Flash :: Smoother Text Movement

Need Smoother Movement
Hi,
I have the below code on my mc that holds a selection of images I need some help on refining the movement, it needs to be smoother its a little jerky as it comes to the end of the slide. Any help would be most appreciated.

onClipEvent (load) {
accel = 0;
rate = 0.15;
trace(_x);
x = 1;
_root.xkoord = 85.7;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
x = x*accel+(_root.xkoord-_x)*rate;
_x += x;
if (Math.abs(_root.xkoord-_x)<1) {
_x = _root.xkoord;
}
}

Smoother Movement, Please?
hi ,

a few days back i posted a thread requesting , how one could do the main flash animation at www.melroze.com on their homepage.

though i could achieve the partial effect there, i am not able to get the smooth movement on their homepage in my flash animation. the movement in my flash animation seems very abrupt and well not smooth as theirs. ( i suspect they have written some actionscript.)

could you help me out in achieving a smoother movement, please?

bye
susheel.j

How Do I Create A Smoother Isometric Movement?
I've used the "simple example" actionscript found in the isometric section. How do i create a smoother movement between the grid instead of it just jumping to the next square. Also i would like a movie clip to be played in between e.g a person animated walking from square to square rather than just jumping to the next square.

Also how do i make the movieclip face in the direction its going? e.g a person walking and when up is pressed then the person would face up.

Thanks

How Do You Create A Smoother Tween Movement
I have created a simple opening sequence on a Flash splash page. The background simply motion tweens from point A to point B (right to left) and stops on the stage. So far so good. The trouble is the tween movement over a ten second period appears jerky or choppy, even though I have it set at 24fps. Is there anyway to fix this problem?

Platform Game: Smoother Vertical Movement
Hello all.
here's the link to a platform game I'm working on. Now the only thing I'm looking for assistance on is how can I get the vertical movement of the hero smoother when he, say for instance, climbs stairs or rides a platform upwards, or falls down.

Please hold all other comments about the game, it's only in a testing phase so I ripped some music and graphics just to get this engine to work.

On the linked page, you'll see the game AND a link to display the source code that is attached onto the hero MC

The Adventures of Jokerman

Smoother "Grid" Movement
i have to make the character lands in the middle of the square with smoother movement. Right now, my character looks like as if he is jumping from 1 square to the other. Anyone can guide me how i can make it smoother as if it is walking slowly to the next grid?

I've attached an example in the fla file below.. thanks for the help~

Smoother Text For Datagrid Component
Is it possible to use smoother text, perhaps with the antiAliasType -> normal or advance feature for flash 8?
I tried to use this technique in several ways, i.e....

my_dg.setStyle("antiAliasType", "advanced");
or
my_dg.getColumnAt(0).setStyle("antiAliasType", "normal");
or
myTextField_txt.antiAliasType = "advanced";

and none of them work. please help - thanks :)

How To Make Text Scroll Smoother
Can anyone help me make my dynamic text box scroll smoother? My Flash document is set at 30fps and I use the 'onEnterFrame' method so surely the text should scroll smoothly?!

My movie is at http://www.joesmalley.com/news/news.html and the source is at http://www.joesmalley.com/news/news.fla

Or is it because of the text length that's jerking the scrolling?

Text Scroller Download Can You Make Smoother Scrol
If I give you this text scroller download can you make it scroll smoother? Thats the challenge I havent seen one roll smoothe yet. Can you apply some code to make it scrol in small pixel amounts and speed as well? So that it rolls up or down the screen the same as movie words scrol on the TV screen?

http://www.geocities.com/jaffasoft2/texscroller.fla

[CS3] Smoother?
Hi you all,

Ive been working on a flash project, but i cant seem to get the animaion smooth:

http://grafikeren.com/index.php?id=13

Ive done like this: takes each individual picture at collected them in a movieclip, which i tween using the timeline. I tween it one pixel per frame, going at a 28 framerate.

Is there anything i can do to make this animaion smoother?

Hope a friendly soul can help me out.

All the best Jonas

Help With Smoother Tweens
Hello All,

I'm looking for a little help with an animation I'm working on. You can see an example by going to http://www.asset-point.com/v2. Right now it's at 20fps and it rings in at a decent 44K so it's not that bad..like a big jpg or something. Ignore the spelling errors, the text is just a filler for now.

