Flash :: Accellerate Playback In Reverse

Another Reverse Playback Issue...
howdy all...

man there seems to be tons of this problem here....i have tried just about every script here and still cannot get this thing to work. my animation is a ball on a circular motion guide. i have 2 buttons, 1 controls a clockwise motion, and the other (is supposed to)counter clockwise....the clockwise works flawless, but i cannot figure out the script to reverse the frames on the second button. if someone could please take a look at this .fla and let me know what the heck it needs to work, it would be greatly appreciated.....thanks!

*note - actions for both buttons are the same

: : : anemonE

[F8] Quintessential Reverse Playback Code?
I have a movie file that I attach to my main timeline, and naturally it has a fwd and rewind button.
So onPress the rewind (playbackpacks_btn) button i want this function to be invoked.

function CtrlLoop() {
var NextFrame;
if (_root.direction == "fwd") {
nextFrame = _root._currentFrame + 1;
if (nextFrame > _root._totalFrames) {
nextFrame = 1;
}
} else {
nextFrame = _root._currentFrame - 1;
if (nextFrame < 1) {
nextFrame = _root._totalFrames;
}
}
_root.goToAndStop(nextFrame);
}

A) is this the correctish way to do it?
B) what line of code ( in this body of code) do I use to invoke this function
onPress playbackpacks_btn?

any comments are indeed nectar...
thanks in advance.

Ant

How To: Condition, If X Is Playing, Stop It. & How To: Reverse Playback
Hello,

1st Question
With a button, wanting to play a MovieClip2, how can I make a condition such as:

if MovieClip1 is running/playing, stop it and then play Movieclip2
else
if Movieclip2 is running/playing, keep playing it.

2nd Question
How to tell an animation inside a movieclip to do a reverse playback of himself?

Movie Accellerate
I think I posted this question on a wrong place, I try again.
I am making a flash presentation that should run for a few minutes and then start over again automatically. I intended to make the different part of the presentation as swf files and then load them into the final file either with the loader component or by a loadMovie. I have bought The Flash Anthology book, and I was trying to use the codes from the zoom-timed.fla file to control different things to happen.
It is the one that use setInterval and counts down.

But when I use the swf file in the final file and combine it with a timeline, the original movie runs faster and faster, so things happens closer and closer in time to each other for every time it is shown. I have tried with an unloadMovie in the hope, that the clip would start from the beginning, and I have tried to stop the interval, but it doesn’t help.

I have tried to do it with the file from the book in case I have done something wrong, but it too accelerates. What can I do? Using the timeline instead of action script?

the codes from the book is:
MovieClip.prototype.ScaleDown = function (maxScale, minScale, minAlpha, alphaStep, scaleStep)
{
var mc = this.createEmptyMovieClip ("ScaleDown", 0);
this._xscale = maxScale;
this._yscale = maxScale;
this._alpha = minAlpha;
mc.minScale = minScale;
mc.scaleStep = scaleStep;
mc.alphaStep = alphaStep;
mc.onEnterFrame = function ()
{
if (this._parent._xscale > this.minScale)
{
this._parent._xscale -= this.scaleStep;
this._parent._yscale -= this.scaleStep;
}
if (this._parent._alpha < 100)
{
this._parent._alpha += this.alphaStep;
}
};
};
scale._visible = false;
me._visible = false;
down._visible = false;
var marker = 20;
ScheduleTrigger = function ()
{
marker--;
if (marker == 15)
{
scale.ScaleDown (300, 100, 0, 6, 6);
scale._visible = true;
}
if (marker == 10)
{
me.ScaleDown (400, 100, 0, 6, 6);
me._visible = true;
}
if (marker == 5)
{
down.ScaleDown (500, 100, 0, 6, 6);
down._visible = true;
}
};
setInterval (ScheduleTrigger, 200);

Birte

Accellerate (with A Target Destination)
Hi,

If this makes my object decellerate then how do i make it accellerate?

frame 1:

Code:
mc._yscale = mc._yscale + ((200 - mc._yscale)/3);
frame 2:

Code:
gotoAndPlay(1);
Thanks

How Do You Reverse Your Animation Or Do A Reverse Wipe...
...when loading a new movie or going to a new scene? In other words, when a new movie is fading in and then stoping to reveal buttons or navigation, how do you tell your movie to reverse your frames or reverse the intro animation, then go to and play a new movie? I apoligize it's hard to explain. Here is an example...

http://www.djstevelawler.com/
1)enter the site
2)skip the intro
3)you will then see the turntable and all of the animation fade in along with a drumset that if clicked reveals your navigation.
4)click on "chart" for example
5)the entire animation reverses itself or fades out the way it first came in, this is the effect that I'm after.
6)the chart page fades in along with the navigation
7)clicking the back button and the chart page fades out again just as it faded in and load the portal page.

