How to move a movie clip continuosly towards up?

[learner_7n 1 Likes (Newbie)]

Hi,

 

How can I move my movie clip continuosly towards up? The following code works for To & Fro animation, but not always up direction once it is complete the timeline length.

 

var SideHeader:TweenMax = new TweenMax(SideHeader_mc, 5, {y:195, repeat:-1, yoyo:true});

 

 

Thanks.

[mrEmpty 0 Likes (Newbie)]

private function up():void
	{
		TweenMax.to(movieclip, 1, {y:movieclip.y + 10, ease:Linear.easeNone, onComplete:up});
	}

[learner_7n 1 Likes (Newbie)]

I tried the following code but it didn't work. No error but the Clip stays exactly where it was on the stage before publishing.\

 

import com.greensock.*; 
import com.greensock.easing.*;

function up():void
     {
        TweenMax.to(Clip_mc, 1, {y:Clip_mc.y + 10, ease:Linear.easeNone, onComplete:up});
     }

 

Further help, please.

[mrEmpty 0 Likes (Newbie)]

Did you call your up function?

 

up();

 

Also, you need to put a negative value to make it move up, my bad. I come from iOS so I keep getting -/+ mixed up

 

zip attached.

[learner_7n 1 Likes (Newbie)]

Sorry, I forgot to call it. Now it is okay. But when it goes up to y:-100. then it should start again from y:600 and it should repeat the endlessly whenever it reaches to y:-100.

 

How it can be?

 

Regards.

[mrEmpty 0 Likes (Newbie)]

Ahh, in that case use a fromTo.

 

TweenLite.fromTo(myMC, 1, {y:600},{y-100});

[learner_7n 1 Likes (Newbie)]

Thanks for the reply. Actually what I need is, when I click on SWF file the MovieClip_mc start moving from 600 bottom to top -100 and when it reaches to -100 the same clip come backs to 600 bottom and moves to top -100 so on.

 

Sorry for not clear description.

 

Regards.

[mrEmpty 0 Likes (Newbie)]

The same code will work, just assign an event listener to start the function running.

 

So remove up(); from the main body, and replace it with an:

 

addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, up);

 

So that way the movie clip will sit still until you mouse down.

 

Of course you'll need a helper function to handle the mouse event, and a second main function to hold the tween.

 

Anyway, another zip attached. Click the box...

[learner_7n 1 Likes (Newbie)]

Hi,

 

Thanks for your kind replies. I could not open those attached files. It shows the error: Unexpected file format. I am using Flash CS4.

 

However, thanks a lot for your kind replies and the example attachment files.

 

Regards.

[mrEmpty 0 Likes (Newbie)]

No problem.

 

I'm using 5.5 - I always forget I'm a knife edge software user and most other aren't.

 

Anyway, the code:

 

import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;

addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, go);

function go(event:MouseEvent):void
{
up();
}

function up():void
{
TweenMax.fromTo(myMC, 1, {y:450}, {y:50, onComplete:up, ease:Linear.easeNone});
}

[learner_7n 1 Likes (Newbie)]

Thanks a lot for your continuous support. I tried the code. Though there is no error but no any animation as well.

 

Regards.

[mrEmpty 0 Likes (Newbie)]

Hmm, did you call the helper function? Try either simply calling it with:

 

go();

 

or use an event listener to grab it:

 

addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, go);

 

It works fine here.

 

Let me try to make a legacy file format for you. Can't promise though, 5.5 on Lion is behaving really bad. Buggy as hell, you never not what it's going to do.

[mrEmpty 0 Likes (Newbie)]

Here's a CS5 and CS4 version.

[Carl 11,108 Likes (Superhero)]

hi mrEmpty. thank you for taking the initiative to help learner7n.

 

another way to do this would be like this:

 

TweenMax.fromTo(box, 1, {y:400}, {y:100, repeat:-1, ease:Linear.easeNone});

 

it seems in his original code he was using yoyo:true which he didn't want.

[mrEmpty 0 Likes (Newbie)]

Ooh, that's nicer by a long way I like that.

 

When deadlines are easier (does that ever happen?) I'll take the time to really read the docs and play with everything.

 

[learner_7n 1 Likes (Newbie)]

Hi,

 

Thanks a lot to both of you for the help. My problem is resolved now.

 

Regards.