Tweening several objects

Question

If I wanted to make a firework clip there a number of objects
spead from one
point outside, I place all the object into one point in the
first keyframe,
and spread them round the sceen in the final keyframe. How do
I tween them?

Answer 1

I prefer to do everything through AS and not interested in
Tweening per ce
or other WYSIWYG.
So when modelling, say, a bottle, expoloded by a bullet, i.e.
a number of
debris of different size and shape to move apart, I place
every debris into
a separate movieclip, then position every debris-clip into a
main clip using
attachMovie(), set initial coordinates and then on which
debris set
onEnterFrame to execute a function to change coordinates.
Then I can reuse this explosion clip in other flash games by
importing it.
My concern was, to make a good effect, the number of debris
needs to be
large, and executing a movement function onEnterFrame for
every debris might
slow down the computer.
I thought that through tweening it will be less of a burden.
However in
another thread I read, that whether Tweening or AS, behind
the screen FLASH
does the same job every frame calculating coordinates of
every debris.
If this is the case, then AS is preferrable for me.
"shyaway" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> it depends on your needs and what you're most
comfortable with.
> for me, i go all out scripting unless neccessary
otherwise.
>
> see the Tween component in help if you are interested in
tweening with
scripts.
> also, the _x and _y could also be used.
> setInterval and setTimeout also good for moving stuff
around time based.
>
>