Please help me out with this. Even if you can point me toward a tutorial I would be extremely grateful.

Thanks!

Synchronize Video Playback With Image Playback
Hey guys, I was wondering how can we synchronize a video playback with an image slideshow, what I would like to achieve is to have the image slideshow playback follow the sequence of a video playlist, so supposing I have item 1(a video) playing I would want the item 1(image) show up for the duration of the video and change to the following image when item 2(video) starts playing.
Any ideas? Should I have one playlist for both videos and images or two seperate playlists, one for video and one for images?

I'm open to suggestions as long as i can get the image playback to follow the video playback.

Thanks in advance.

Reverse An MC
yes my flash bible would answer this question quickly but I dont have it!! please help

what is the action to reverse movie please?

How To Reverse
How do you make a movieclip reverse ?
i mean make them go back after a certain time (for instance at then end of the movieclip)
Thx guys

Reverse MC?
Is there any way of getting a movie clip to play in reverse

Ive asigned a button to play a movie clip but I want the movie clip to play in reverse is this possible

Reverse The MC
What could be added to this code to keep the MC playing in reverse instead of moving back just one frame while the mouse is over the button?

on (rollOver) {
if (_currentframe>1) {
prevFrame();
}
}
on (rollOut) {
stop();
}

Thank you,
JF

XML In Reverse
i had this problem like a year ago, but i forgot what it was
i have an xml document like:

[ things ]
___[ a / ]
___[ b / ]
___[ c / ]
[ / things ]

i load the xml, put these into an array and get them out using a for..in loop

so i tested this before i hit the submit button

when i use the for..in, it goes backwards
if i get the maxLen of the array and use a for loop, it works fine

funny huh?

Reverse
Can someone tell me why this would not work for me as a Button action..

on (press) {
while (this.textMc._currentframe>1) {
// keep playing the previous frame...
this.textMc.prevFrame();
}
}
// if the mouse is NOT over the clip
on (release) {
this.textMc.stop();
}

OR EVEN THIS....

on (press) {
if(this.textMc._currentframe>1) {
// keep playing the previous frame...
this.textMc.prevFrame();
}else{
stop();
}
}
// if button is released
on (release) {
this.textMc.stop();
}

I wanted the simplest possible way of making a movie play backward,,,

Many thanks

Getting A Gif To Reverse?
Hi i hope this doesnt post twice i already did it once and it never posted sorry if it does. I have a gif that i want to reverse. I have my image going one way now i want it to go another way. Any ideas on how to do this? Thanks

Reverse?
hi,

workin with a menu which tells a certain swf. to load. i want to know if there's a way to have
1. the button which tells to unload a movie
AND
2. tell the same movie to play reverse. something with tellTarget maybe?

i have this action on the button:

on (press) {
unloadMovie("bio.swf");

thanks in advance,
noodle

How To Reverse An MC
Hello,

I have an MC that contains a video that's 175 frames long. I'd like it to play forward and backward endlessly but I can't figure out how to reverse it so that I can paste the reverse onto the end of the forward clip or how to script it so that when it reaches the end of the clip it plays itself backwards. Seems so simple, yet I can't get it.

Much appreciated,
Llyfre

Reverse
Ok,
Here is what i am trying to do. I am trying to make a slide show. And it intels pictures. Well anyway, I want this slidshow to have a certain feature when a user press on a pic the lets say he or she press on the 9th pic and the slides will scroll to that pic. well here is the tricky part. If he or she press on the third pic, then the slides will scroll back to the third pic. How can I do this? what source will I need to look up? Thanks All.

Reverse
I'm using the follwing AS to f & R the MC.

onClipEvent (load) {
centerPoint = 390;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
_x += (centerPoint-_root._xmouse)/10;
}

My stumbling block and question is this, can the MC be stopped/paused, if so
what would be the AS if it is possible. I have 2 books in which none speak of the ability to stop or pause the clip.

Thanks,
FlashDummy
p.s. Great site

Reverse A M.c. In Mx To Pro 8
does anyone know if actionscript has changed in the flash pro 8 from flash mx. i have tried the same exact code to play and reverse a m.c. on mouse rollOver and rollOut. and the same code doesn't work in pro 8 as it does in flash mx. does anyone have any ideas. i am desperate.
thanks,

jeff

How To Reverse An M
Hello,

I have an MC that contains a video that's 175 frames long. I'd like it to play forward and backward endlessly but I can't figure out how to reverse it so that I can paste the reverse onto the end of the forward clip or how to script it so that when it reaches the end of the clip it plays itself backwards. Seems so simple, yet I can't get it.

Much appreciated,
Llyfre

Reverse
Hi Me Again

I had a question ---- Is it possible to play a timeline in reverse order? ---- by that I mean ---- Imagine a ball animated to move from left to right --- is there any way by which the play head can be made to move in reverse order---- that is without animating the motion back---- i.e. form right to left....

