have a simple question. I'm using actionscript 3.0 and Adobe flash professional cs6 to make a game. I want to keep it simple, clean, and not laggy, but for my game i need many (10-30) movieclips moving different ways at the same time on screen. I…
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as3 MovieClip not scaling properly

I'm trying to program a main menu with buttons in it. I have a class called MenuAchievementsButton, and in its constructor, it is passed down the stage width and stage height from the document class. When I trace this, it is the correct width/…
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How to position an rotated MovieClip?

It's very easy to position a sprite object in relation to another sprite object, if you don't mess with the rotation. As the title states I want to know how to position 2 MC in relation to an already rotated MC, so they are aligned to each other.…
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ActionScript 2 MovieClip Class or Interface Not Found

I'm converting an actionscript 3 project to AS2 because AS3 is not yet scaleform compatible in CryEngine 3. I have a MovieClip in the library. Under ActionScript linkage I have "Export for Actionscript" and "Export in frame 1" set, with the…
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how to draw a 'circle' with 'dynamic angle' using action script 2?

I want to have a circle (maybe a movieclip ) to show a timer which change like this picture : And also I need to access its angle in run-time. for example: function setAngle(degree:Number) Any suggest ?
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Identify MovieClip in AS3 among DisplayObjectContainer

in ActionScript 3, if I loop through the children of a movie clip, it will return a DisplayObjectContainer, which is a list of DisplayObjects. However, the AS3 typeof cannot identify MovieClip as MovieClip is now an object, instead of a data type.…
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startdrag start point limitations?

I have a slider that controls a movie clip by dragging it through the frames to animate and this works great when dragging from left to right, But i want the slider to start in the middle and drag through the movie clip from a center point being…
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How to Make Stage transparent in Action script 3 (Adobe flash professional)

I am Making a text animation in AS3, Which will then added in a movie clip. So i want a Transparent Stage. Is there any way to make Stage Transparent. If possible then describe in detail. Thanks in Advance>>
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