Multiple Tell Target Solution ?

Question

Ok, here's the lowdown.
I've got level 20 loaded with a swf that contains about 50
instances of "bola" mc in the Library. I have things loading onto
level25 and I would like all the instances on level 20 to "freeze"
or their actions to stop running as they proceed to slow down the
site when they are all running at once...so instead of putting in
50 tell target actions I was assuming there could be an easy action
referring directly to the mc itself, in which case all the instaces
of it, wherever on that level they may be, would in turn repsond
accodingly..such as a goto and stop action to a frame with no
actions on it... .
frame one actions:
x00 = _x;
y00 = _y;
MAAI = 2000;
frame 2 actions:
x0=_x
y0=_y
x=_root._xmouse
y=_root._ymouse
a=x-x0
b=y-y0
r=Math.sqrt(a*a+b*b)
quer_fugir_x=this._x-(a/r)*MAAI/r
quer_fugir_y=this._y-(b/r)*MAAI/r
quer_voltar_x=(x00-x0)/2
quer_voltar_y=(y00-y0)/2
this._x=quer_fugir_x+quer_voltar_x
this._y=quer_fugir_y+quer_voltar_y
frame 3 actions:
gotoAndPlay(2);
so what's happening is that it becomes too processor heavy
when I load this swf onto level 25 which contains even more of
these mc's looping and looking for cursor locations. .. and was
thinking it woudl be great if when this swf gets loaded onto 25
then this level 20 actions could freeze allowing for a smoother
presentation and interaction when level 25 is being viewed...then
when we close level 25, we can then "reActivate" these balls on
level 20 to continue their interaction. check it out to get a
better idea @ www.clearimage.us/temp/cj
When you enter the site, click on PICS from under the balls
there and then choose the furthest LEFT pic to enlarge.. ..the main
balls (balls.swf) are the ones loaded onto level 20..and the
enlarged pic is loaded onto level 25... . .
Let me know what you guys think., I'm a victim to not knowing
enough outside of a tutorial to get my desired results.. .
sniff-sniff :)
thx in advance !
jason.z

Answer 1

minicat – That was just my way of testing. What you
could do is place your balls on the stage with names bola0, bola1,
etc. Then just change the for loop like sich:
for(i=0;i<50;i++){
var curClip=this["bola"+i];
curClip.x00=curClip._x;
curClip.y00=curClip._y;
curClip.myInt=setInterval(noodle,80,curClip);
Or whatever you need. That way you can have the visual ease
of placing them where you want them in the authoring environment,
but still the ease of all the code in one place.
And certainly I'm not saying that my way is better. It is
just how I would attack the problem.
Kglad's code should just be placed on a frame of whatever
timeline you need. The first line is how you invoke it, so that
part can be separate from the function itself. Also the function
isn't defined as a global function so if you put the code in some
strange place and the button is buried in a clip inside a clip on
another level, etc. you may have trouble with scope.
Otherwise something like this should work:
myButton.onRelease=function(){
//code to start loading the other stuff in to _level25
//any other code you want
stopAllF(_level20);
}