(Flash 5/Flash MX). How do I delay/pause using actionscript? I have tried using a for loop for a time delay like this:
for(i=0;i<1000000;i++){
}
But it does not work?
Flash gives an error like:
Time-consuming actionscript.
Abort running script?
OR the loop simply does not produce a noticeable delay.
How I can introduce a time-delay or a pause using actionscript?
I have some banners I am doing right now and have a pause timer question. I am fairly green at coding. In my first frame I have this:
[Code]...
I want it to pause each time in the last frame for 8 seconds and loop only 3x. Is there a better way to write this? I know all my code should be in the first frame but I still suck.
i have some loop function for the game, this loop for open the 9 box, here the code
function random_item_2(coinsx)
{
var listItem:Array = new Array();
for (var i:uint=0; i<15; i++)[code].........
the problem is, 9 box open in one time, not one by one, i want to box open the box one by one, after the first box opened so the next box will open, here for some algo that i wanted
How to make time delay in a loop..[code]But I want every containers_array[i] to be added one after another. I don't have them scaled to 100%, they remain being 1%, just like little dots on the screen when I write down:[code]
View 2 RepliesI'm trying to create pause functionality in my flash app.How would I go about doing this:
Code:
function pause(pauseTime)
{
[code].....
I'm writing an upload program to upload multiple files. It works great as long as I only upload one file but as soon as I add a second file it throws an error saying it can only perform one upload at a time.Is there a way I can have it not loop back through the for loop until the upload has completed?Here is a chunk of my code
Code:
for(var q:int = 0; q < selectedFileArray.length; q++)
{
trace("Loop marker 1");[code].....
I am using Macromedia Flash Pro 8. I have a flash intro that has words (phrases) which slide in. I would like to add a 7 second pause between each phrase to give people time to read them (no buttons). Could someone tell me the script(s) to use with all functions, etc. included - as I am so new to all this. I have been looking for weeks & tried many codes but none seem to work - or I don't know exactly where to place them - or both
View 3 RepliesI've tried to create the code to do the following,.. after you press the button the movie will slide to a certain point ( 100,100 ) and then the movie will start its motion again ( nMC.startMotion() ) the problem is it doesn't have time to move to the position before the movieclip startmotion code kicks in. So basically i need some kind of delay in the code! Is this possible? [code]...
View 3 RepliesIs there a good way to cause a pause or delay within the execution of a function?
I am making a board-type game (picture something like othello although the rules are different) which I have been building up piece by piece for some time now. One of the places I am having a problem is with something I never anticipated would have been a problem, and that is with creating pauses between when the computer or player makes a move and when the board data is updated and the board data is displayed. I want these delays for two reasons. First it will help with debugging because sometimes the moves happen so fast it is hard to tell what the computer did. Second it is needed because I want to add animation for pieces when they jump or divide and when they change enemy pieces to a different color. The animation will need to know what move was made but not allow the board visual to be updated until after the animation is complete.
I have tried using the timer but it gets really harry and it is problematic because you can not pass any variables to it besides the event that triggers it. If I try to use global variables to get around it, the code becomes messier and also I will have a problem when I want to make the function recursive. I could try to build global variables into an array but things would really be getting messy at that point. It seems unbelievable that the creation of a delay would be so difficult.
I have a button then when clicked plays a random movie clip on release. The problem is if people don't wait for the clip to finish and just keep clicking, more random movie clips overlap the first one. I'm trying to figure out a way to make it so clicking is does nothing until the clip is complete, or a set amount of time has passed since the clips are all the same length.
View 2 RepliesI'm using this piece of code from a panning source file uploaded to this site while back. I've tried to change the code so that after you press the button the movie will slide to a certain point ( 100,100 ) and then the movie will start its motion again ( nMC.startMotion() ) the problem is it doesn't have time to move to the position before the movieclip startmotion code kicks in.
img.b3.onRelease = function() {
nMC.slideToPoint(100,100); I need a delay here; nMC.startMotion()
}
I just want to have my code wait a couple seconds to let some scripted animation finish then load a movie into a holder but I can't seem to find a pause/wait/delay function is there one and how would I use it or can someone tell me how to do it somehow thats not too processor intense if at all possible.