Anyway, I'm looking for suggestions on getting the opening image and some of the other tweens to move a lot smoother, and it seems like changing the fps isn't doing anything. Could anyone suggest another way I can make this tween and or the whole animation look crazy sexy cool. Thanks all.

FYI, those images are not converted bitmaps, they are hand drawn using a combination of actual images and touch-ups. I think it gives it a slighlty more human feel. The comm room itself took f'in forever. (Pause it and zoom in on various parts)

Thanks in advance!

Smoother Animations
I'm guessing that the path to smoother animations is simply increasing the frame rate?? Am I right.

Basically I'm thinking if it takes object 'ball' 24 frames to travel from point A to point B, instead of only 12 frames, the animation is going to be smoother because of the extra frames along the way.

Right??

Help For Smoother Animation...
I just need to know how I can make my animation look smoother and not so damn choppy. I know I can increase the frame rate but some of my animation still shows up choppy. For example, how can I make my animation appear smooth like this site... http://www.wddg.com/johnmarksorum/
look at its intro and all the cool looking shapes with it. A little help please.

Smoother Download?
I've created a website in MX that uses the loadMovie action to call swfs from buttons and load them at level 0. There are two large swfs (nearly 400k and 850k) that, of course, take quite a long time to download from a dial-up connection, then play a little, then stop and play some more.

Is there a way that I can either a) compress them to get them to download more quickly without sacrificing too much quality; or b)have the browser wait for the whole swf to download before playing, so it plays through smoothly; or c)(*preferably*) both? Or, are these swfs just way too big for a dial-up to download reasonably?

Thanks so much.

Smoother Tweening
How can I smoothen the tweening?

I have made text, into the symbol of a graphic, as it will fade in, and move from a little distance a way.

I want the graphic to fade in and move smoothly within 5 maybe 10 frames.

I have put everything togather, yet when I use the tween, it makes the graphic move blocky.

Any help on how I can make the tweening more smoother??

Smoother Rollovers
Hi guys

I have made buttons that contain a MC with both rollover and rollout states.

I am trying to simulate the way the thumbnails appear in this navigation

All seems to be working fine except for when the mouse is moved over the buttons in a hurry and it almost seems to "freeze" all buttons in their state.

Anyone have any ideas on how to make it run a little smoother?

see attached

Thanks

Smoother Animation
I got an animation in one fla. file that plays very smooth (30fps). Now I need to use only some of that animation in another/larger file (30fps). So I copied and pasted half of the smooth animation into the new/larger file, but now it doesn't play smoothly. Is this a cpu problem? Why doesn't play smooth in the other file?

Smoother Avoidance AS
I am trying to have a movieclip move away from the mouse when the mouse gets near the MC.
This is what i have so far, but it seems very "jerky":
code: onClipEvent (load) {
left = 53;
right = 796;
top = 11;
bottom = 485;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (not(pause)) {
if (this._x <= left) {
this._x = Left;
myx = this._x;
movex = 0;
movey = 0;
}
if (this._x>=right) {
this._x = right;
myx = this._x;
movex = 0;
movey = 0;
}
if (this._y<=top) {
this._y = top;
myy = this._y;
movex = 0;
movey = 0;
}
if (this._y>=bottom) {
this._y = bottom;
myy = this._y;
movex = 0;
movey = 0;
}
xdistance = this._x - _root._xmouse;
ydistance = this._y - _root._ymouse;
distance = (xdistance * xdistance) + (ydistance*ydistance);
force = 1000/Math.sqrt(distance);
apply = force/distance;
movex = (xdistance *apply) + movex;
movey = (ydistance *apply) + movey;
this._x = this._x + movex;
this._y = this._y + movey;
}
}

Thanks for any help!
Victor

Smoother Swfs....please Help
Hi,
I'm optimising a few swfs at the moment and was wondering something. Say you've got a series of graphics as frames for an animation. The first time it runs it is sometimes jerky, and then the next time it's really smooth. Is there a way to have it so it's smooth from the get go, maybe run it in the background when it loads??
Thanks

Smoother-looking Animation
Is there some way I can make this look smoother? All I did was a very basic movement - 2 keyframes, the image starting at the top and ending at the bottom, and a motion tween. but it looks a bit jittery. And I don't want to make it any faster than this. Is this just a limitation of the software, or is there something I can do to make it look better?

http://www.kameli.com/flash/intro.swf

Smoother Preloader
I've made my preloader, but I don't like how it grows - too fast, skiping some parts. How do I make it go slower & smoother?