Reverse AS?
Alright I have a pretty big animation with alot of letters in it where they change from one color to white now I don't want to spend alot of time doing it so that it would fade back to blue in the same order it did the first time so is there some type of actionscript where It would play it but backwards and then start the animation again?

Like gotoAndPlay(80) = reverse; or something?

EDIT/ and I know that my title is Reverse AC it should be AS lol.

Reverse MC
Able to get the swap function to work but seem can't get the reverse function to work (prefFrame):

Code:
var swaps:Array = [one, two, three, four, five];
var highest:Number = _root.getNextHighestDepth();
var current:Number;
for (i=0; i<swaps.length; i++) {
swaps[i].onRollOver = function() {
current = this.getDepth();
this.swapDepths(highest);
this.gotoAndPlay(2);
};
swaps[i].onRollOut = function() {
this.swapDepths(current);
this.onEnterFrame = function(){
prevFrame();
}
};
}
The functions I'm attempting to simulate is similar to this concept: http://www.templatemonster.com/flash...ates/8785.html

Any suggestion or better functions than above?

Thanks,

Friggin' Mick

Reverse The MC
OK - I'm been searching the forum, and found some useful information, but I still can't get it to work the way I would like it to.
Here the thing, I've made a simple animation and ONE button. When you RollOver the button the animation STARTS to play, and when RollOut the animation plays backward (prevFrame)..

I'm kinda stuck here, found alot of useful code in here, but I can't figure out how to put it together so it will work my way!

So ANY help would be NICE!

Oh, and BTW the animation needs to be stoped at the last frame!

Reverse
I wouold like to make an interactive button be able to reverse action in a scene. Any ideas?

In Reverse
hey,
Well, i got flash 8 about 2 days ago and have been teaching myself without tutorials, anyways im having a problem... say i press the left arrow key to make the box for instance move left then when i press cntrl+enter the animation is in reverse :S please help us.

Alex

How To Reverse Movement
Hi, I'm a newbie in scripting. Anyways, here's the scenario:
I have a bouncing ball (using regular tweens). It then moves from left to right using:

this._x = this._x + six;

Then, as soon as it hits a certain point, say, 500 pixels, I'd like to reverse it. Si I added an <if> condition, that says this: (I'll just add the whole script!)

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
six = 10;
end = 400;
if (this._x >=end) {
this._x = this._x - six;
} else {
this._x = this._x + six;
}
}

So as soon as it hits the "wall", it should reverse, and it does for one step, but then it goes back again, and is stuck in an oscillating movement. Perhaps someone could help explain how to keep the ball moving backwards???

thanx

Reverse Movie
can I use action script to reverse a movie.
I'm working on a rotating UI and want to use buttons to control the direction of the rotation. Any suggestion on how to achieve this would be very welcome. I can send a file with the movies in it.

I've seen action scripts that make things rotate in place. But I need icons to rotate around a center and stay still (not around around their own center as well)
[Edited by sandbender on 07-11-2001 at 06:25 PM]

Reverse Directions?
Here is my code:

onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
this._x = this._x * 0.95;
}

How can I make this object travel from left to right instead of the other way around? I know I can just change 0.95 to a whole number, but then it won't ever stop. I want to have the 'friction' effect to it, but I can't seem to get it to work. Putting a negative sign in front of it didn't seem to work, or maybe I'm doing it wrong?

Reverse Movies
I have a question, how do you 'reverse' a movie when its finished.
I would like my movie to go back and stop after the user clicked on a button. How ............?
Thx guys

Play In Reverse?
Hey FlashFriends,

I have a button with a mouseover event of on press play, on release stop. I have another button that i want to attribute the same action to, but the play to play reverse.

Possible?

Thanks for any help....

Jonathan

Play Reverse
I have a Movieclip and I want a button inside it to make the movieclip play backwards.

Dissolve In Reverse?
How might I go about doing this effect in reverse? Instead of disappearing, I would like text to apparate. I've tried reversing the frame order afterward, but instead of flipping/rotating throught motion tween, the item just moves toward the second keyframe in a rather unimpressive way. Here's the example:

http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Te...47/index.shtml

Movies In Reverse
Hello everyone at Flaskkit!!!......I enjoy your site, and it has helped me drastically with the progression of my newly designed, interactive flash website. Thanx to all who helped.

I was wondering if it is possible to play a motion tween in reverse. Rather than having to complete a new motion tween with the same effects, i would prefer to just play it backwards. Nothing seems impossible with Flash 5.0, but I may be getting carried away with the endless functions. Anyone with help/comments/suggestions please inform me.

Your help is much appreciated,
Thank you.