View 6 Repliesat the tail end of my Flash cs4, actionscript 3.0 college project and want to incorporate a countdown Timer Event when there is a 3 minute delay of usage in the flash movie (interactive).Below is what I understand and want to accomplish.Is it correct to place the actionscript code in the actions layer of the 1st frame within the 1st scene?And will it be recognized throughout all the scenes within the flash movie?1. Have the flash movie recognize a delay of usage (no clicking) after 3 minutes to start a countdown Timer Event.??Where would I add code to the timer to fire every 3 minutes during a delay of usage?
import flash.utils.Timer;
import flash.events.TimerEvent;
var count:Number = 11;
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wondering if anyone knows if its possible to have a pause within a 'for loop' before it runs through the next loop? heres the script i've built up so far, i'm running off other variables and arrays to pull in the logos and the animating in is working fine except that they all run in at the same time, basically what i want is that they would run one after the other with a 5 second gap between them..[code]so i did that and put wait(delay); after the var boxcounter=2; in each of the If statements.. but no luck... can anyone shed any light? or suggest a way it get it to hold for a few seconds before running though the loop again? or am i going about this in completely the wrong way??!
View 5 RepliesI have some video which I have converted into .swfs I am trying to set delays to the three videos, so that the first swf plays on page load. The second loads after 30 seconds and the third after 45 seconds.
View 11 RepliesI want to repeatedly add a movie to the stage using add child so have created a loop to add it 30 times. How can I make it so they aren't all added at the same time. I'd like to be able to set an interval of time between them being added.
View 3 RepliesNow, before I get slated for asking this question, I have searched for the answer in this & other forums, but I still can't get my head around this.I need to have a delay built in within a "for" loop, so that it works something like this:
for(x=0;x<10;x++)
{
// code that generates button - I have this working
[code].....
I need to have a delay built in within a "for" loop, so that it works something like this:for(x=0;x<10;x++) code that generates button - I have this working delay of 75 miliseconds before continuing the loop - can't get this to work!!
View 1 RepliesIs there actionscrip to add a delay to something.
I click on a button, i want Movieclip1 to move to the right, then i want a 3 second gap and then i want Movieclip2 to move downwards.
Is there actionscrip to add a delay to something....
e.g 1.
I click on a button, i want MovieClip1 to move to the right, then i want a 3 second gap and then i want MovieClip2 to move downwards....
So on frames 10, 20, and 30 on my timeline I have these llines of code on each of them respectively:[code] This essentially "bounces" on my images. Can someone give me direction on how to set up a delay to make this happen all on one frame?[code]
View 1 Repliesdoes anyone know of any actionscript i can use for a time delay. Say you have only 3 frames on a time line is there some way using actionscript that i can delay the playhead so for instance it stays on each frame for 20mins and once that time is up it moves on to the next frame and so on and so on.
View 9 RepliesHow would you get an animation to loop with a delay in between using AS3?
View 1 RepliesI'm querying Rotten Tomatoes' API for movies listed in an XML document. The problem I'm having is, whist iterating through and querying for each movie I'm hitting RT's API limit which, in turn, is throwing an IO error. Is there a way I can delay execution in a loop for about a second or so, to avoid this?
View 1 RepliesIm new to action script and am just starting to understand it. Im trying to create a loop with a delay in it but am not having much luck passing growing variables to the new function.
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I have a loop that places 5 movie clips on the stage and they all start playing at the same time. I want to see if i can use the loop variable to offset the movie clips so they are all out of sync.Delay movieclips in loop from each other?
View 2 RepliesI have 100 dynamically generated clips on a stage.
I want to remove the clips one by one over the course of a few seconds.
Can I put a delay into a while loop to make it only loop every 50 ms or so?
I have a rotating menu that when clicked rotates and loads in swf movies, OnClick.
The problem I seem to be having is that because the swf movies load in on click it seems to be causing the rotation of the menu not to run smooth.
Question: Is it possible to get the swf movies to load in once the action of the click has completed its action. some kind of 2 second delay before the movies load in??
what happens: you can click or mouse scroll through the menu, when you click, the action repositions the selected Item (ActiveItem) in the center and resizes larger. this works great, is it possible after this action is complete to then load in the swf movies?
to see how the movie runs at the moment this is the link: [URL]
you will see at the moment onClick the movies load straight away which makes the rotation not smooth when rotating around.
I can't seem to get the mouse scroll to work the same function as the click at the moment also.....thats for another day
Is there any way to change the delay time. i used a variable to set the delay time but it wont works for me. The delay time is Working as the previous value.Here is my code.
ActionScript Code:
var delay:Number = 1000
timfun()
[code]....
I have a short animation mcl that has an enter button (loader) on it. Once clicking the enter button, the main website content (another swf) loads. For some reason when users click the enter button, there is a 12+ second delay in loading the content swf
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