Smoother Preloader
Any tips for getting a preloader bar to animatea more smoothly?

It seems really choppy as it progresses.

ActionScript Code:
this.onEnterFrame = function(){
var amount:Number = (_root.getBytesLoaded() / _root.getBytesTotal())*100;
square_mc._height = amount;
if(amount == 100){
this.gotoAndPlay(2);
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}

Smoother Tween?
when tweening images, png, etc .. its a bit jerky... any other method to tween so it flows smoothly?... AS?

Their Has To Be A Smoother And Easier Way For This Menu
Can one of you check out the attached file? Let me know if their is an easier way to do what I am trying to do. I would also like the submenu to start off of the page until the user does a mouseover one of the menu items. Can you help with this as well? Is their a way for the page to adjust to differnt people's monitors? Sorry for all of the questions.

::: Creating A Smoother Preloader :::
how can create a really smooth preloader

Smoother Random Scaling
hey is there a way to make a random scale more smooth? i attached a simple example of the random scaling, but its all jumpy.

thanks
ZG

Smoother Dragging With StartDrag..
How can i make the dragging smoother when using the startDrag command??

Advice To Make Smoother.
I just want to say that I know that the site isn't much to look at right now, basically put something up just to convey info for the time being untill I learn this program better. I wanted some opinions on how I could get the "transit" I have on the page to be smoother. Didn't know if there was a way that I could motion/shape tween a graphic symbol like this or not.

www.bndpa.com

Thanks for any help

Animation Needed To Be Smoother
I spend hours making my animation smooth and I think I might be doing it the long wrong way. Let's say I have three pictures coming in and out. I take each picture and bring into the library. I create a movie clip and start with frame one to 30 and put the first picture there. I then create motion and have it start Dark to light on frame 1 to 5, then on frame 20 I fade to dark.

The next layer on top is the second picture and while the first is getting darker I use the alpha to bring this in . Then I fade it out after 29 frames etc..

You can see I use the timeline to do all this. My question, am I doing this all wrong? I notice others have really smooth transitions and wondering if they are using some other method. If so do you have detailed instructions.

Thanks

Why Is AS Amimation Smoother Than Tweening?
I read all over the place that it is, but I haven't seen why ActionScript animation is more smooth than tweening...

Smoother Flash Gallery?
Is this flash animation with images smooth enough between pics?
The images are like "building blocks " according to the client...
They only about 60kb!

Will the transitions between pics get smoother if I "break up" the images? ?

http://www.maisonmadeleine.com/test/images/untitled.swf

The file is only abot 500 x 300 px so you'll have to resize your browser size to that to see it correctly.

Smoother, Slower Scroll
Howdy!

I have written a code which affects an image due to the position of the cursor.

It is working fine and has the effect I originally designed. However, after looking at it time and time again I now which to make me movement slower and smoother.

This is my code:

PHP Code:

var scaleFactorX:Number = pic._width/Stage.width;
var scaleFactory:Number = pic._height/Stage.height;
function handleMovement() {
    pic._x = (_xmouse*-(scaleFactorX-1));
    pic._y = (_ymouse*-(scaleFactory-1));
    updateAfterEvent();
}
onMouseMove = handleMovement

Does anyone have any ideas?

Many thanks

Smoother Actionscript Rotation
I have a menu that looks like a ring and i'm using the actionscript

OnClipEvent (enterFrame) {
this._rotation += .5
}

to make it rotate, but the rotation isn't very steady and the menu titles seem jittery with the movement. Is there a way to make smoother actionscript movement?

Thanks,

LexThayn

[F8] Smoother Bitmap Tracing?
I always get pixelated lines, i want really smooth curves but i cannot get them.

I have tried every bitmap tracing option and it is still not very smooth.

Smoother Loading Site.
Hey Guys.

How is everyone? I'm looking for some advice, and tips to make a site up working on run better. The site is for a friends band, the site on it's own is around 2-3 meg, not to bad for loading. But I have also built a 3 track music player, which knocks the file size right up. I think the best way to load the site, would be to have the site load, then after start loading the music player, so users can view the site without having to wait for the music. I got the idea, I just need to the know how, on how to get flash to do it. Any tips or advice anyone can give me, will be ace.