Xtrem Rukus

How To Reverse MC's Movement?
Hi, I'm a newbie at actionscript and would like to know how make an object reverse it's movement after reaching a certain point...Here's my movement script:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
this._x=this._x+10;
}

That'll make it slide across the screen. But if I'd like it to reverse after it reaches, say x=600, how do I proceed?

Thanks....

Reverse Script Help Please.
I have a small problem, well I¡¦m just practicing. Ok picture this;
I have two buttons, one that when pressed plays the movie clip, and stops when released.

on (press) {
tellTarget ("mc") {
play ();
}
}
on (release) {
tellTarget ("mc") {
stop ();
}
}

So far so good! Now for the other button I want it to reverse the movie. So far I have got this;

on (press) {
tellTarget ("mc") {
prevFrame ();
}
}
on (release) {
tellTarget ("mc") {
stop ();
}
}

Doesn¡¦t work how I want, you see it only goes to the previous frame one at time, and this is only if you keep clicking the button! I need a smooth reverse by pressing and holding down the mouse button.

How would I do this?

Reverse Movieclip
Once I have created a button that triggers a movieclip on a rollover state, how can I get the movie to play backwards on the release state?

Reverse Loading Of MC's
Hello again...OK this is a another MAJOR irritant.
I am loading a few different swf's in a LOADING main file when corrosponding keys are pressed. This happens in chronological orde ...that is..1.swf and then 2.swf etc.
They are loaded into a MC on the main timeline(root)
Each of tehse MC's is movable UP-DOWN using cursors to read the whole file.
Now a button in 1.swf lets me load 2.swf , etc.
But if I go in reverse and load 1.swf from 2.swf then a problem occurs. 1.swf loads from its originl position, but I wud like it to be loaded in its last position.
Can anyone HElp?..
Thanx

Playing In Reverse?
hello,

is it possible to play a clip from frame 0 to 10 and then on the click of a button get the clip to play in reverse from 10 to 0?

thanks for your help...

scott

How Can I Reverse And Instance?
I have seen the posts about reversing movie clips but I am tring to use a function instead of a full MC.

I have an instance named "landscape". The _xscale=300.
This is used with the function

_root.movePieceright(This);

This code sets the x limits

if (_x>0) {
_x = 0;
}
if (_x<400-_width) {
_x = (400-_width);
}

Next I have a button with code

on (release) {
if (_x>=0) {
function movePieceright (Landscape) {
with (Landscape) {
_x += -2;
}
}
}
}

This starts moving the instance to the right until it reaches limit.

Is it possible to have another function movePieceleft take over and move the instance to the left when the right limit is reached?

Reverse Play
I have a timeline with six images which have the effect of travelling in a loop from foreground and then into the distance. I want to have 2 buttons one for forward movement and one for reverse movement. I would like to use an on roll over event to trigger this movement. "Next frame" and "play" works fine in the forward direction. However, "previous frame" stops after only one frame and has to be "roll out" "roll over" repeatedly to make it move backwards. Is it possible to get a timeline to play backwards with actionscript or is it necessary to duplicate the timeline and reverse the frame order, jumping between the two.

If it isn't possible I think it would be a welcome addition to future flash releases.

Thanks for you wisdom.

Manson

Reverse Movies
Im not entirely new @ flash however there is one effect i need help with...With buttons i make mouseover effects how can i implement it so that mouseout makes movie clip play in reverse. I can easily do it with a mouseout clip however i want it so if someone only mousesover half the effect however far it has gone it reverses to how it was....

Anyone who can help would be apprciated!!

Thanks

Reverse Frames
hi guys,
i need to know how to write an actionscript like a telltarget that makes a movieclip play backwards.
to make it clearer.. i have this button with mc on up and over, i need the mc on up to play backwards.

thanx in advance

Play In Reverse
Hello i need to play a scene backwards 35 frames.
What exactly in the action scripting I need to use.

thanks

Jimmynut

Reverse Animation
is it possible to play an mc backwards???

if so, how?

tnx

Button Reverse
Hey guys,
I have a button animation on rollover where something small pops up. How do I get the animation to kinda reverse itself on rolloff?

Reverse Scrolling
Can anyone point me in the direction of a good tutorial on how to scroll? I don't mean text box scrolling. For example:

In my scene, I have a movie clip that consist of an up arrow, a down arrow, and a block of pictures and text. I want, when you roll over the up arrow, for that block of picts and text to move up, when I roll out, stop. When I roll over the down arrow, for that block of picts and text to move down, when I roll out, stop. Kind of like Play and Reverse, if that makes sense.

I can do the up arrow fine. Just on rollover, play the movie. On rollout, stop. But in the down arrow, I have it gotoAndStop _currentframe - 1

All that does is go back one frame, and I have to rollover again to get it to move back another frame. Any help will be appreciative.