Cheers
Ad

Smoother AS Tween And Alpha
Hi folks,

I'm pretty new on AS so I got some probs.
How can I make this Tween smoother?

PHP Code:

_root.attachMovie("mc", "cloud", 100, {_alpha:0, _x:200, _y:400});

cloud.onEnterFrame = function(){
    this._y-= 6;
    this._alpha+= 2;
    if (this._y <= 110) {
        delete this.onEnterFrame;
    }
};

It would be great if somebody could help me with that.
thx a lot.

Smoother Movie Required...
Hi,

I have this movie of a jpeg expanding from a small box (alpha 2%) to a big box (alpha 98%), but the animation is jerky. Anyway of getting over this?

Thanks

Smoother Drawing Board
this morning i suddenly remembered a post a while back about some one wanting to smooth lines drawn using the drawing api from the drawing board tut an i thout of the simple solution - dont do it from the mouse, do it from an eased mc which follows the mouse.
so i simply combined the 2 tuts (one for mouse following with easing and the drawing board tut) and came up with attached...
one problem tho the post doesnt turn up in searches (too old i presume.... god only knows how old the post was!! :S lol)
but neway... if whoever it was is stil lookin for the answer, here tis...

Prophet.

Smoother Lines With Drawing Api
I am doing a little bit of experimentation with the flash drawing api and have run into a snag. I don't have a point to use for the curve to function (bx, by, x, y) but i do have the x and y.

is there a way to smooth the lines that are drawn with actionscript similar to the way that the designtime environment smooths the lines as you draw them.

Making This Animation Smoother
Hey everyone,
I'm working on this site and I'm having a bit of trouble with the smoothness of an animation. I'm still early on on this site... Here's how the rays spin. They are set to spin every 10 seconds. The rays are a vector shape which is masking a full size layer of blue colored wood texture. So when that way all the pixels align on the rotation and all. Anyway right now it seems kinda jumpy and not very smooth. Is there anyway to make this better?

http://extstudios.com/clients/the_rocket_summer/flash/

Flash MX 2004
Flash 7 export.
AS 2.0
30 fps
animation is 30 frames long

any suggestions on how to make it smoother?

Smoother Frame Generator?
Create a circle in frame 1.
Move the circle in frame 2.

Any program for Flash5 or function in flash 5 that generate a picture between frame 1 and frame 2. then move away frame 2 picture to frame 3 and the generated picture in frame 2. So this will have a smooth animation.

Does any program does this or have the simliar outcome but difference method?

(Hmm, please dont ask me to use "montion-tween" because this is a example. If i use montion tween in my animation, it seems to be more complicated to be done, Thanks.) (^_^)

Gallery Code - Can It Run Smoother?
Hi all, I'm working on an XML driven picture gallery and by cobbling together odds n' sods from this forum I've managed to get a close approximation of what I'm after. My AS skills are in their infancy at present so I'm hoping that someone can look over the code and let me know if there's anything in there I don't need or if there's a better way of doing it. I've attached the code in an FLA below.

Cheers kids.

Smoother Movie Required...
Hi,

I have this movie of a jpeg expanding from a small box (alpha 2%) to a big box (alpha 98%), but the animation is jerky. Anyway of getting over this?

Thanks

Smoother Transition Between Swfs?
For the life of me, I can't figure this out. I am making a layout that uses a main swf and then transitions between other swfs for the different sections. The transitions are fine, but between each there is a flash of white (the empty space of the main container) before it loads the next swf. At first I thought it was just the preloader layer because i had nothing for the background. After applying the corresponding background to each swf and trying it again, I still get the same result... just shorter. My question is this: How do I get the transitions to go either immediately after one another so there is no flicker, or how do I get the incoming transition to load in just before the other goes out? I'm an utter newbie at ActionScript if that helps in. Hell, I'm a newbie at Flash period.

Link to example: http://webpages.charter.net/reynoljg/new/portfolio.html

Link to fla files: http://webpages.charter.net/reynoljg/flas.zip

Thanks,
jason

Smoother Movements On Movie Stage?
hello:

iam looking for a better way to move things across my stage. with a simple tween larger images move staggered like. is there a way to move a larger image smoother. dynamicly?

any advice would be great

thanks
kmaier